The House of Representatives yesterday directed its Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream) to ascertain why nine years after permits were granted to private refineries by the federal government, they were yet to commence operations. This is just...
The Bayelsa State Governor Timipre Sylva yesterday told the Court of Appeal in Abuja that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) fraudulently remitted the record of proceedings from a Federal High Court in Abuja to the appellate court just to hold up...
The House of Representatives on Thursday said the planned removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government was premature. It urged government to source for other sources of revenue other than expected proceeds from the proposed subsidy removal as part...
Vice-President Namadi Sambo on Thursday in Abuja called on Northern leaders to champion efforts at restoring peace in the region and the country in general. The vice -president made the call at the Northern Peace Conference organised by the Peop...
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) on Thursday confirmed that 44 Nigeria pilgrims died in Saudi Arabia during the hajj. Alhaji Yusuf Ibrahim, the National Commissioner in-charge of Policy, Personnel Management and Finance at NAHCON confir...
A Mysterious fire yesterday gutted Uwani Enugu Timber Market, destroying over 100 shops and properties worth over N300 million. Wood working machines, giant generators, doors, timbers, were among the items destroyed by the machines. A...
The Department of State Security Service, SSS, Niger State has raided a fake National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, orientation camp in Bosso area of Minna, the State Capital, arresting the coordinator , kenechukwu Osinomumu and 34 parti...
As part of its effort to reduce the high rate of accidents on the nation’s roads, the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has insisted that all drivers of commercial vehicles would undergo a series of medical tests before being issued the new d...
Dream Team V coach, Austin Eguavoen has said he takes full responsibility for Nigeria’ bad performances at the ongoing CAF U-23 Olympic Games playoffs holding in Morocco. The Nigerian Olympic team lost two consecutive matches against Morocco and ...
Barely months after a community in Guri local government area of Jigawa State was persuaded by authorities to turn from its defiant resistance against polio vaccine for many years, another community, Garbagal, in the same local government, is presentin...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has denied fixing December 31, 2011 as deadline for Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) card registration saying until the ongoing harmonisation between operators and the regulator was completed, th...
Katsina state House of Assembly has directed its committee on agriculture to liaise with all relevant stakeholders to find a lasting solution to clashes between farmers and Fulani pastorialists in the state. The directive came barely three weeks after ...
Kourtney Kardashian is pregnant with baby number two. The 32-year-old reality star has revealed that she is just nine weeks into her second pregnancy. Kourtney and partner Scott Disick, 28, already have a son Mason, who turns two on December 14. In a s...
In the book, How Much Land Does a Man Need, Leo Tolstoy laments the futility of materialism. If the book was a parable of 19th century Russia, the stark interpretation of that parable may be found on No.1 Vattern Street, off Amazon Street, Maitama, Abu...
Lawmakers yesterday queried the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Precious Gbenol, on why the office spent N25 billion out of N54 billion earmarked for the execution of constituency projects in the 2008 a...