Former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubabakar, has said that the building of worship centres by Niger State government in the three arm zone in Minna would help promote religious harmony. Abdulsalami who spoke yesterday when the Governor Muazu B...
President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the constitution of the Board of Directors of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). It is headed by former Minister of Works, Chief Tony Anenih, while Chief Florence Ita Giwa is the vice chairman. Other memb...
The decision of Governor Murtala Nyako to ban political activities in Adamawa State ahead of the December 27, 2012 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) state congress, is causing ripples within the party. The congress is being organised by the Ambassador Uma...
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has dismissed the appeal filed by late Chief J. O. Adeyemi-Bero against the Lagos State government on the ownership of Plot 177, Victoria Island (now known as Eko Court Towers) and No. 25 Cooper Road, Ikoyi, Lagos. A statem...
Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and governor of Rivers State, Mr. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, yesterday postponed the presentation of 2013 Appropriation Bill before the State House of Assembly as a sign of honour to those killed in th...
The Niger State Command of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency {NDLEA} has arrested a total of 114 suspects since the beginning of the outgoing year. The agency’s Commander in the state, Alhaji Abdullahi Abdul, disclosed this in a statement...
Nigeria’s number one online retail giant, Jumia.com.ng, has credited the exponential growth of technology as one of the footholds on which it’s expanding and inventive shopping services rests. Regarded as Nigeria’s biggest online reta...
Delta State government yesterday said it had uncovered over 6,000 ghost teachers in its primary schools as a result of the continued bio-metric verification of its workforce. Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Prof. Patrick Muoboghare, tol...
The remains of the late Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Justice Samuel Obakayode Eso (retired), were yesterday laid to rest at his country home, Ilesa in Osun State amidst deep sorrow by friends and relatives. Dignitaries who graced the funera...
Discordant voices have continued to trail the over 939 abandoned projects across Delta State. In a statement signed by its chairman, Comrade Moses Akpor, and secretary, Joseph Otor, a group known as Good Governance, which also revealed that 97 other pr...
A Kaduna State Sharia Court II, Magajin Gari yesterday revoked the bail granted a marabout, Hambali Ahmad, 66, in a case of criminal breach of trust, conspiracy and cheating. Ahmad and Nafiu Iliyasu, 33, were in court for misappropriating N1.56 m...
A tripartite partnership has been initiated by the Presidency, Rivers State government and the 23 local government areas in Rivers state to ease the scourge of Human Immunodeficiency Virus/ Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) and malaria. Th...
Chairman, Legal Committee on National Council of Privatisation, Yunus Ustaz Usman, (SAN)has said the best legacy parents can leave for their children is a quality education. He said an educated child is an asset to the family and the society. According...
The minister of transport, Sen Idris Umar yesterday flagged off the much-awaited Lagos-Kano Intercity Train Services and haulage of petroleum products by railway, lifting 450,000 litres of diesel billed from Lagos to Offa and commuting thousands of pas...
Two oil marketers, Aro Bamidele and Abiodun Bankole, yesterday said they were in talks with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFFC), regarding the N1.3 billion fuel subsidy charge preferred against them. They made this known through their l...