The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, said yesterday that a whopping N27.50 billion has been syndicated to banks for the supply of fertiliser for 2012 farming season. Disclosing this to newsmen in Abuja, the minister...
Nigeria’s attempt to become a digital economy may be realised sooner going by the plans of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to draw a five-year (2013-2017) Strategic Management Plan (SMP) that will guide the growth and development of the ...
Nigerian telecommunication operators may drag the federal government to court by December 2013 if it fails in its promise to improve public power supply. The operators, who have been bearing the brunt of the poor electricity supply, said that the worr...
About 1,400 staff of the Ministry of Defence have cried out over the non-payment of their salaries and entitlements by the Federal Government for two years now. But in a swift reaction, the Ministry of Defence has debunked the story. According to the D...
One of America’s most influential newspapers, the New York Times, has yesterday affirmed that Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala was best qualified for the World Bank plum job. The New York Times assessment comes just as President Goodluck Jonathan, also yest...
Barely 24 hours after an explosion rocked Ungwan Muazu area of Kaduna metropolis killing a man suspected to have been in possession of the explosive, unknown gunmen on Sunday night stormed Rigasa Community in Kaduna metropolis, killing an Assistant Sup...
The deputy minority leader in the Katsina State House of Assembly and the member representing Funtua Local Government Area Constituency, Hon. Rabiu Idris Funtua of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) has challenged the state government over the p...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Nasiru Yahaya Gusau before Justice M.B Abubakar of Kano State High Court for criminal diversion of N64.8million belonging to one Alhaji Musa Baba to personal use. Gusau’s arraignmen...
A Federal High Court in Lagos, yesterday, discharged a former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Intercontinental Bank Plc (now Access bank), Dr Erastus Akingbola over a 26 -count amended charges preferred against him by the Federal Government. This ...
President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, condoled with the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu over the death of his father, His Royal Highness, Igwe Mathias Ekweremadu. The president said that he received with sadness the news of the passing away o...
Senators elected on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from Kogi State, yesterday said the former governor of the state; Alhaji Ibrahim Idris, lied over claims that he single-handedly installed all federal lawmakers currently serving in the...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday began a week-long working leave, according to the Presidency. A statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, stated that the President would remain in Abuja during the...
Gov. Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State on Monday swore in 21 new Commissioners and 15 Special Advisers, charging them to be diligent and transparent. ``I owe it a duty to thank the entire electorate of the state for its sustained support and prayers to the...
Authorities say suspected gunmen from a radical Islamist sect have shot and killed a secret police officer in northeast Nigeria. The attack happened Monday in Maiduguri, where the sect known as Boko Haram once had its main mosque. Witnesses said the of...
The House of Representatives Committee on Aviation on Monday threatened to sanction the British Airways if it failed to reduce its air fares for Nigerian passengers. Rep. Nkiruka Onyejeocha (PDP- Abia) , the chairman of the committee, gave the warning ...