Unknown gunmen suspected to be armed robbers numbering sixty yesterday opened fire on residents of Dogon Dawa community in Kaduna State, killing over 24 persons including the leader of the local vigilante who is the elder brother of the Village head. T...
The Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Sunday in Tokyo reiterated the need to retain 75 dollars as the reference price of a barrel of oil in executing the 2013 budget. She told newsmen that the budget for next year presented to the N...
Chief Williams Mkpa, a community leader in Ibeno, Akwa Ibom, has called on the state government to take proactive steps to avert flood disasters in coastal communities. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that recent reports from the Nigerian Mete...
Alhaji Ismaila Umar, the Director, South-South Zonal Office of National Directorate of Employment (NDE), says that the agency has put measures in place to create more employment for youths in the state. Umar told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Cal...
Mr Yomi Awoniyi, the Deputy Governor of Kogi, said that the Federal Government had approved plans to relocate some flood victims to Federal Government Housing Estates in Ajaokuta and Lokoja. The deputy governor disclosed this in a statement issued by h...
The former governor of Kano state, Alhaji Ibrahim Shekarau was busy stealing money when he was ruling the state between 2003 and 2011, says Mr. Rabiu Kwankwaso, the present governor of the state. Speaking with reporters during the US-Nigeria Inf...
The Kwara Government has so far committed the sum of N900 million into the energy sector, the state Commissioner for Energy, Alhaji Tajudeen Sulu-Oloje, has said. He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Ilorin that an additional sum ...
The NUJ National President, Garba Mohammed, has called on the Kano state government to re-open the Triumph Newspapers Publishing Company it closed down recently for poor performance. He made the call during the Annual Lecture/Role Model award ceremony ...
The Police in Ogun have arrested two illegal miners excavating laterite near a high-tension cable of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) in Sagamu. Mr Bimbo Ashiru, the state Commissioner for Commerce and Industry who ran into the suspects whil...
A United States-based human rights group, Justice For All Nations (JFAN) has called on President Goodluck Jonathan and Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohamed Abubakar over what it called "an unlawful arrest and detention" of Mr. Lere O...
The Kano state government has sealed up two private hospitals in the state, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. This is contained in a statement issued by the Public Relations Officer of the state Ministry of Health, Malam Isma’ila Gwammaja...
Against a backdrop of slowing global growth and a renewed loss of confidence, the International Monetary Funds {IMF} is urging policymakers to implement policies agreed in recent months as part of efforts to rekindle growth and spur job creation.  ...
At a Ministerial meeting on the margins of the IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings today, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner challenged the international development community to commit new financial resources to the Global Agriculture and Food Securi...
The Borno government on Saturday inaugurated a 12-man committee to compensate victims of the Oct. 8 bomb blast in Maiduguri. Inaugurating the committee at the Government House, Gov. Kashim Shettima gave the committee one week to&nbs...
The Independent National Electoral Commission( INEC) has held a one-day interactive session in Sokoto on its 2012-2016 Strategic Plan meant to enhance the credibility of future elections. The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) reports that the ses...