The Department of State Security Service (SSS) has arrested some union leaders of National Examinations Council (NECO), even as federal government renewed the appointment of Professor Promise Okpala, the embattled registrar of the council for another t...
Governor Idris Wada of Kogi State has decried the spate of violence in the country, describing the ugly trend as alien to our culture. The governor who stated this in Lokoja during the official launching of the new identity card designed for civi...
Austin Eguavoen, the Technical Adviser of Enyimba FC of Aba, has said that the team was poised to win the Nigeria Premier League (NPL) 2011/2012 title through its determined drive to succeed. Eguavoen told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
Bauchi State council of Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) will flag off its press week on Monday with visits to Bauchi prison yard, remand home and hospitals. In a statement on Sunday, the Press Week committee chairman, Alhaji Ad...
The Fadama III Coordination Office in Delta says it has given out N256 million to 491 Fadama Users' Groups (FUGs) among the 68 Fadama Community Associations (FCAs) across the state. Mr Donald Ojebo, Communication Officer for the programm...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) will soon close down Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps so as to encourage the occupants to start living their normal lives. Alhaji Alhassan Aliyu, NEMA’s North-Central Zonal Coordinator, tol...
The Governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Aliyu Wamakko, has approved N3.9 billion for the payment of all outstanding commitments . A statement signed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Alhaji Abdullahi Bala, stated that commitments ...
The Borno Government is to set up a committee for effective fertiliser distribution, the Commissioner for Agriculture, Alhaji Usman Zannah, has said. He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Maiduguri, that the committee would&n...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says it is prepared for the imminent collapse of Lake Nyos and the potential disaster it poses to Benue and other states in Nigeria. Alhaji Alhassan Aliyu, NEMA’s North-Central Zonal Coordinator, to...
Some motorcycle riders, popularly called "Okada", said the ban on their operations in some parts of Ikeja by the Lagos State Government has imposed economic hardship on them. They said this in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nige...
Some religious leaders in Lagos on Sunday urged Nigerians to promote the culture of unity and live peacefully among themselves.. They made the call in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) against the backdrop of the security chall...
A two-year-old baby sustained no major injuries when she tumbled out of a seventh floor apartment in eastern Turkey, apparently saved by a lucky landing in snow, Anatolia news agency said Sunday. The unsupervised baby girl fell from the balcony of her ...
South African President Jacob Zuma will marry his fourth wife next weekend, his spokesman confirmed Sunday. Zuma will tie the knot at his family homestead in Nkandla in KwaZulu-Natal province, said presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj. “I can confi...
French energy group Total has shut down a gas plant in southern Nigeria because of a technical fault during a drilling operation at an oil facility, the company said on its website. “On April 3rd, Total E&P Nigeria Limited (TEPNG) was alerted...
At least one million suspects are to be prosecuted over offences arising from the 2011 voter registration and general elections, the Chairman, INEC Board of Electoral Institute, Prof. Lai Olurode, has said. Olurode, who is also Nati...