The Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufa’i, has expressed dissatisfaction over the performance of students in core science subjects at the Federal Science and Technical College, Aka Offot, Akwa Ibom State. The minister, who was on official...
Following the present administration’s quest to transform the nation’s economy, the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) has called for collective efforts towards actualizing the agenda. It wants full participation of all the thr...
The National and State Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Jos, the Plateau State capital, has upheld the election of Senators Joshua Dariye of the Labour Party (Plateau Central) and that of Victor Lar of the Peoples Democratic Party (Platea...
Factions of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) loyal to the Bayelsa State Governor, Chief Timipre Sylva yesterday has filed a suit at the State High Court to stop the party’s primary election scheduled for November 19, asking the court to stop th...
Worried by the persistent attacks on some villages in Kaduna State by unknown gunmen, the Commissioner of Police, Anti-Bomb Squad, of the Nigeria Police in Lagos, Mr Ambrose Ojemudia Aisabo, has arrived in Kaduna to take stock of the force’s manp...
Following the loss of over 20 lives in a ghastly road accident along Tashar Dukku area of Gombe State, the House of Representatives has urged the federal government to extend the Gombe-Yola by-pass. The lawmakers made this call yesterday while adopting...
Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole has commiserated with the Oba of Benin, Oba Erediauwa, on the death of his younger brother, His Highness, Prince Godwin Akenzua, the Enogie of Okodighi. In a condolence letter to the Oba, Governor Oshiomhole sa...
A United States’ based lawyer, Emeka Ugwuonye is to be charged to court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) for alleged illegal diversion of $1.5m belonging to his client. According to a statement signed by Head of Media a...
Nigeria’s electricity workers under the auspices of the National Union of Electrity Employees (NUEE) told Nigerians to dismiss claims in government circles that power output will improve by 2015. The union who made this clear yesterday in Kaduna ...
The President of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, Mr. Kola Jamodu, has thrown his weight behind the planned removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government.Jamodu who told newsmen that the removal was a ‘necessary evi...
AIICO Insurance plc has recorded a 23.5 per cent drop in Profit After Tax during the third quarter ended September 30, 2011.In a report from the Nigerian Stock Exchange(NSE),the unaudited result for the third quarter showed a Profit After Tax of ...
Nigeria’s low growth in gross domestic product(GDP) has been blamed on lack of efficient allocation and management of the nation’s abundant human and natural resources.The Minister of Trade and Investment, Mr. Olusegun Aganga, stated this d...
The ongoing implementation of the National Identity Management System (NIMS) received a boost with the recent approval of the sum of N30.066billion for the accelerated implementation of the ‘back end’ component of the project by the f...
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has so far collected N21.94 billion due to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) from January to September 2011. This amount represented Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYEE) and Personal Income Tax (PIT) collected from the re...
Transactions on the trading floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange(NSE) continued in an upbeat, occasioned by price gains by major blue chip companies, just as market capitalisatison rose by N23billion. Particularly, at the close of transactions yesterda...