The Kwara Sstate governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has restated his commitment to the completion of 21 ongoing road projects across the state in the next four years. The governor made this comment during the official presentation of a Second Class Sta...
The Niger State Government has said that before the rains set in, it will rally 250,000 farmers for the first phase of the Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA) of the federal government. The Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Develo...
Two persons and some 30 domestic animals have been killed by a rampaging lion in the Gulani Local Government Area of Yobe. The Yobe State Commissioner for Environment, Alhaji Wakil Sarki, confirmed the incident in a telephone interview with our corresp...
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, yesterday led the bank’s management team to commiserate with Saint Theresa’s Catholic Church , Madalla, Suleja, over the Christmas Day bomb blasts that killed more than 40...
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday warned ministers, aides and other political appointees against campaigning for any office in 2015, saying that anyone who contravened the directive would be eased out of his government. Speaking at the 58th Nationa...
The effect of the partial removal of petrol subsidy on consumers was recognised yesterday in official quarters. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) yesterday, in its report for the month of January 2012, said the inflation rate has risen to 12.6 pe...
Alex Ohikere was recently appointed the director-general, National Steel Raw Materials Exploration Agency (NSRMEA). In this interview with RUTH TENE, he unfolds his plans for the agency. Congratulations on your appointment; what do you hope to do diffe...
The Kwara State government will from March 1, 2012, commence the testing of vehicles for the release of gaseous substances as part of efforts to mitigate the challenges of climate change in the state. To achieve this goal, the state’s commi...
Nasarawa State Governor, Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, has urged top government officials to ensure effective governance and public service delivery to facilitate the implementation of physical projects for the socio-economic development of the state and coun...
Members of the Fulani community in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State yesterday refused to participate in the ongoing polio immunization exercise in the state, even denying health officers entry into their domains. The state government had recen...
Governor Ibrahim Shema of Katsina State has warned contractors handling projects in the state against execution of shoddy jobs just as he insisted that payment would be based on performance. Shema who gave the warning yesterday, at the signing of 2012 ...
Following the recent arrest of the alleged Boko Haram kingpin in Taraba State, the Police command has mapped out operational strategies to combat crime in the State. The strategies according to the Police Public Relation Officer, Assistant ...
The Vice President, Arch. Namadi Sambo, in collaboration with the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has launched a special youth empowerment training programme for 200 youths in Kaduna State. Sambo, while declaring the programme open said that t...
A youth based non-governmental organisation, Young Progressive Nigerians Initiative, YPNI has written to President Goodluck Jonathan on the need to convoke a constitutional conference where Nigerians would have the opportunity of discussing the nation&...
Chief Executive Officer of A.G Moeller Limited, Mr. Kemi Adeloye, who is standing trial at a Federal High Court in Lagos alongside his company for fraud has filed a motion seeking to quash the charges. Justice Okechukwu Okeke had earlier ordered that A...