Unionists move to ensure payment of pensions
Leadership of the Joint Negotiation Council, JNC, Delta State, assured yesterday that it would work tirelessly to ensure that the state government kept its word on meeting its obligations to its...
View ArticleChime restates support for security agencies
Enugu State Governor, Mr. Sullivan Chime has restated the commitment of his administration in advancing the cause of security in the state and beyond, stating that the security challenges confronting...
View ArticleWhy Adamawa lawmakers impeached Nyako –APC Chairman
Adamawa State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Hon Binta Masi Garba has alleged that the failure of Governor Murtala Nyako to give Adamawa lawmakers about N1.25billion Constituency...
View Article‘Bureau de Change operators may close shop’
National Vice President of Al-Amanat Association of Nigeria Bureau de-Change, Alhaji Abdulhamid Kabiru has said that unless the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, rethinks on its recapitalization policy,...
View ArticleRamadan: Parent petitions SSS over principal’s stopping of students from fasting
Principal of Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta International School, FUNIS, Mrs Juba F.O has been dragged before the State Security Services, SSS, for not allowing Muslim students in the...
View ArticleEbonyi Speaker impeached, replaced
Ebonyi State House of Assembly yesterday morning impeached and suspended the Speaker, Hon. Chukwuma Nwanzunku. He was replaced by Mrs. Helen Nwobashi following a motion moved by Hon. Eni Uduma Chima...
View ArticleCult clash: Police nab 6 suspects for murder
Imo State Police Command has arrested no fewer than six persons suspected to have hands in the death of four persons killed during a recent clash between two rival cult groups in Obiakpu Egbema in...
View ArticleIgnore quit notice, FG tells Nigerians
Federal government has urged all Nigerians living in any part of the country to ignore any quit threat by any person or group of persons. This is even as security and relief agencies have commenced...
View ArticleDoctors strike: N13bn arrears not captured in 2014 Budget – FG
Federal Government yesterday explained that the N13 billion needed to settle the arrears of the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, was not captured in the 2014 budget. Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi...
View Article$1bn loan to replace military’s 25-year-old equipment – Obanikoro
Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro has explained that the $1billion foreign loan the federal government is seeking the National Assembly’s approval is to replace military’s 25-year-old...
View ArticleGov Amosun destroying Ogun – Gbenga Daniel
Former Ogun State Governor, Gbenga Daniel has continued to pick holes in the programmes of his successor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, this time accusing him (Amosun) of destroying the economic base of the...
View ArticleNFF Executive Committee meets today
The Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation will meet at the NFF Secretariat in Abuja today. Among other issues, the 13-member Committee is set to review Nigeria’s participation in the...
View ArticleWhy Eagles failed to break second round jinx in Brazil – Danagogo
Minister of Sports and National Sports Commission, NSC, Dr. Tammy Danagogo has blamed Super Eagles failure to go beyond round of 16 of the just concluded World Cup to administrative lapses on the part...
View ArticleNFF Board plots Maigari’s impeachment
Indications have emerged that the unsettled President of Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Alhaji Aminu Maigari will not remain as one of those who would continue to pilot the affairs of Nigerian...
View ArticleTWIN BLASTS KILL 50 IN KADUNA
Buhari escapes unhurt Govt imposes curfew Fifty people were yesterday killed in Kaduna when terrorists struck twice with bomb explosives in the metropolis. The first blast occurred near the Murtala...
View Article‘We’ve capacity to win war against terror’
Federal Government yesterday reiterated its capacity to win the war against Boko Haram and terrorism in Nigeria. Minister of State, Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, Oloye Olajumoke...
View ArticleBauchi organises prayers
In its effort to support the Federal Government’s desire to rescue the Chibok girls abducted in Borno State by Boko Haram insurgents, Bauchi state government has organised a special prayer towards...
View ArticleWEP, GAAT commend FG’s victims support fund
Women Environmental Programme, WEP, and Grand Alliance Against Terrorism, GAAT, has lauded the Presidential Initiative on Victims Support Fund, saying the fund will help cushion the challenges faced by...
View ArticleFG trains 5,000 bakers nationwide
No fewer than 5,000 master bakers have been trained on the use of cassava flour for making bread in the South- South/South-East geopolitical zones of Nigeria, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and...
View ArticleProbe Gov Amaechi now, Rivers PDP urges EFCC
Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has faulted the purported N218million Automated Road Analyser by Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, calling it fraudulent and white lie. The...
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