Former Vice President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, yesterday restated his call for devolution of more powers and revenues from the Federal Government to the state/regional governments, and said that every tier of government should be reasonably s...
Niger State government has begun sensitisation of stakeholders in the state for the commencement of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). The commissioner of Health and Hospital Services, Dr Ibrahim Babaminin Sule, stated this yesterday in...
Three persons have been killed in attacks in Barkin Ladi and Riyom Local Government Areas of Plateau State by unknown gunmen. According to Mark Lipdo, the coordinator of Stefanus Foundation, a non-governmental organisation...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced a $43.6 billion revenue target for year 2013. The disclosure was made yesterday by the NNPC’s Group Managing Director, Andrew Yakubu at the state-run oil corporation’s 2013 bu...
With Nigeria accounting for 77 per cent of cases of poliomyelitis, foremost entrepreneur, Aliko Dangote has vowed that he would deploy all in his power to partner governments at all levels to stem the scourge. Speaking against the background of collabo...
Vice President Namadi Sambo arrived in London on Wednesday ahead of the 13th meeting of the Honorary International Investors Council. The meeting which takes place from Nov. 29th to 30th, would feature pre...
An Agege Grade 'A' Customary Court on Wednesday in Lagos dissolved a two-year-old marriage between Toyin and Funmilayo Landa, over battery. The Court President, Mr Emmanuel Sokunle, told the court that all efforts to bring the respondent, ...
The Odio Community in Eket, Akwa Ibom, on Wednesday set up an oil spill committee to stem the incessant occurrence of spillage in the area. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the setting up of the committee is in reaction to t...
The NLC in Oyo State on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to wade into the shortage of fuel and kerosene supply in the state. The Chairman of the NLC in the state, Mr Bashiru Abiodun, told the ...
A Lagos High Court in Ikeja on Wednesday rejected a witness called by the prosecutor in the trial of a former Managing Director of Finbank Plc, Okey Nwosu, charged for allegedly stealing N10.9 billion from the bank. The witness, Mr Emmanuel Damudu, an ...
A former governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, on Wednesday urged the country's leaders to diversify the economy, to reduce over dependence on petroleum. Jakande told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that there was a ne...
The Census Tribunal on Wednesday in Abuja upheld the 2006 enumeration figures for three local government areas in Kano State as released by the National Population Commission (NPC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the councils had complai...
The recent escalation of violence underscores the urgent need to get the Israeli-Palestinian peace process back on track, a top United Nations official told the Security Council yesterday, stressing that the status quo is unsustainable. The of the...
A new United Nations-led initiative aimed at reducing HIV deaths caused by tuberculosis (TB) in Nigeria,Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe by half was launched yesterday as part of a wider effo...
United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, has urged the eight States that have not yet done so to join the Chemical Weapons Convention which aims to eliminate the use, development, production and transfer of these deadly weapons. ...