Some transporters and traders in Abuja have taken advantage of the Easter holiday to increase prices of goods and fares to some parts of the country, correspondent gathered. A visit to some of the parks in the Federal Capital showed that the transport ...
The immediate-past Commissioner for Youth and Sports in Akwa Ibom, Oyong Asuquo, died on Saturday in a motor accident. Asuquo, a close confidant of Gov. Godswill Akpabio, was killed in the auto crash which occurred on Oruko-Okobo road. According to Asu...
President Goodluck Jonathan has extended his sincere condolences to the government and people of Malawi over the death of the country's President, Bingu Wa Mutharika, a statement said. The statement, issued by Dr. Reuben Abati, the Special Adviser ...
Gov. Peter Obi of Anambra has called on Christians to emulate the virtues of Jesus Christ by living a life of service and love toward their neighbours. Obi made the call on Saturday in Onitsha, Anambra, in his Easter message to the people of the State....
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on Saturday called on Nigerians to imbibe the spirit of love and sacrifice as they celebrated Easter. Atiku, in an Easter message issued by his Media Office in Abuja, enjoined Christians and all Nigerians to interna...
As Christians mark Easter, Mr Tim Golu, Chief Whip, Plateau House of Assembly, on Saturday warned the country's leaders against playing politics with the lives of citizens. “Nigerian leaders must refrain from hypocrisy and love the governed s...
ECOWAS Chiefs of Defence Staff on Friday in Abidjan concluded plans to deploy military forces to intervene in the ongoing crisis in Mali, keeping the details sealed. The West Africa Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the mee...
Dr Ifueko Omoigui-Okauru, the outgoing Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), says a strong foundation has been laid for the Nigerian tax system, in spite of some challenges. Omoigui-Okauru, who said this at a media briefing on Friday i...
The ECOWAS Commission on Friday denounced the declaration of independence by the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) for the North of Mali. The condemnation is contained in a statement by Kadré Désiré Ouédraogo, the President of t...
The Senate Leader, Sen. Victor Ndoma-Egba, says education is the only solution to the persistent security challenges facing the country. Ndoma-Egba, who said this in Calabar on Friday during his Scholarship Awards’ ceremony, said that with good e...
The Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), Enugu Distribution Zone, has embarked on an indefinite strike in the South-East to protest non-implementation of the 50 per cent salary increment approved by the federal government for workers in the power s...
Imo State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has faulted the proposed fourth tier system of government, otherwise known as the community government council by Governor Rochas Okorocha. During a public hearing of the proposed system of governm...
The State Security Service (SSS) has offered to train staff of the National Orientation Agency (NOA) on intelligence gathering. Director-General of SSS, Mr. Ekpenyong Ita made this known in Abuja when he received the NOA director-general, M...
Former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has reminensced on his resignation of the post of chairman Board of Trustees (BoT) of the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) and declared that he completed his mission in the party. Obasanjo therefore...
In what was described as abysmal failure and selfish interest, eight political parties in Delta State have dragged Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan to Federal High Court in Asaba to explain his failure to conduct the council’s election and alleged with...