Commuters stranded in Calabar as commercial drivers protest
Commercial drivers in Calabar, Cross River State capital, withdrew their vehicles from the roads to protest the activities of touts purportedly hired by Calabar South local government council. They are...
View ArticleGunmen attack UniUyo Vice-Chancellor’s Lodge
Gunmen have attacked the official residence of the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Uyo, Prof. Comfort Ekpo, firing bullets into her premises but no life was lost during the incident. This is...
View ArticleCar built by Nigerian students passed international technical evaluation
Nigeria has recorded a major feat in automotive technology innovation with a car called “Tuke-Tuke’`, produced by students of the University of Benin. The car has passed international technical...
View ArticleOmatseye vs NNPC: Court fixes ruling for May 16
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday fixed ruling for May 16 in a suit filed against the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) over alleged breach of the Cabotage Act. Mr Raymond...
View ArticleNigeria suffers severe shortage of Dieticians – Experts
National President, Dietitians Association of Nigeria, Prof Elizabeth Ngwu has said that there are only 400 Dietitians to a population of 160 million Nigerians making the country to suffer severe...
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Jonathan visits Chibok today
President Goodluck Jonathan will today pay a one-day visit to Chibok, Borno State where over 200 schoolgirls were abducted by Boko Haram members on April 14, 2014. The abduction saga has attracted...
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Emergency rule: Reps approve, Senate to consult stakeholders
After hours of a closed-door meeting with Service Chiefs, the House of Representatives yesterday approved the request of President Goodluck Jonathan for extension of the current state of emergency in...
View Article13% derivation: Ijaw youths threaten to cripple oil production
Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide, IYC, has threatened to paralyse oil production over the decision of the National Conference Committee on Devolution of Power and Resource Control to retain the 13 percent...
View ArticleMilitary alone can’t fight Boko Haram, CDS tells c’ttee
Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh yesterday told Gen Ibrahim Sabo (rtd)-led presidential fact-finding committee on the abducted Chibok schoolgirls, that war against insurgency caused...
View ArticleElectricity operators decry revenue loss
Few months after federal government handed over former Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCH, unbundled electricity companies to investors, chief executives of most privatised power firms are...
View ArticleNyanya blast: DSS detains mastermind’s father
Directorate of the State Security, DSS yesterday confirmed that Col. Agene Ogwuche (rtd), father of a co-mastermind of Nyanya April 14 bomb blast, Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche, is being held over his son’s...
View ArticleSSANU-LASU threatens strike, gives management 7-day ultimatum
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) Lagos State University (LASU) Ojo Chapter, on Friday urged its management to meet its demands within one week to avert a strike. Mr Saheed...
View ArticleDelta registers 204,000 farmers on GES platform in 2014 — official
Mr Felix Kehis, the Federal Director of Agriculture in Delta, said on Friday that 204,000 farmers have so far registered under the Growth Enhancement Support (GES) since the inception of the programme...
View ArticleMTN gets world champion status
MTN Group has been named as the only South African company on the World Champions list. The list, compiled by analysts from American multinational financial services company, Citi Group, names global...
View ArticleFG assures on June deadline for gas to power
Minister of Power, Prof Chinedu Nebo has assured that the target of federal government to provide the demand on Gas to Power by June this year will be met. He also vowed to meet up the President’s...
View ArticleChibok: UN rules out military intervention
A top UN envoy has ruled out a military intervention by the UN to rescue no fewer than 200 school girls kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents in Chibok, Borno, on April 14. Mr Said Djinnit, UN...
View ArticleAjimobi directs HLAs to take over LGs
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has directed Heads of Local Government Administration, HLAs in all the 33 local government councils in the state to take over the administration of their respective...
View ArticleFashola urges contractors to speed up Badagry housing project
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Thursday decried the slow pace of work at the housing estate being constructed in Ajara, Badagry. Fashola, who paid an unscheduled visit to Badagry to...
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Jonathan not scheduled to visit Chibok – Presidency
Contrary to media reports yesterday, President Goodluck Jonathan never made any plan to visit Chibok, Borno State, where over 200 girls were kidnapped by Boko Haram. Presidential spokesman, Dr...
View ArticleBauchi farmers heed advice, commence planting
Programme Manager of Bauchi State Agricultural Development Programme, Dr Ilyasu Gital, has said most farmers in the state have heeded to his advice to commence planting early this cropping season. In...
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