As part of measures to ease the traffic bottleneck that characterize some parts of Lagos Island, the state governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, yesterday commissioned the Falomo On-Ramp Bridge constructed at the cost of N2.5 billion. Speaking at the ...
The director-general, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Mr. Ajayi Femi, has appealed to the Federal Government to assist the agency to enable it to fight war against drug trafficking in the country. Femi, who stated this recently when ...
South Sudan has become the 193rd Member State of the United Nations International Telecommunications Union (ITU), the agency announced yesterday. The country, which gained its independence on July 9, has already been allocated the international d...
One person was killed and another critically injured when Kajol village in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State was attacked on Tuesday by unknown assailants. The injured person is being treated at Jos University Teaching Hospital of guns...
Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Mr. Olugbenga Ashiru will, next week, preside over the United Nations Security Council’s debate on Security Sector Reform of the World body. Disclosing this in a statement made available to journalists in...
Chelsea midfielder Mikel Obi will be fined 5,000 dollars for missing the Tuesday deadline to report to the Super Eagles' camp in Abuja. Team Media Officer, Mr Colin Udoh, said on Tuesday in Abuja that Eagles officials were unimpressed with t...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has started another round of forensic investigation in seven commercial banks over alleged round tripping of foreign exchange. Round tripping is the practice of selling foreign exchange sourced from CBN at the b...
Gov. Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State says his administration has so far accessed more than N40 billion out of the N200 billion facility approved by the State House of Assembly for projects execution. Amaechi disclosed this in Calabar on T...
The Federal Government says it will launch a job creation scheme that enables young people with knowledge and capacity to employ other young people. President Goodluck Jonathan made the disclosure while hosting Mrs Helen Clark, Administrator of ...
President Goodluck Jonathan has restated his commitment to building virile institutions in the country to strengthen Nigeria’s democracy and make the country a better place for all. Jonathan was speaking with the new Belgian Ambassador to ...
The Nigerian Copyright Commission says its operatives in Enugu have confiscated pirated products worth N8.5 million and arrested six persons. A statement issued by the commission, signed by the Assistant Director, Public Affairs, Mr Vincent Oyef...
With the conclusion of governorship primaries by the political parties in Kogi State, the stage is now set for the battle for the soul of the state. Hamzat Baba in Lokoja observes that the forthcoming poll will not be a tea party as all the parties are...
Nigerians, mostly those resident in Gwagwalada area council and other suburbs of the FCT along the axis, have continued to decry the traffic jam on the Giri-Gwagwalada Road, which they noted, has become a permanent feature on the road. The residents ha...
Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson, Chairman House of Representatives Committee on Special Duties, represents Sagbama/ Ekeremor Federal Constituency of Bayelsa State.In his first term in office (between 2007 and 2011), he sponsored a bill that led to the amend...
Armed robbers on Monday raided the Shuwarin Market in Dutse, killing one person and injuring seven others. An eyewitness, Musa Ahmed, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday that the robbers arrived at the market at about 6.30 pm when traders w...