The Nigerian Army yesterday reassured Lagos residents that all security agencies in the state were working together to ensure the safety of the state. General Officer Commanding (GOC), 81 Division, Major-General Kenneth Minimah, gave the assuran...
Women numbering about 70 yesterday stormed the Lagos State House of Assembly to protest against the list of chairmanship candidates released by the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN). The women described The Nation newspaper of Monday 26, in which...
The Paramount Ruler of the Ebeni Ibe Atissa Kingdom, in Yenagoa local government area of Bayelsa state, King Godwin Igodo, yesterday regained freedom after 27 days in the kidnappers den. King Igodo was released Tues...
As Nigeria celebrates her 51st Independence Anniversary, the Obong of Calabar ,His Eminence, Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu (V), has called for the immediate convening of a national conference to discuss the Nigerian project. &ld...
Again, the Abia State nominee to the recently dissolved board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Mr Alloysious Nwagboso who was rejected by the Senate last time may yet face re-nomination challenges. His nomination has ...
Niger State Pilgrims Welfare Commission has secured 4,302 visas for pilgrims from the state expected to perform this year’s Hajj in Saudi Arabia. The commission’s Public Relations Officer, Malam Sani Awwal, told the News Agency of Ni...
The Borno State Commissioner of Home Affairs, Information and Culture, Mr. Inuwa Bwala, has said that very soon the civil servants in the state work with digital facilities to meet the global trend in information technology. The commissioner dis...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC),Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the Joint Public Service Negotiating Council (JPSNC) in Benue State yesterday commenced an indefinite strike action to press home their demands for the implementation of the ...
The Minister of Power, Prof. Bart Nnaji, has directed the management of each of the 18 companies created out of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) to start paying the staff a 50 per cent salary increase from this month. Nnaji disclosed ...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it will partner with the National Orientation Agency (NOA) on the proposed delineation of constituencies across Nigeria. INEC chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega made the disclosure at ...
Shell Nigeria Exploration Company is to donate an ICT Centre to the University of Abuja as part of its sustainable development programme in Nigerian universities. This was disclosed by the business development manager of the oil giant, Dr Chidi ...
The arraignment of former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) is seen by the opposition as political persecution. The CCT had revealed that government has iron-clad evidence to nail Tinubu. The s...
Hon. Abubakar Mahmud Wambai, representing Miaha/Mubi North/Mubi South Federal Constituency of Adamawa State, in this interview with RUTH CHOJI, argues that the National Assembly is happy with President Goodluck Jonathan on the stand he has taken in the...
Hope of Nigeria hosting the African Cup of Nations in 2013 has been dashed. Consequently, Nigeria will not be able to host the continental fiesta following the decision of the Confederation of African Football to allow a swap between Libya and S...
Former marathon world record holder Haile Gebrselassie has shoved aside retirement insisting that he is not going anywhere but targeting success at the 2012 Games in London. The 38-year-old Ethiopian dropped out of his second succe...