Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola has urged Nigerians to strive hard to stop the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) in the coming polls in order to galvanise again the wheel of progress, growth and development of the nation. Gover...
A total of 48 cases of Wild Polio Virus (WPV) have been recorded in 10 States since the beginning of the year 2012 with Kano, Jigawa, Bauchi, Borno, Yobe, Sokoto, Zamfara, Kaduna, Katsina and Niger as the affected States. Niger State governor, Babangid...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State yesterday raised the alarm that the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has perfected plans to rig Saturday’s governorship election by creating pockets of violence across the state during the exercise....
The candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Umar Tanko Tunga, has been declared winner of the last Saturday’s bye-election into Nasarawa State House of Assembly to represent Awe North constituency by the Independent National Elect...
Ahead of the impending ruling on the disputed ownership of the 76 oil wells between Cross River and Akwa Ibom States by the Supreme Court, some returnees from the disputed Bakassi area have risen in support of Akwa Ibom State. The returnees under...
As Nigeria moves to eradicate the culture of cash-based transactions, CHIMA AKWAJA spoke with Mr. Tim Akano, Vice Chairman, Wini Group, an information technology security company on the roadmap the country needs to adopt to ensure a successful implemen...
The old saying – “Cut your coat according to your clothe” appears to be one thrown to the wind by the Federal Government and indeed the three tiers of government in the country. One would have expected that as revenue from oil dwindle...
Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc has recorded a N258.3 billion turnover for the year ended March 31, 2012, as against N238.8 billion posted in 2011, just as it is proposing a cash dividend of N1.60 per share. Despite the slight increase in turnover, profit a...
The House of Representatives Public Account Committee (PAC) over the weekend asked the Director-General of Bureau of Public Enterprises, Ms. Bolanle Onagoruwa to explain how N56.8billion loans were disbursed to twenty two federal government agencies pr...
Senator Dantong Gyang representing Plateau North and Hon Gyang Fulani, the majority leader in the Plateau State House of Assembly have been killed. Sen. Gyang who was also chairman, Senate committee on health and the Plateau house leader were killed on...
There are conflicting reports on the circumstances surrounding the death of Senator Gyang Datong, representing Plateau North in the senate and Hon Danfulani, the majority leader in the Plateau State House of Assembly. According to a reliable source, th...
The Nasarawa State chapter of PDP has called for the cancellation of Saturday's bye-election for Awe North Constituency of the state assembly. The Chairman of the party in the state, Mr Yunana Iliya, told newsmen in Lafia on Sunday that...
Gov. Idris Wada of Kogi said the government has commenced work, in partnership with South Korea, on the establishment of a technology training institute in Lokoja. The governor announced this ...
The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, has commended the Kebbi Government for its efforts that ensured that the state was free of polio from June 2011 to June 2012. Prof Onyebuchi, who was represented...
United Company RUSAL Plc and Bureau of Public Enterprise are waiting for a copy of the Supreme Court judgment on the sale of Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria (ALSCON), Ikot Abasi, Akwa Ibom, to react. Mr Albert Dyabin, a Director in UC RUSAL,...