The Senate Committee on Education on Tuesday gave the Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) two weeks to explain why it failed to utilise the 2011/2012 grants from UBEC. The committee, led by Sen. Uche Chukwumerije, made the ...
Minister of Information Labaran Maku on Monday described as ``shameful’’ the attitude of some Nigerians who make it a duty to run down the country in the U.S. Speaking in New York while reacting to an online media report that he abandoned N...
President Goodluck Jonathan will on Oct. 10, present the 2013 budget to a joint session of the National Assembly (NASS). The President in a letter addressed to Senate President, David Mark, on Tuesday in Abuja, which was read out to...
A medical doctor, Bissong Peter, 46, of phase 1, Gwagwalada, on Tuesday refused a female lawyer to enter appearance for him in forgery case at an Abuja Chief Magistrates’ Court. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the female ...
An Abuja High Court has further adjourned to Oct. 16 ruling on an application to quash the criminal charges in the N32.8 billion Police Pension Fund scam against three of the six accused persons. Justice Abubakar Talba had on July 17, fi...
The trial of a former Managing Director of Bank PHB, Francis Atuche, was on Tuesday stalled again, following the absence of a prosecution witness, Mr Bolaji Ogunsola, who alleged threat to his life. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that At...
Outgoing South African Minister for Home Affairs, Mrs Dlamini Zuma, will be resumming her duties as the Chairperson of the African Union Commission in Addis Ababa later this week. To honour Mrs Zuma, South African President Jacob Zuma led a gove...
The Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, Mr Morgan Tsvangirai, on Monday urged African leaders to stop prioritising procurement of arms and ammunition. Tsvangirai gave the advice in Owerri at the 10th anniversary of Rochas Foundation Colleges and 50th birthday ...
The Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) Staff Union has given the Federal Government a two-weeks ultimatum to settle the issue of the 10 months salary arrears owed its members. The union had on Thursday sealed off the head offfice of NITEL in A...
The National Publicity Secretary, Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP), Mr Osita Okechukwu, has advised INEC to be transparent in the conduct of Oct. 20, governorship election in Ondo State. Okechukwu gave the advice in Abuja on Tuesday durin...
Dr Mudashiru Uthman of University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, (UITH), said on Monday that vegetables grown with infected human faeces as manure could lead to Hepatitis B. The consultant public health physician told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in ...
Mr Vincent Ohizu, the Secretary-General of the Berthing Meeting of the Nigerian Port Authority, on Monday commended the ports concession programme and its positive impact on the economy. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ohizu made commenda...
Dr Dumebi Owa, President, Medical Women`s Association of Nigeria (MWAN), Lagos State branch, on Monday, said malaria killed over 300, 000 people every year in Nigeria. Owa disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in La...
No fewer than 5,000 people from two communities of Koloware and Aven in Patani Local Government Area of Delta have been rendered homeless, as flood submerged their homes. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that East/West Road has been converted i...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday in Abuja tasked the new Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Adm. Ola Ibrahim and the three service chiefs on national security and rising incidences of crude oil theft. The president set the task when he decorated ...