``The position of the Federal Government to back the National Transitional Council (NTC) of Libya has been vindicated,’’ Mr Damian Agwu, spokesperson, for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said in Abuja on Friday. ...
Your private hajj company should be able to present a number of package options to you for your hajj trip. It smacks of inexperience and disorganisation to explain hajj packages verbally without any written document or a brochure. Gone are the days whe...
According to Islam, it is the function of the husband to provide for the family expenses, including the personal expenses of the wife, and that the wife has no liability in this respect. The wife may have enormous wealth and may possess many times more...
The Senate yesterday unanimously confirmed one Independent National Electoral Commissioner (INEC) and eight Resident Electoral Commissioners.The Senate also urged the authorities of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and the Ministry of Transpor...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Gombe State is to engage the services of 1,052 ad-hoc staff for the conduct of the Balanga/Billiri Federal Constituency by-election fixed for October 22. The INEC Administrative Secretary in Gombe...
The provost of Yusuf Bala Usaman College of Legal and General Studies in Daura, Katsina State, Dr. Muazu Abdullahi Saulawa, has faulted the recent demonstration by the students, insisting that it was due to management’s tough stance on examinatio...
The federal government is committed to partnering with the private sector to ensure sustained growth of the industries and make them globally competitive, the Head of Service of the Federation, Alhaji Isah Bello Sali, has said. Sali stated this in his ...
Hundreds of youths in Mubi, Adamawa State, are now going into commercial motorcycling to beat the unemployment scourge, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has observed.The transportation trade, locally called `achaba’, is increasingly becoming popu...
Academic activities were yesterday disrupted by students of Lagos State University (LASU) who staged a protest against the increment in their tuition fees.The students, who trooped out in numbers to protest the increment, blocked entrance to the ...
Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun has expressed his administration’s readiness to encourage skills acquisition among the teeming population of youths in the state. Amosun who said this while receiving reports of the fact-finding panels o...
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) yesterday raised an alarm over purported plans by opposition parties to cause mayhem and disrupt the local government election that is scheduled to hold tomorrow. Speaking at a political campaign rally held in Amuw...
An early morning disagreement between Catechist Jacob Ndifon Ese of the Roman Catholic Church, Akparabong in Ikom and the Nigerian Police over the stop and check exercise, tagged “operation show your motor particulars” might have caus...
The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) and community leaders in Oyigbo local government area of Rivers State are making frantic efforts to avert a crisis situation following an oil spill that occurred in Izuoma-Ndoki community in the area. The ...
Enugu State Governor Sullivan Chime has said that all the public servants who participated in the last industrial action in the state over implementation of minimum wage would forfeit their September 2011 salaries. Speaking to journal...
The former minister of state for commerce and industry, Josephine Tapgun, has commended General Yakubu Gowon for standing up for Nigeria when it mattered most, saying his role in keeping Nigeria one has made him a symbol of Nigeria’s unity and a ...