Nasarawa State Governor Umaru Al-Makura has launched the first phase of the NNPC/Capital Oil Kero-Direct Sale Scheme with a purchase of 120,000 litres of the product for onward sale to the people of the state. Launching the scheme in Lafia, ...
The Senior Special Assistant to the President (SSAP) on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), has disclosed that four more local governments in Kogi State are in the frame to benefit the MDGs activities this year. Mrs. Precious Gbeneol, who reiter...
Political leaders in the Northern part of the country have been called upon to emulate the first civilian Governor of the old Kano State, Late Alhaji Abubakar Rimi for his patriotism and service to humanity. Chairman of the newly formed Rimi Memo...
Mr Mfon Essien, the Acting Director of the Cross River Basin Development Authority (CRBDA), said on Wednesday that the Federal Government has been spending one billion naira annually on rice importation. Essien made the announcement in Calabar when he ...
The Aviation Round Table (ART) on Wednesday in Lagos called for an amendment to the 1999 constitution to enable local governments respond to emergencies in their areas. The President of the ART, Capt. Dele Ore, made the call at a media briefing on emer...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) have debunked reports of fresh attacks in Tse and Shong villages in Plateau. The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Air Chief Marshal Oluseyi Petinrin, made this clarification in Abuja on Wednesday when he briefed newsmen on t...
The House of Representatives on Wednesday resolved to take a decision on a motion on the deployment of 3, 500 soldiers to Edo preparatory to Saturday’s governorship election. The motion, brought by Rep. Bimbo Daramola (ACN-Ekiti) on the recent de...
Mr Andrew Yakubu, the Group Managing Director of the NNPC, on Wednesday paid tribute to the Late Dr Levi Ajuonuma who died in the Dana plane crash of June 3. He also paid tribute to four other workers of the corporation who died in the crash. Yak...
Three persons, including a U.S.-based woman, were on Wednesday arraigned at a Chief Magistrates' Court in Umuahia for allegedly attacking a worship centre. Emily Nwabuko, 45, Emelike Nwabuko, 49, and Victoria Udenze, 56, who is based in the US, wer...
Bauchi State Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Mohammed Ladan, has confirmed the killing of four persons in Tafawa Balewa town of Bauchi State by unknown gunmen on Wednesday. He told newsmen that the deceased and one other person, who was injured, were at...
The absence of Justice Benedict Kanyip of the National Industrial Court on Wednesday stalled further hearing in the case filed by Lagos doctors against the state government. The doctors, under the aegis of Medical Guild, had on April 24 embarked on str...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) said on Wednesday it would hold a National Peace Summit to discuss the spate of violence and the state of insecurity in the country. The National President of the congress, Mr Waheed Omar, told the News Agency of Niger...
The Director, Operations, State Security Service (SSS), Mr Mathew Seiyefa has denied allegation that he had prior knowledge of the plan to carry out the 2010 Independence Day bombing in Abuja. Seiyefa made the denial when he testified as a prosecution ...
Alhaji Isa Sali, the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, said on Wednesday that the Federal Government would take steps to correct lapses in the implementation of the Group Life Assurance scheme for federal workers. Sali, who said this w...
The Special Adviser to the President on National Assembly Matters, Sen. Joy Emodi, on Wednesday described the confirmation of Justice Aloma Mukhtar as Nigeria’s first female Chief Justice as ``historic.'' Emodi, who spoke to journalists i...