The Minister of State for FCT, Ms Olajumoke Akinjide, has urged Nigerians and residents of the FCT to remain committed to the unity and progress of the nation. This is contained in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja by Mr Oluyinka Akintunde, the Spe...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday in Abuja re-assured the victims of flood disaster across the country of Federal Government’s assistance. Jonathan gave the assurance in his 2012 Independence Day national radio and television broadcast, and s...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday reassured Nigerians of better days ahead, saying Nigeria would continue to be a source of pride to its citizens, to Africa, and to human race. Jonathan, who was speaking in a nationwide 52nd Independence Anniversar...
Normalcy is gradually returning to Mubi in Adamawa, following the security beef up to contain the killing and destruction of communication masts in the town. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the security beef up facilitated a cla...
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Umar Manko, says the absence of sustainable logistics and over centralisation of police administration has impacted negatively on the ability of the police to meet set goals. Manko made the remark in...
Some Lagos based lawyers say Nigeria's 52nd Independence anniversary call for a sober reflection, especially by the elite, on how to ensure sustainable democracy. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the lawyers, who spoke i...
Delta State Commissioner for Higher Education, Prof Hope Eghagha, has been abducted by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers along Abraka / Agbor expressway, after killing his police orderly, while his driver sustained bullet wounds. Eghagha wa...
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji AbdulFatah Ahmed, yesterday, described Nigeria as a land of hope and unlimited potentials. In his message on the nation’s 52nd independence anniversary, the governor said that as the most populous country in Afric...
President Goodluck Jonathan said today that the country's problems were not within his power as a leader to solve alone, but needed the support of all Nigerians no matter the level they were. According to him, the many Nehemiahs in the National Ass...
Gov. Peter Obi of Anambra has called for collective efforts toward the restoration of social and moral values as well as the projection of role models to emulate. Obi made the call during the burial of the former Deputy Governor of the old An...
A bomb blast and gunfire shook an area around an Islamic boarding school in northern Nigeria on Sunday, leaving two of the alleged attackers dead and others wounded, emergency officials said. It was not immediately clear who was behind the blast in the...
As part of the activities marking Nigeria’s 52nd Independence Anniversary, President Goodluck Jonathan is to address the nation on Monday. A statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati stated that the...
Gov. Idris Wada of Kogi has advised the people of the state to be at alert as the flood will continue for a long time. Wada gave the advice in Lokoja on Sunday while receiving relief materials donated to the state by Partners for Development and Baby H...
Senate President David Mark says in spite of the economic and socio-political challenges facing the nation, the resolve and willingness of Nigerians to confront the issues headlong will suffice. Mark, who stated this in his goodwill message to Nigerian...
Early hours of today in Zaria-Kaduna state, heavy explosion occurred around an Islamic boarding school run by Salafist cleric Awwal Adam Albani known for outspoken criticism of Boko Haram. The bomb was actually aim at school but the military officials ...