The branch of Access Bank Plc. on Oyemekun/Adesida Road in Akure was on Sunday afternoon gutted by fire. Although the cause of the fire, which started from the ground floor of the bank building, has yet to be ascertained at the time of filing this repo...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Kaduna branch has donated foodstuff to the orphans and less privileged at the Jamm’aiyar Matan Arewa orphanage home in Kaduna. Some of the items donated includes rice, indomie, golden mourn, peak milk, pamp...
Rising from its President-in-Council meeting in Onitsha, Anambra state, the Christian Lawyers Fellowship of Nigeria (CLASFON) yesterday frown at the federal government’s planed to spend a whopping sum of N1.8 billion for the purchase of new cars ...
Bad governance and insecurity is forcing some companies to relocate from the northern part of the country thereby causing poverty in the region, the Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the Institute of Directors, Akin Ajayi has said. Ajayi ...
As frequent cases of building collapse continue to take its toll on the nation, the Lagos State Government, at the weekend, implored residents and Community Development Associations, (CDAs) to monitor and report any suspected development of property th...
Lagos State House of Assembly may review the law prohibiting smoking of Indian hemp at the recreation centres of the State. Chairman House Committee on Youths, Sports and Social Development, Hon. Babatunde Ayeni, disclosed this during the committee&rsq...
Over one thousand persons, including a former Commissioner of Police in Delta State, Mr. Jeff Oshiomogho, at the weekend decamped to the ruling Action Congress of Nigeria(ACN) from the PDP in Ogbonna, Etsako Central Local Government Area. Speaking on t...
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has decried the anti-labour practices adopted by multi-national companies operating at the Federal Lighter Terminal (FLT) and the Federal Ocean Terminal (FOT) in Onne, Rivers State. TUC President, Comrade Peter Esele, tol...
As the internment date for the late former leader of Biafra, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, draws nearer, the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) weekend disclosed that the late Igbo leader was not dead, saying he passed on to join other great African lea...
After over 44 years in incubation, the dredging of River Niger was flagged off on September 10, 2009. The project crystallises the federal government’s unwavering determination to tackle the country’s infrastructure and development challeng...
President of the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Alhaji Ibrahim Khaleel, has accused state governors of being the major stumbling block to the attainment of local governments’ independence as a tier of government in the coun...
As part of efforts to ensure that adequate measures are put in place to address crime wave in the state, the Katsina State Police Command has outlawed the use of motorcycles within the state beyond 10 pm. Police Public Relations officer, ASP Ibrahim Ab...
Nigerian-American Andy Ogide is hoping the Nigeria Basketball Federation will invite him to star for D’Tigers in the July FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament win Venezuela. The Lagun Aro GBC forward hails from Atlanta, Georgia. Ogide believes he i...
Osun State governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has declared that sports will henceforth be a compulsory activity in all schools in the state. The declaration came at the monthly Walk-to-Live programme of the state government where the governor led thousan...
Eagles’ midfielder Dickson Paul Etuhu has backed Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi to restore the country’s football. The Fulham star, who is one of only 11 Europe-based stars called up for a 2013 Nations Cup qualifier in Rwanda, has also said he...