President Goodluck Jonathan’s plan to remove fuel subsidy over the weekend suffered another set back from the South - South monarchs who said that the present economic situation is not safe for such policy. The royal fathers said the president, w...
The Dangote Foundation has begun the disbursement of N600million to women in Kano State. The disbursement began on Saturday at the Sani Abacha Stadium with initial 4,400 beneficiaries drawn from the 44 local government areas of the state. The money was...
The Chairman, South -East Governors’ Forum and Anambra State Governor Peter Obi, has said that the ex Biafran warlord, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, will be buried on February 2, 2012. Speaking with journalists yesterday at the Enu...
The House of Representatives Committee on Environment has questioned the Ecological Fund Office (EFO) over its non-adherence to due process in awarding N11.5 billion contracts in the South-Eastern parts of the country. Members of the committee made thi...
Asaba girls, who thronged to watch a show by stand-up comedian, AY, live at the Grand Hotel, Asaba, the Delta State capital, on Saturday held music star, Tuface Idibia, hostage when they openly struggled over whom to embrace him. It took furious ...
A former Brazilian captain, Socrates is dead. Popularly called the ‘Golden Heel’, the Brazil’s 1982 World Cup captain, passed on at the age of 57. He was said to have been in a critical condition with an intestinal infecti...
Group Politics Editor, FRANCIS AGBO writes on last Saturday’s governorship election in Kogi State and how the battle was won and lost. The victory of Retired Captain Idris Wada in last Saturday’s governorship election in Kogi State was expe...
Hon. Yusuf Manu Swa represents Balanga/Billiri Federal Constituency of Gombe State. In this interview with PEMBI STEPHEN-DAVID, he speaks on the EFCC chairman and other issues. DON’T YOU FEEL THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF THE EFCC ACT IS MEANT TO STI...
A medical practitioner with general hospital Lagos, Dr Tajudeen Salami , has called on the Federal Government to create offices of the National Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in all the ports of the country. Salami told the Ne...
The Nigerian Urban Reproductive Health Initiative (NURHI) has revealed that child mortality rates in the country is on the increase because of low up take of modern family planning methods by the people. The Programme Director of NURHI,, Mrs Adeb...
Bauchi State government has been called upon to set aside adequate fund for maternal health programes so as to reduce the rate of maternal morbidity and mortality in the state. The Executive Director of a non gogernmental organization, Community ...
The United States government and the federal government last week signed a partnership framework implementation plan on HIV/AIDS for 2010-2015. Speaking at the occasion, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim said t...
Recently, UNICEF, with funding from the Japanese government moved to curb the high incidences of malnutrition in some parts of northern Nigeria. WINIFRED OGBEBO, who went on a fact-finding mission, reports. A recent report has revealed that over 35,000...
Gwagwalada Area Council has threatened to sanction a firm Techstyle Engineering, for delaying in the completion the FRCN-Kutunkun Road. The council chairman, Alhaji Zakari Angulu, who made the threat in Gwagwalada during an inspection tour of som...
As festivities leading to December pick-up, the National Association of Luxury Bus Drivers has called for adequate and better road signs ahead of police checkpoints to reduce accidents on the high ways. National Chairman of the association, Mr. O...