The House of Representatives has directed the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar and the Director-General of the State Security Service (SSS), Ekpenyong Ita, close down the Kogi State House of Assembly pending the report of its mediation in...
For lack of evidence, the House of Representatives is set to exonerate the embattled Farouk Lawan from the $620,000 bribery allegation leveled against him by billionaire oil magnate, Mr. Femi Otedola, LEADERSHIP reports. Also, the Gambo Dan-Musa led Ho...
The Boko Haram sect has allegedly offered a ceasefire through dialogue with the federal government on the condition that the government will arrest and prosecute the former governor of Borno, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, according to an online report moni...
The Police Serious Fraud Unit (SFU) yesterday commenced the interrogation of some arrested oil marketers, but feelers from the Force headquarters showed that the suspects were unable to defend specific allegations leveled against them in the docu...
The Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) has decried the dwindling state of the aviation sector and resolved to spearhead the move for a holistic approach to salvage the sector. The forum also mandated its committee on security to find a lasting solution to ...
The National Economic Council (NEC) yesterday set up a stakeholders’ committee to examine the deplorable state of education at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels. Briefing State House correspondents yesterday at the end of NEC meeting pre...
Niger State government has approved vehicle loan worth N435.5 million for top government officials in the state from a commercial bank. The state Commissioner of Planning in the state, Alhaji Ndako Idris, disclosed this yesterday at Government House, M...
The senior special assistant, Media, to the Nasarawa State Governor Alhaji Sani Musa Mairiga has said that his boss, Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, should not be blamed for the state’s level of under-development since its creation some sixteen year...
Former Niger State Governor Engr Abdulkadir Kure has urged his party members to imbibe the virtue of patience, justice and fairness in the way they play politics in order for the party to enjoy more goodwill from the people. Kure, in an interactive som...
Former Senate Majority Whip, Senator Mahmud Kanti has instituted a legal action against one Alhaji Bala Mamman Ingawa at the Katsina Upper Shariah Court sitting in Katsina over alleged defamation of character. Kanti, through his counsel, Barrister Saad...
Gunmen suspected to be members of a dreaded cult group in Bayelsa State yesterday shot dead two policemen at Agbura community near Azikoro village in Yenagoa Local Government Area of the state. The two police officers killed by the gunmen are said to b...
The Vice President, Arc. Mohammed Namadi Sambo is expected in Cross River State today to inspect flood affected areas. The Deputy Governor of Cross River State, Barr. Effiok Cobham, disclosed this at an Internally Displaced Persons(IDPs) camp in Eja, O...
Oil giant, Shell says about 90 million Nigerians suffer from health problems resulting from their exposure to large concentration of toxins emitted from burning of fuels occasioned by the use of smoke-emitting cooking stoves. Country Chairman of Shell ...
The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu, has called for improved productivity and service delivery in the Ministries, Parastatals and Agencies in the country.. The minister made the call on Thursday when he received the National Coord...
The Minister of State for Defence, Mrs Olusola Obada, on Thursday in Abuja signed a Performance Contract Agreement with the permanent secretary, service chiefs and directors in the ministry. Speaking at the ceremony, Obada said the signing of the...