President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday in Kaduna, promised to improve the welfare and professional capacity of the Armed Forces for them to meet global standards. ``It is my desire to transform the Armed Forces to a standard obtained in any similar in...
The Chairman House of Representatives Committee on the Diaspora, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has told government to continue to make use of the enormous human resources of Nigerians in the Diaspora. Speaking in an interview with the North America Correspon...
Prof. Ukachukwu Awuzie, the National President of ASUU, has told the National Universities Commission (NUC) to ensure that courses offered in every university in the country are accredited. Awuzie made the call in an interview with the News Agency of N...
Health Minister, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, on Saturday in Lagos appealed to doctors and health workers in the country to make strike the last option in pressing for their demands. Chukwu, who was in Lagos to pay a condolence visit to the family of the la...
The Niger Government says it has disbursed N35.4 million as relief to the third batch of Madalla Christmas Day bomb blast victims. The Chairman of Madalla Assessment Committee, Alhaji Garba Tagwai, made this known to newsmen in Minna on Saturday. Tagwa...
Some Nigeria legislators have assured foreign investors of huge profits on their investments in the country. The legislators made this known at a forum by the Debt Management Office (DMO) on “Nigeria Non-Deal Roadshow Investor Presentation in USA...
Prof. Tunde Babawale, has hinged Nigeria's socio-economic, political and scientific development on cultural rebirth. Babawale, who is the Director-General, Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization (CBAAC), Lagos, spoke on Friday at a lect...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Saturday evicted some illegal occupants from its barracks in Abuja. The service gave the illegal occupants in its barracks nationwide up till April 14 to leave or face eviction. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) repo...
Eighteen female officers will be among the 85 Nigerian Navy cadets expected to graduate under the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) direct short service course. The spokesman for the Academy, Lt. Col. Abubakar Edun, told the News Agency of Nigeria (...
The Managing Director, Green Technologies, Mr. Temitope Olagija, has urged governments at all levels to invest in Jatropha plant to empower Nigerians economically. Olagija made the call while delivering his paper titled: "Emerging Trends in BioFue...
Gen.Yakubu Gowon, the Chairman, Industrial and General Insurance (IGI) Plc, announced on Friday in Lagos at the that the company recorded N10.5 billion Gross Premium in 2010 financial year, which ended Dec. 31. Gowon disclosed this at the company&rsquo...
Mr Kingsley Kuku, the Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Niger Delta Affairs, has said that the Presidential Amnesty office was not established to be a security outfit. Kuku said this in a statement signed by Mr Henry Ugbolue...
The Chairman of the Security Committee for 2012 Nwonyo Fishing Festival, Mr Sam Adda, says security agencies have been placed on red alert to ensure a hitch free festival. He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibi near Wukari in Taraba on Saturda...
The Enugu State Police Command has confirmed the release of the Spaniard, Dr Joe Machimbarrena, a medical doctor working with Niger Foundation Hospital in Enugu, after almost three weeks in captivity. He was abandoned in a place called Thinkers Corner ...
No developing nation will attain the Millennium Development Goals on reduction of child mortality, a World Bank Global Monitoring report (GMR) 2012 has revealed. The report , released at the ongoing Spring Meeting of the World Bank and the Internationa...