The federal government has been advised to do away with its plan to remove fuel subsidy and retain it in order to ensure true federalism, re-engineer the economy, emphasise wealth creation as well as to correct the perception of the public that democra...
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar has called for the development of the nation’s water resources even as he also made a case for the development of the agricultural sector in the country. The Sultan , who made the call ye...
A Non-Governmental Organization, TY Danjuma Foundation, has emphasized the need to adopt an effective strategy that will drive the wheel of change among the youths of the country with the sole aim of creating leaders that will transform the nation. Spe...
A medical practitioner at the National Hospital, Abuja, Dr Esele Samuel, has said that having several sexual partners could cause secondary infertility.Esele told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that multiple sexual partners had a higher risk...
The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Alhaji Isa Bello Sali, has said that his office will cooperate with the Office of the National Coordinator of SERVICOM to ensure that the SERVICOM Units in all Federal Government Ministries Departments a...
Not fewer than three thousand, five hundred intending pilgrims from Katsina State have been airlifted to Saudi Arabia for the 2011 hajj, according to the executive secretary, Katsina State Pilgrims Welfare Board, Aminu Danbaba. Danbaba told newsmen th...
The Minister of Defence, Dr Bello Mohammed, yesterday in Abuja pledged that the armed forces would continue to maintain vigilance on the internal security of the country.Mohammed made the pledge at a reception organised by the Nigerian Air Force in hon...
Agitation by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) to increase its revenue base through the establishment of a revenue board received a boost yesterday, as the Senate committee on FCT charged the administration to expedite action on the ...
The director-general of the National Boundaries Commission (NBC), Dr Mohammed Ahmed, has told the people of Abia and Cross River states that the interstate boundaries between them should be seen as lines for administrative jurisdiction, and not divisiv...
The Evecutive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr Eugene Juwah, has ordered mobile telecommunications service providers to reduce telephone tariffs so that subscribers can enjoy the dividends of the telecomunications revol...
The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), Nigeria’s apex private sector advocacy group with commitment to fostering open and continuous dialogue on the country’s economic development, will on Tuesday October 18, 2011, host Chairman of the...
As part of efforts to facilitate increased lending to the agriculture sector of the economy, the Bank of Agriculture (BOA), has given the sum of N1 billion to rural microfinance banks.Speaking yesterday in Abuja at the financial linkage forum held by R...
Generally speaking, the basic cause of the violence in nearly all the communities concerned is political. Ethno-religious sentiments were brought into the issue through negative campaigns and rumour mongering by unscrupulous individuals to achieve thei...
In a bid to meet up with the target of the federal government for Education For All come 2015, NGOs have been springing up to contribute their quota in the attainment of Universal Basic Education. One of such is the Ilimun Wal Hikma Islamic Foundation ...
President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointment of Dr Saidu Jen as the substantive Rector of Federal Polytechnic, Bali, Taraba state.The appointment which is for a term of four years in the first instance was conveyed in a letter by the Honour...