The senior special assistant to the Nasarawa State governor on media and press affairs, Alhaji Sani Musa Mairiga has said that what the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) government failed to achieve in 12 years in Nasarawa State has been achieved in just ...
The Kwara State governor ,Alh AbdulFatah Ahmed has announced his administration’s resolve to partner with stakeholders and religious bodies in moving the education sector forward in the state. He said this would help the state in ...
The Nigerian Governors Forum, (NGF) yesterday, said that it would not join issues with Senator Jubril Aminu over his allegation that the Forum has become a tool of oppression on the Federal Government and the people of Nigeria. Speaking exclusively to ...
Akwa Ibom State governor, Godswill Akpabio, has denied being a member of any cult group, declaring that God is the source of his strength. Akpabio made the declaration in Uyo yesterday while praying for the peace and development of the state at the 201...
Nasarawa State Governor, Umaru Tanko Al-makura yesterday swore in Justice Suleiman Umaru Dikko as the new state acting Chief Judge, pending his confirmation by the state House of Assembly. The acting Chief Judge was yesterday inaugurated alongside two ...
The Plateau State Governor Jonah Jang has launched the Armed Forces Remembrance and Emblem Week in Jos and called on the nation to improve the welfare of the ex-service men and the families of the fallen heroes. Jang who launched the 2013 A...
Niger State government is to engage no fewer than 10,000 youths in government assisted mechanised farming in this fiscal year to reduce unemployment and increase agricultural out put in the state. The state Commissioner of Economic Planning, Hon. Idris...
Yobe State Governor Ibrahim Gaidam, yesterday, presented a budget of N86.6 billion for the 2013 fiscal year to the State House of Assembly. The budget christened: “Budget of Consolidating the Focused Socio-Economic Transformation Programme’...
A National Assembly member, Gombe South Senatorial District, Senator Joshua Lidani, has said that the National Assembly was making effort to find the missing State Assembly member, Hon, Jalo Ganga, who was kidnapped recently. Senator Lidani, made...
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to shake off its trade mark lethargy and take governance more seriously in 2013. This it said would ease the hardship which most Nigerians were going through especially in the p...
An official says two journalists have been freed after being detained without charges for more than a week by the nation’s secret police following writing stories about a radical Islamist sect and alleged military abuses. Mohammed Garba, presiden...
As we step into the New Year, Florence Udoh speaks with manufacturers on their expectations from the federal government in the new year, after a cursory reflection on 2012 policies. The national president of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Comm...
A cleric, Apostle Eugene Ogu, has flayed the recent appointment of Chief Tony Anenih as the Chairman, Board of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), and described it as an insult to young intellectuals across the country. Ogu, who is the founder of...
About five persons were reportedly killed and eight injured in a clash between Kabawa and the Jukun tribes, at Abinsi town of Guma Local Government Area of Benue state. This was even as several houses were allegedly burnt and three vehicles smash...
She kicks against the resort to military actions to douse the spate of bombings, killing and maiming of innocent souls and destruction of property by suspected Boko Haram sect and other forms of insurgency in the country, saying the action is expensive...