Government workers in Akwa Ibom have put on hold their planned strike action slated for today over disagreement with the state government on the payment of the N18,000 minimum wage. The state chairman of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) Comrade Uyinm...
The chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Hon. Micah Jiba, gave a shocker yesterday, when he feigned ignorance of the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) profile of the area council. Jiba, who was addressing a pre-economic press conference or...
It was with great shock that I read a report entitled “Shi’ites Threaten Nigeria’s Security, say Islamic scholars” in the 7/7/2011 edition of The Nation newspaper. Shiites are the second of the two branches of Islam: Sunni and S...
Men of the State Security Service (SSS) in Kogi State have started monitoring sermons in mosques and churches as part of measures to prevent religious crisis in the state. The state director of the SSS, Mr Mike Fubara, told newsmen in Lokoja yesterday ...
The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) said yesterday that the Commission would immediately move into the Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE) to dig for details surrounding the recent sale of federal government’s five percent equity sha...
When the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) met with the countries security chiefs yesterday, the commission pushed for a review of the security preparations which were put in place during the elections with a view to improving on perform...
The Peoples Progressive Alliance (PPA) has thrown its weight behind the six-year single tenure being proposed by President Goodluck Jonathan. The chairman of the party, Chief Sam Nkire, who stated this at the special National Executive Committee (NEC) ...
Over two hundred homes and two thousand farmlands planted with crops such as yams, okra, melon, cocoyam and cassava in Ikom, in Cross River State, have been submerged in water following the overflow of Cross River. The property destroyed is estimated a...
Nicki Minaj is proving once again that she can hang with the fellas, she’s now the first female rapper to make the Forbes’ Hip-Hop Cash Kings list. Making her debut at #15, the Barbie Doll rapper pulled in $6.5 million this past year...
Ekiti State Governor Kayode Feyemi has appealed to the Federal Government to assist the state in finding lasting solution to the menace of gully erosion and other ecological problems facing the area. He made the call yesterday in Abuja when he paid a c...
The Flying Eagles of Nigeria defeated England by a lone goal in the second round of the World Youth Championship in Colombia. After an uninspiring first half, the game burst into life shortly after the break. Kayode squared the ball from the lef...
The Flying Eagles of Nigeria defeated England by a lone goal in the second round of the World Youth Championship in Colombia. After an uninspiring first half, the game burst into life shortly after the break. Kayode squared the ball from the lef...
The federal government plans to sell 70 billion naira ($458.3 million) in three, five and 10-year sovereign bonds on August 17, its eighth debt auction of the year, the Debt Management Office said yesterday. The debt office said it would sell 30 billio...
In a bid to increase food production in the country, Ekiti State governor Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has canvassed for the speedy completion of the ongoing 100,000 metric tonnes silo in the state. The governor who made the appeal when he paid a courtesy call o...
The federal government and Kano State government are set to boost tomato paste production in Nigeria. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, disclosed this in Abuja when he received Kano State Commissioner of Agricultu...