FG approves N1.3bn rail feasibility contract
Federal Executive Council, FEC, has approved the contract for the feasibility study of standard rail gauge system on six rail corridors in the country. Briefing State House correspondents after...
View ArticleNDLEA seizes 339,968kg of drugs valued at N34bn
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, confiscated a total of 339,968kg of illicit drugs with an estimated street value of N34 billion in 2013. Similarly, the World Drug Report 2014 has scored...
View ArticleNAFDAC applauds UNODC on dissemination of annual reports
Director General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control, NAFDAC Dr. Paul Orhii has commended the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime, UNODC for disseminating 2013 annual report...
View ArticleKaduna Assembly swears in new member
Kaduna State House of Assembly yesterday swore in Mr. Timothy Chindo as the new member representing Kauru /Chawai constituency at the State House of Assembly. Mr. Chindo was sworn in following his...
View ArticleGroup graduates 25 female mechanics in Edo
Lady Mechanic initiative, LMI, an initiative to empower female school dropouts, returnee victims of human trafficking and women who desire self-empowerment skills on Thursday graduated 25 out of an...
View ArticleGov Yero commends NASFAT peace role
Kaduna State Governor, Alhaji Mukhtar Ramalan Yero has commended the leadership of Nasrul Lahi-L-Fatih Society of Nigeria, NASFAT, for its role in upholding the Islamic religion and promotion of peace...
View ArticleMinister reiterates commitment to ISPS code compliance
Minister of Transport, Senator Idris Umar has assured International Community of the Federal Government’s commitment towards ensuring that adequate safety measures are maintained along Nigerian water...
View ArticleBayelsa has potential to drive Nigeria’s economy – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday has declared that his home state of Bayelsa has the potential to drive the country’s economy. He therefore pledged to work with the Governor Seriake Dickson...
View ArticleJos crisis: Miyetti Allah accuses STF of burning houses
Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, MACBAN, in Plateau State yesterday accused men of the Special Task Force, STF, of attacking and burning their settlement in Barkin Ladi local government area...
View ArticleTwo men caught with 2-year old girl’s body
Two middle- age men in possession of a dead body of a two year old girl whom they were trying to bury in an abandoned pit have been arrested by Abia State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil...
View ArticleWhy we stormed JAMB office – NSCDC
Kogi State Command of Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC commander, Mr Dapo Adesuyi has said his men went to the JAMB office in Lokoja to ascertain the status of the private security...
View ArticleCaretaker members call for chairman’s removal
Some Transition Committee members in the Ibarapa Central Local Government Area of Oyo State have called for the removal of their chairman, accusing him of running “a one man administration.’’ They...
View ArticleGovernors’ forum call on doctors to end strike
Nigeria Governors’ Forum under the leadership of Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau state has called on the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, to end its current resident doctor’s strike for the sake of the...
View ArticleMaigari survives impeachment
Congress scheduled for next week Thursday What would have resulted in the impeachment of the embattled President of Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Alhaji Aminu Maigari was quickly averted as the...
View ArticleTax evasion: Plateau resolves feud with MTN
Plateau State government has said its feud with telecom giant, MTN has been resolved amicably. It would be recalled that the state government had earlier seized MTN regional service centre in Jos, as...
View ArticleApo killings: AGF, SSS, NHRC in close talks
There are strong indications that the Attorney General of the federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke, SAN has waded into the Apo killings that has resulted in a sour relationship...
View ArticleUN adopts new standards to protect consumers
United Nations, UN food standards body, the Codex Alimentarius Commission has strengthened regulations on lead infant formula and arsenic in rice following new standards adopted to protect consumer...
View ArticleI love rocking the stage – Zainab
Zainab Sule is one of Nigeria’s soft rock musicians. She just released an acoustic cover of Labyrinth’s, ‘Beneath Your Beautiful’ for episode four of her ongoing Zainab Sule Acoustic Series. She is a...
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CLOCK TICKS FOR AL-MAKURA
Midweek, youths took to the streets in Nasarawa State protesting for and against the move of the state’s lawmakers to impeach Governor Tanko Al-Makura. The legislators had a day earlier made to serve...
View ArticleCan PDP take a chance on Modu Sheriff?
In the past two weeks there have been speculations that the former governor of Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriff and his teeming supporters are getting ready to dump the All Progressives Congress, APC, for...
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