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...
President Goodluck Jonathan, has assured flood affected communities in Rivers of Federal Government’s support to cushion the effect of the disaster. The president gave the assurance at Mbiama in Ahoada-West Local Government Area of Rivers on Satu...
Ekiti State government will soon introduce toll payments on its roads, says Governor Kayode Fayemi. Represented by the Special Adviser on Works, Roads, and Housing, Mr. Kayode Jegede, the governor disclosed this yesterday at the ongoing Infrastructure ...
Alhaji Abubakar Ibn Garbai, the Shehu of Borno, on Saturday renewed calls on the Boko Haram sect to embrace dialogue and end its violent campaign. Ibn Garbai made the call at an emergency meeting with some Borno elders in his palace in Maiduguri. ``I w...
The Minister for the Federal Capital Territory, Senator Bala Mohammed, has said that the federal government requires N145 Billion to relocate original settlers in the Capital city of Nigeria. While speaking with newsmen during...
The battle against terrorism in Nigeria increased its tempo as Nigerian Federal High Court judges met in London with Commonwealth, United Nations and UK experts at the weekend to examine and improve on the adjudication of terrorism cases. The tr...
The National Working Committee (NWC), of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), has suspended Alhaji Girigiri Lawal, the party’s North East National Vice Chairman. According to a statement issued in Abuja on Saturday by Mr Olisa Metuh, the pa...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), says it arrested an alleged drug suspect with 2.472 kilogramme of cocaine. Mr Mitchell Ofoyeju, the Head of Public Affairs of the agency said in a statement on Saturday that the suspect concealed the su...
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and Mouka Foam Nigeria Ltd. on Saturday donated relief materials to flood victims in Edo. The management of the organisations said that the gesture was to help in ameliorating the current plight of the inte...