The Federal Government on Thursday in Abuja released N400 billion first quarter allocations for capital expenditure in the 2013 budget. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Paul Nwabuikwu, Spokesman for the Minister of Finance and Coordinating...
The World Bank is to support Youth Empowerment, Social Support Operation (YESSO) and education in Nigeria with additional 450 million dollars. The Country Director, Ms Marie-Francoise Marie-Nelly, said this in Abuja on Thursday while briefi...
Gov. Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Thursday said that education in the country must now be geared toward meeting the nation’s needs to make graduates employable
The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) on Thursday in Abuja shared N886.402 billion to the three tiers of government for the month of February. The Minister of State for Finance, Dr Yerima Ngama disclosed this while briefing newsmen o...
Reigning African Champions, the Super Eagles on Thursday maintained their 30th position in the world FIFA football ranking, released on Thursday by the world soccer governing body.
The sensational singer Tiwa Savage has released a new video Without My Heart which features multi-award winning musician and producer Don Jazzy.
Nigerian International and Millwall captain Danny Shittu headed his side into an FA Cup semi-final against Wigan as they won 1-0 against Blackburn, whose season took another dismal turn at Ewood Park.
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar yesterday called for genuine electoral reform to guarantee internal democracy in Nigeria political parties. Atiku lamented the internal democracy is lacking and badly managed by the Peoples Democratic Party. The for...
The senior special adviser to the governor of Taraba State on media and publicity, Mr. Silvanus Giwa has expressed dismay over the way and manner Governor Danbaba Suntai’s state of health is being politicised. Giwa who stated this yesterday in Ja...
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have quizzed the former Taraba State Deputy Governor, Alhaji Sani Abubakar Danladi.
As the ad-hoc committee on Petroleum Industry Bill begins their assignment, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has warned members of the committee to resist inducement attempts by interest groups. The speaker was ...
As the issue of oil bloc ownership continues to occupy the front burner of national discourse, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and other relevant agencies have been asked to make public a comprehensive list of all oil block own...
The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has lamented the preference for foreign companies to indigenous companies in the execution of jobs in the oil and gas industry. The minister particularly attributed the development to the con...
Satff of Power Holding Company of Nigeria(PHCN) have asked the federal government to explain the reasons it now decided to pay N45billion as their severance package against the N384 billion it ear lier promised. President General, Senior St...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has secured the approval of the Presidential Action Committee on Power (PACP) to commence implementation of the alternative metering scheme aimed at ensuring rapid deployment of pre-payment el...