The Jigawa Government on Saturday said it had awarded contract for the construction of 475 metres drain in the Ringim Local Government Council to check flooding in the area. The state Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Babandi Ibrahim, told the News ...
Alhaji Aminu Abdulkarim, Comptroller of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), in charge of Niger command on Saturday said the command had deported nine Nigeriens. He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna that the illegal immigrants...
The Youth Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi, Mr Chinedu Ogah, has said that the youths would support any candidate endorsed by Gov. Martin Elechi, as his successor. Ogah made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Niger...
The Public Affairs Manager of Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) in Osogbo, Mr Timothy Adesanya, has denied the alleged drop in electricity supply in the metropolis. Adesanya told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday that the compl...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) local government primaries scheduled to hold on Saturday across Benue has been shifted to Sunday. This is contained in a statement signed by Dr Emmanuel Agbo, the state Chairman of the party, in Makurdi on Satu...
Gov. Idris Wada of Kogi on Saturday warned people of Ibaji Local Government from taking laws into their hands over agitation on oil well in the community. Wada in a press statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr Jacob Edi, warned members of...
The Chairman, Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) in Akwa Ibom, Mr Linus Udofia, has tasked Gov. Godswill Akpabio to focus on industrialising the state with his final court victory. Udofia made this known in an interview with the New...
The Nigerian National Honours are a set of orders and decorations conferred upon Nigerians and friends of the country every year in recognition of their landmark contributions and patriotism to the nation. However, recent honours awards seem to have de...
The arrival of a new-born baby should ordinarily be cheery news to the couple involved and their relations. The arrival of three in one fell swoop to a family long denied the fruit of the womb would most certainly engender rapturous joy even in the nei...
Mrs Beatrice Jeddy-Agba is the executive secretary, National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons (NAPTIP). In this interview with CHUKS OHUEGBE, she speaks on the milestones recorded by NAPTIP and plans to rejig the Act establishing the ag...
Sabke dam, located in Maiadua local government of Katsina state, was constructed in 1995. Initiated by the defunct Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF), the project was conceived with a view to supporting irrigation farming and providing water for domestic use. ...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national chairman, Alhaji BamangaTukur, has pledged a more aggressive fight against corruption, adding that members of the party who had defected to different political parties will be comfortable in the party if they ret...
The African Union (AU) and ECOWAS on Friday jointly solicited the support of Nigeria in tackling the deteriorated political situation in Mali. ECOWAS Chairman, President Allasane Quattara of Cote d’Ivoire disclosed this after a tripartite m...
The Tax Appeal Tribunal (TAT), Lagos, on Friday ordered Halliburton Energy Services Nigeria Ltd. not to pay the sum of 167.7 million US dollars ( N26.8 billion) to the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). Mr Kayode Sofola (SAN), chairman of the five-...
The Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) on Friday sacked eight of its staff members for alleged acts of fraud. According to the institution’s Director of Public Relations, Mr Osita Ugwuoti, six of the affected staff members we...