The special adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on media and publicity, Dr Reuben Abati, has said that the presidency cannot call for an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of the late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha and a bus...
Damning reports emerged yesterday at the Senate Ad-hoc Committee investigating the activities of the Bureau for Private Enterprises (BPE), as a World Bank report between 1999-2003 indicted a former Director-General of BPE, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, for th...
The Kano Emirate Council is now in a fix over what to do in the case of one of its four kingmakers, the Sarkin Dawaki Mai Tuta, Alhaji Aminu Dan’Agundi, whose dismissal from the council was recently reversed by a Kano St...
A member of the family of late Chief MKO Abiola, acclaimed winner of the annulled June 12, 1993, presidential election, Alhaji Olalekan Yushau Abiola, has lamented that in spite of the sacrifices made by the family to entrench democracy in the country,...
As state governors in the country mark their quarterly sensitisation campaign on the eradication of poliomyelitis across the country, the Lagos state governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, yesterday, urged his counterparts in other states to give priority to...
The Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) has threatened to mobilise its members against state governors across the country, accusing them of strangulating the lower tier of government of funds. NULGE national president, Comrade Ibrahim K...
Minister of Health, Prof Christian Onyebuchi Chukwu, yesterday expressed the federal government’s readiness to partner with the Edo state government in the area of sensitising the public on the need to tackle the scourge of cancer and the deadly ...
Rivers State Local Government Commission (RSLGC) says it would monitor and evaluate the performance of all principal officers of the local government councils in the state and drop those who fail in their duties without delay. Chairman of the commissio...
Governor Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar of Zamfara State yesterday, swore in his 24- member cabinet and warned them against betrayal of public trust, charging them to come up with policies that could accelerate the development of the state, which he described...
The Chairman of Gwagwalad Area Council, Hon Zakari Angulu Dobi, has vowed that henceforth, any resident caught disposing refuse at the drainage system, waterway or major roads would be prosecuted in the mobile court. He gave the warning yesterday in Gw...
South-South Youth Movement for Non-violence, yesterday called on the managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr. Chibuzor Ugwoha, to intensify the developmental projects being carried out in the Niger Delta region by...
The sagging menance that has ravaged some of our youths today has been attributed to style and fashion. But, is it really about expression of style, or is there an underlying factor behind it? AMINA ALHASSAN AHMAN writes on this trend. “I’m...
Many Nigerians embark on night journeys for various reasons: Some believe it is more convenient because there is considerably less traffic. Whatever the reason, the associated risks involved have proved to be dangerous and not worth risking ones life f...
Though, the Cross River and Rivers state governments are still arguing on how much the aircraft, (DASH 8 Propeller) was bought and sold for, people of Cross River have protested the purchase of the aircraft. The governorship candidate for Labor Party (...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), South-east zone has reinstated its commitment to the rehabilitation of about 50 families displaced by the fire that erupted at the Enugu Prisons and Police Barracks last month. The Zonal Coordinator of N...