Akwa Ibom State Governor Chief Godswill Akpabio has described Nigerians calling for the reintroduction of offshore/onshore oil dichotomy in the derivation formula as unpatriotic. He has also warned that such agitation could be laying a foundation...
A huge tree uprooted by a rainstorm crushed the car being driven by the legal adviser to the Niger State chapter of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Barrister Joseph Kolo, killing him at once. LEADERSHIP gathered that the legal adviser ...
A lawmaker in the House of Representatives, Hon. Muhammadu Bello Matawalle and other opposition politicians in Zamfara State have given the state government a two week ultimatum to rescind its decision to sack 15, 000 of its workers or face legal...
National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), in collaboration with Nigeria ICT Forum of Partnership Institutions, has organised a module training and strategy, planning and management (SPM) for rectors and principal staff of polytechnics across...
Ogun State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun will on Monday, September 10, deliver the 2012 Press Week lecture of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists {NUJ}, Oyo State. The governor will be speaking on “Military In...
The Tin Can Island Port Command of Nigeria Customs Service said it generated N18.4 billion revenue in Aug. 2012. This was against the N17.3 billion revenue recorded in July. Mr Chris Osunkwo, the Public Relations Officer of the command, told the ...
Gov. Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa State on Thursday in Lafia, said that two airports would soon be built in the state as part of his administration's transformation agenda. Al-Makura made the disclosure while speaking with newsmen after undert...
Dana Air office at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, has reopened for business, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The reopening of the office followed the lifting of the suspension clamped on the airline by the Federal Government...
The Presidential Amnesty Office (PAO) said on Thursday in Abuja that 30 former militants had been offered welding and fabrication employment by the Proclad Group of Companies in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Mr Kingsley Kuku, the Chairman of PAO, ...
There is crisis in the home of former military head of state, the late Sani Abacha. A telephone operator in the family house, who is standing trial before a Kano Chief Magistrate’s Court over alleged theft of jewelries belonging to former First L...
The National Lottery Regulatory Commission (NLRC) on Thursday in Abuja said the public has nothing to fear about the ongoing ``MTN Ulimate Wonder Promo’’. A statement signed by the commission’s Assistant Director, Media and Public Aff...
The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Zainab Maina, has unveiled a gender policy for the Nigeria Police. Speaking at the unveiling of the policy in Abuja on Thursday, the minister said that the policy when implemented, would elim...
Nigeria dominated Powerlifting at the London 2012 Paralympic Games with six gold medals in their 12-medal haul from 20 events.
The federal government will not stop the trial of some of the oil marketers indicted by the Aig-Imoukhuede Committee set up to investigate fuel subsidy claims by the marketers currently standing trial in the Lagos High Court in Ikeja, Lagos. There are ...
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday stormed the National Stadium, Abuja, where he urged members of the national football team, the Super Eagles to ensure that their encounter with Lone Stars of Liberia in Moronvia on Saturday was a huge success. The ...