Dr Joseph Odumodu, the Director General of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), says there are 50 million fake and sub standard tyres currently in circulation in the country. He said this in Awka on Thursday at a “Road Walk” embarke...
House of Representatives’ Committee on Privatisation has expressed concern over NITEL’s N250 billion debt. The chairman of the committee, Hajiya Khadiza Abba-Ibrahim, made the position of the House known to State House Correspondents in Abu...
The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said on Thursday that it destroyed more than N279.7 million worth of drugs, which were either fake, sub standard, expired or unwholesome. Dr Paul Orhi, the NAFDAC Director General, ...
Mrs Olusola Obada, the Minister of State for Defence, says the ministry is making arrangements for military pensioners and their families to be included in the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). She made the announcement on Thursday in Abuja whil...
Vice President Namadi Sambo has expressed the willingness of the National Council on Privatisation (NCP) to partner the National Assembly in meeting the objectives of government’s privatisation policy. He said the privatisation policy was aimed a...
The Adamawa State Independent Electoral Commission (ADSIEC) has fixed March 31, for local government elections in the state. The date is contained in a statement from the commission’s Information Unit, which was made available to News Agency of N...
Governor of Bayelsa State, Sariake Dickson has approved the appointment of five new special advisers. Chief Fred Agbedi, a former Director General of the Dickson campaign organisation has been slated for Special Adviser on Political Matters, Stephen Di...
Alhaji Saad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto on Thursday in Abuja, urged Nigerians to stand against instability in the country. Abubakar made the call in a seminar organised by Nigeria Women of Faith Network on ``The Role of Women of Faith in Peace Build...
The Federal Government on Thursday signed an agreement with the Japanese Government to increase water supply coverage in the rural communities in Enugu, Kebbi, Niger, Ondo and Taraba states. The agreement between the Government of Japan and the Federal...
Gov. Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State has re-appointed Alhaji Sahabi Gada as the new Secretary to the State Government ( SSG) . Gada was the immediate past Secretary to the State Government. Wamakko, who also swore in the new government scribe...
A total of 328 medical students dropped by the University of Jos have sued the institution for alleged unjust rejection. The students are contesting the decision of the university to drop their names from the list of 478 students admitted for 200...
After spending 206 days against the 180 days as stipulated by the Supreme Court, the Rivers State governorship election petition tribunal on Thursday struck out the petition of the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (AP...
Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi said he is not bothered about the Super Eagles rankings and that his team is ready to face the Wasp of Rwanda come next Wednesday. In an exclusive interview with LEADERSHIP Coach Keshi said ‘I am not bother...
Following the rumour making rounds that Jude Abaga, popularly known as MI and Audu Maikori led record label, Chocolate City are in dispute, the news has been confirmed to be false. According to the gist making round, the Africa's numb...
The federal government yesterday approved the sum of N15 billion to supplement the N10 billion earlier approved for the public mass transit programme it introduced last month to cushion the biting effect of fuel subsidy removal on Nigerians. It a...