Wema Bank Nigeria Plc has concluded plans to reapply for national banking licence, its Managing Director, Mr Segun Oloketuyi, said. This is contained in a statement by the bank boss in Lagos on Saturday. The statement noted that the reapplication follo...
The Jigawa state police command says it has provided adequate security arrangement for the constitutional congresses in 12 Federal constituencies in the state for 1999 constitutional review. Mr Theophilus Kayode, the state police commissioner, tol...
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday said that boosting the availability and affordability of life-saving drugs nationwide was one of the strategic primary objectives of the federal government in achieving significant improvements in national healthca...
The police in Calabar have recorded a major breakthrough in their war against crime with the arrest of a robbery gang. The robbery gang, which poses as commercial drivers, specialises in dispossessing unsuspecting passengers of their belongings. Luck, ...
Indications emerged yesterday that the leadership of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Benue state has concluded arrangements to appoint a new speaker, following the forceful resignation of the erstwhile speaker, Mr. David Iorhemba over alleged financi...
A coalition of 15 civil society organisations in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has threatened to convoke an alternative and “autonomous people’s session” for FCT residents if members representing the FCT fail to organise or shab...
Telecommunications and oil giants in the country, which operatesin Nigeria failed to show up at the Presidential committee fund raising dinner held on Thursday night at the presidential villa, Abuja. AlhajiAlikoDangote, business mogul, who donate...
Stakeholders of the Zamfara Lead Poisoning Group, in collaboration with Medecins Sans Frontiers/Doctors Without Borders, have said that without immediate government intervention, more children are at risks of lead poisoning in Zamfara State. In a...
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) yesterday linked its stoppage of Arik Airline flight from Abuja to Lagos to a technical fault. It, therefore, asked Nigerians not to entertain any fear over the security of flight operations in the country. ...
Nobel laureate, Prof.Wole Soyinka yesterday dismissed calls for peace negotiations with Boko Haram and said Nigerian society is at stake in what he described as a war for survival. Soyinka, a 78-year-old playwright and essayist, was once marked for dea...
Suspected ritualists currently operating inEruemukowharien community in Ughelli north local government area of Delta State have allegedly murdered a prominent high chief in the area. The ritualists removed his genitals and intestine, evenas his bodywas...
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) in Rivers State has started mobilising its members for two major strikes slated for next week. The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the TUC have directed workers in the state to embark on an indefinite ...
The stage is now set for a legal battle against the victory of the incumbent Ondo State governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko at the October 20 governorship election, as candidates of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Mr Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, and the Accor...
Rampaging armed robbers operating in Ogume, Kwale axis of Delta State, on Thursday night, allegedly robbed residents and raped women and children in the area. Some of the victims were girls between six and seven years old. Although no death was r...
India's Bharti Airtel has announced that its second-fiscal quarter revenue rose by 17 per centwhilethe profitfell by nearly a third. Revenue reached $3.7 billion, led by strong growth of 77 per cent in India Mobile Data, 26 per cent in 'A...