The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says the appointment of its Group General Manager, NNPC Greenfield Refineries, Mr Adebayo Ibirogba, as the Vice President, World Liquefied Petroleum Gas Association (WLPGA), is a welcome development. A...
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday gave an interim order granting Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) possession of Ibafon Oil Tank Farm, pending determination of a substantive suit before it. Justice Okon Abang also ordered the Pet...
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) on Wednesday set January 2013 as deadline for states that have not implemented the new Teachers’ Salary Structure (TSS) to begin payment or face industrial disputes. The National President of the Union, Mr Mich...
The US State Department Bureau of Consular Affairs has announced the commencement of the 2014 Diversity Visa program (DV-2014). According to the information obtained by our Correspondent, the entry submission period for the program which started ...
Naija Worldwide Charities, Inc., a US-based charitable organization dedicated to rebuilding lives worldwide through health and education, and in collaboration with Global Women-Africa Network (GLOW), a grassroots alliance of women from across Africa an...
A lesbian couple from Austria challenged their country's ban on same-sex adoptions to the European Court for Human Rights (ECHR) on Wednesday. The couple argued that the refusal by an Austrian court to allow one of the women to adopt the son o...
Seven crew members involved in the Hong Kong ferry collision that killed 38 people were released on bail, police said on Wednesday. They were arrested on suspicion of endangering lives at sea after Hong Kong’s worst maritime disaster in 40 years....
Joshua Kevin Oribello, a 22 year Nigerian man has been sentenced yesterday in federal district court in Detroit following a guilty plea to drug and firearms offenses, announced United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade. McQuade was joined in the announ...
Mrs Lilian Nwanne, the Public Enlightenment Officer of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), on Wednesday, advised motorists to comply with traffic rules to avoid accidents on the highways. Nwanne told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in an interv...
Mr Isa Akanbi, Ondo State Commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has warned students to shun violence and political thuggery during the Oct. 20, governorship election. Akanbi, who gave the advise in an interview with the News Age...
Real Estate Developer, Propertymart real Estate Investment Limited says its new estate; Grenadines Homes Lokogoma has been designed to cater for the housing needs of civil servants in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), who are contributors to the Nat...
As part of her participation in this year's meetings of the World Bank, Minister for Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, will be joining the Commonwealth Finance Ministers meetings which takes place in Tokyo next week. The Commonwealth Finance Minist...
Chief Anyim Pius Anyim, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), on Tuesday in Abuja re-affirmed the Federal Government’s commitment to providing decent accommodation for citizens. Anyim said this while inaugurating the Defence Headqu...
Eleven ships carrying 130,402.02 tonnes of goods are expected to arrive in Port Harcourt Port between Oct. 2 and Oct.4. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the port’s shipping position released by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on T...
The Oyo State Government has reinstated 1,248 workers earlier sacked for alleged falsification of academic and birth certificates in various ministries and schools in the state. Mr Bosun Oladele, the State Commissioner for Information, made...