Katsina state government has earmarked the sum of two hundred and sixty five million naira (N265M) for its Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programme to boost girl-child education in the state. Addressing newsmen in Katsina yesterday, the Special Advise...
Contrary to allegations making the rounds that Sokoto State governor, Alhaji Aliyu Wamako worked against the victory of President Goodluck Jonathan in the last election, two political interest groups Good Governance Project Initiative (GGPI) and Pro-In...
The Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt, yesterday, dismissed an appeal brought by the senator representing Rivers East senatorial district in the National Assembly, Senator George Sekibo, seeking for the dismissal of a judgment of the Elections Petition ...
In response to looming epidemic outbreak posed by stench from a collapsed warehouse, Lagos State Government sealed off the premises of the warehouse located in Oba Akran area of the state. The one-storey warehouse before its collapse was used as ...
Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun yesterday said that in the next six months, the state would be the highest producer of cement just as he urged investors to continue to partner with government in the development of the state. Amosun, who was speakin...
The Army, yesterday, beefed up security at the Ojo Cantonment, Lagos, after a two-year-old daughter of a Lieutenant Colonel was allegedly abducted from the cantonment by suspected kidnappers Tuesday afternoon. Investigation by the News Agency of Nigeri...
Indications emerged yesterday that Lagosians may experience scarcity of kerosene. Chairman, Western Zone of the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas workers (NUPENG), Alhaji Tokunboh Korodo told LEADERSH...
Former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, yesterday, returned to Minna, Niger State after a two-month medical trip outside the country. He was accompanied by his second son, Aminu. IBB, as he is fondly called, was looking refreshed when he ...
Vice-President Namadi Sambo on Tuesday expressed delight over improved electricity supply across the country. Sambo made the observation at the meeting of the Presidential Action Committee on Power in Abuja. He, however, directed the Ministry of Power ...
Seven persons, including four policemen are under interrogation over the killing of the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Uratta Police Station, Aba, Abia, Mr Celestine Ozuruora. Mr Bala Hassan, the commissioner of police, confirmed ...
Unknown gunmen on Wednesday killed Police Inspector,Mohammed Hanen at Gwange police barrack in Maiduguri. According to an eye witness, the suspected gunmen were three in number. “When they came to the barracks, they discovered that the police ins...
Besides the topsy-turvy that one has to go through in life, there lies a strong need in the heart of everyone to take time out to ease the stress that comes with the daily dealings and because life is unique, people have different ways of unwinding. Fe...
He was one of the finest in the movie industry. Even in death the great Sam Loco Efe will continue to be remembered. That is why all his fans would have another opportunity of seeing the wonderful actor finally resurrects in Lagos. The date...
The name Blackface is not a new in the entertainment industry of Nigeria particularly in the music industry. This is not the best of time for the Tribunal leaders who was once in a musical group with Tuface and Faze. The artiste, who was a ...
In an attempt to uplift the plight of school children in Nigeria, The Brand Swift Nexus in collaboration with the Seekers Production Limited has come up with an initiative tagged “School Challenge” to build a new generatio...