As part of efforts to engender peace in the country, women of both Christian and Muslim faiths yesterday converged in Kaduna to call on God to intervene in the insurgency that has bedevilled the nation. The programme, which was organized by the Nigeria...
Residents of the Government Reserved Area (GRA) in Port Harcourt, Rivers State have petitioned the state government over the colossal damage caused by the on-going reconstruction work in the area. The state government had late last year engaged the ser...
The new police commissioner in Imo State, Mr. Christopher Dega has admitted that the case of the kidnapped former Speaker of the state, Godfrey Dikeocha who is still being held is proving to be a very hard nut to crack. Dega in an interactive session w...
Sunday Adepoju represents Ido/Ibarapa federal constituency in the House of Representatives. In this interview with SAKIN BABALOLA, the lawmaker spoke on various issues including his views on the pension fund scam, the achievements of the ACN governors ...
Senator Christopher Iyiola Omisore is the immediate past Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriation. He represented Osun-East Senatorial District between 2003 and 2011. In this Interview with SEFIU AYANBIMPE, Omisore speaks on the security report alle...
As part of efforts to end youth restiveness in the Niger-Delta Region, the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua issued a proclamation in 2009 for the commencement of a comprehensive demilitarisation of the area and a return to serenity. Tagged Amne...
Tiger Woods returns to US PGA Tour action at this week’s Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina, confident he has solved the ball-striking problems which plagued him at this month’s Masters. The former world number one failed...
The Federal Government has confirmed that 9,000 out of 11,000 causal workers in PHCN across the country, a union leader said. The Chairman of National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), FCT branch, Mr Wisdom Nwachukwu, made the confirmation while a...
Following recent reports of abduction from commercial vehicles, the Zamfara Government has banned all illegal motor parts in the state, the Commissioner for Transport, Alhaji Nasiru Zarumai, said. Zarumai told the News agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gusau ...
The U.S. Government has agreed to consider the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project’s (SERAP) request to establish a process for the sharing of proceeds from foreign bribery fines. This was made known in a letter signed by Mr Robert K...
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have called on the Federal Government to carry out urgent reforms in the NNPC. This they argued would enable the corporation to function efficiently. Alhaji Abdulwaheed Omar, NLC Presiden...
As Nigerian workers markede this year’s May Day, the Federal Government has been advised to tackle the security problems facing the country. In his May Day speech in Abuja on Tuesday, NLC President Abdulwahed Omar said the congress condemned the ...
The Kwara chapters of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have urged the Federal Government to rise decisively to the security challenge in the country. Comrade Farouk Akanbi of NLC and Comrade Israel Adebisi of TUC made th...
President Goodluck Jonathan has appealed to Nigerian workers to complement government’s efforts to ensure rapid socio-economic development by maintaining highest ideals of quality service delivery. Jonathan made the call on Tuesday in Abuja in a ...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Tuesday urged the Federal Government to review some of its policies which, it said, tended to worsen the unemployment and inflationary rates in the country. Mr Abdulwahed Omar, NLC president, made the call at the 20...