The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has come up with a document that prescribes uniform minimum standards in the areas of resources, processes and performance for basic education implementation in Nigeria. Speaking at the launch of the docu...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has rated Gboko Local Government Area of Benue State as the highest producer of and dealer in marijuana popularly known as Indian hemp. The Head of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in the Sta...
The Borno State chairman of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), Alhaji Othman Mala, yesterday called on those fleeing Maiduguri as a result of the security challenges in the state to return home. Mala, who made the call in an interview with the News ...
National Publicity Secretary of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Professor Rufai Ahmed Alkali, said yesterday that he was still consulting with the major stakeholders in the party on the suitability or otherwise for him to vie for the ...
The National Judicial Counsel (NJC) yesterday confirmed that it had accepted a copy of the court process filed by the President, Court of Appeal (PCA), Justice Isa Salami, asking the court to set aside the directive that he offer an apology to t...
The Imo state government has threatened to revoke all land allocations not developed by their allottees. The Commissioner for Lands, Survey and Urban Planning, Chief Ogueri Enwerem, issued the threat yesterday in Owerri in an interview with journalists...
The Cross River state government is to introduce the collection of toll on its roads before the end of the year. A bill to this effect is already before the state House of Assembly. Director-general of the State Road Maintenance Agency (RMA), Hon Tom A...
The second defence witness in the ongoing trial of Major Hamza Al-Mustapha yesterday told a Lagos High Court in Igbosere how he was detained and tortured in order to confirm that the accused person was involved in the murder of Alhaja Kudirat Abiola. K...
With its oil wealth and population, Nigeria could be an anchor for African prosperity, but has challenges to overcome. Having received increased powers over the economy in her second coming, the nation’s Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, ske...
Rivers State Governor, Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi said that he would soon approach the state House of Assembly for approval to obtain a loan of N100 billion from a new generation financial institution, Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB). The governor, a few w...
Authorities of the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) known as Operation Restore Hope yesterday met with officials of the Bayelsa State owned Security Outfit known as Famou Tamgbe over the recent allegations near clashes with the Police as well as the kil...
The Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi State, has nullified the election of Senator Atiku Bagudu of the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) and declared former Federal Capital Territory (FCT ) Minister, Sen. Mohammed Adamu Aliero as...
Chinese investments in Nigeria by June of this year hit $8.2 billion, and is expected to reach $10 billion by the end of the year. The Chinese Economic and Commercial Counsellor in Nigeria, Rong Yansong, has disclosed.Yansong who made this known during...
The tough operating environment notwithstanding, the directors of Dangote Flour Mills have recommended a dividend of 20 kobo per share to the shareholders of the company, while posting a turnover of N67.6 billion for the year ended December 31, 2010. T...
The Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) has commended Nigerian entrepreneurs for their continuous effort at growing the nation’s economy and creating employment for millions of Nigerians despite...