Borno State Governor Kashim Shettima has commended President Goodluck Jonathan in his committed efforts to resuscitate the ceding Lake Chad. This is even as he said that the lake and adjoining areas have strong agro-economic relevance to the people of ...
Amid barrage of criticisms trailing the non performance of local government administration in his state, the Lagos State Governor Mr. Babatunde Fashola on Wednesday hinged their non performance on huge wage bills. The governor who stated this at the oc...
Former minister of defence, Lt. Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (rtd), has clarified his comment on the dire situation of some states in the North which he made during the 50th Birthday celebration of the Chairman of LEADERSHIP Group, Mr. Sam Nda-Isaiah,...
A Don, Prof. Peter Nwangwu, says those who import substandard drugs into Nigeria are wicked, inhuman and desperate to acquire wealth at all cost. Nwanwgu,who lectures at the University of Nigeria (UNN) Nsukka, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday in Abuja approved N8.2 billion for the construction of Inland Waterway Port at Jamata near Lokoja, and dredging of a channel along the Orashi River. The Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku, stated t...
The Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has urged the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) to stop indiscriminate closure of their base stations. Mr Gbenga Adebayo, Chairman of...
The Police in Rivers on Wednesday arrested a man who allegedly used a hot pressing iron to inflict bodily harm on his 12-year-old son. Mr Ben Ugwuebulam, the police spokesman told newsmen in Port Harcourt, that the suspect Moses Jaja, allegedly p...
The Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) on Wednesday called on the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to set up a One-Stop-Shop (OSS) for the industry. Mr Gbenga Adebayo, the ALTON Chairman, made the call at a ...
The Police College, Kaduna says it has discharged 234 recruits for failure to meet the basic entry requirements of the institution. Commandant of the college, Mr Sunusi Rufai, a Commissioner of Police, disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Kaduna ...
An Osun monarch, Oba Adebukola Alli, who had been facing a four-count charge of rape, kidnapping, indecent assault and defamation, on Wednesday filed a no case submission before the State High Court. Alli, who is the Alowa of Il...
President Goodluck Jonathan will depart Abuja for Dakar on Thursday to attend an Extra Ordinary Summit of the Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS. The one-day summit would discuss the political developments in the ECOWAS states of Guinea Bissau and...
Some electricity consumers in Awka, Anambra, on Wednesday appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan to compel Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to stop its planned new electricity tariff regime. The consumers, who made the appeal in separ...
Trading activities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Wednesday reopened on a positive note after a public holiday declared by the Federal Government to mark Workers’ Day celebration. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that...
More than 600 South African Police Officers were arrested in South Africa's Gauteng province since April 2011, the provincial police commissioner has said. Lt Gen. Mzwandile Petross told newsmen in Pretoria on Wednesday that many of the arrests wer...
A bill to amend the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN ) Act on Wednesday passed through second reading at the House of Representatives. The bill provides for the appointment of a person, other than the CBN Governor, as the Chairman and the exclusion of CBN ...