President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday warned ministers, aides and other political appointees against campaigning for any office in 2015, saying that anyone who contravened the directive would be eased out of his government. Speaking at the 58th Nationa...
The effect of the partial removal of petrol subsidy on consumers was recognised yesterday in official quarters. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) yesterday, in its report for the month of January 2012, said the inflation rate has risen to 12.6 pe...
Alex Ohikere was recently appointed the director-general, National Steel Raw Materials Exploration Agency (NSRMEA). In this interview with RUTH TENE, he unfolds his plans for the agency. Congratulations on your appointment; what do you hope to do diffe...
The Kwara State government will from March 1, 2012, commence the testing of vehicles for the release of gaseous substances as part of efforts to mitigate the challenges of climate change in the state. To achieve this goal, the state’s commi...
Nasarawa State Governor, Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, has urged top government officials to ensure effective governance and public service delivery to facilitate the implementation of physical projects for the socio-economic development of the state and coun...
Members of the Fulani community in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State yesterday refused to participate in the ongoing polio immunization exercise in the state, even denying health officers entry into their domains. The state government had recen...
Governor Ibrahim Shema of Katsina State has warned contractors handling projects in the state against execution of shoddy jobs just as he insisted that payment would be based on performance. Shema who gave the warning yesterday, at the signing of 2012 ...
Following the recent arrest of the alleged Boko Haram kingpin in Taraba State, the Police command has mapped out operational strategies to combat crime in the State. The strategies according to the Police Public Relation Officer, Assistant ...
The Vice President, Arch. Namadi Sambo, in collaboration with the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has launched a special youth empowerment training programme for 200 youths in Kaduna State. Sambo, while declaring the programme open said that t...
A youth based non-governmental organisation, Young Progressive Nigerians Initiative, YPNI has written to President Goodluck Jonathan on the need to convoke a constitutional conference where Nigerians would have the opportunity of discussing the nation&...
Chief Executive Officer of A.G Moeller Limited, Mr. Kemi Adeloye, who is standing trial at a Federal High Court in Lagos alongside his company for fraud has filed a motion seeking to quash the charges. Justice Okechukwu Okeke had earlier ordered that A...
Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have begun the process of passing the Cremation Bill 2012 into law. When it comes into effect, cremation of corpses, especially unclaimed ones will commence. The bill is titled “A Bill for a Law to Pro...
Following increasing spate of bombings at religious worship centres in the country by the Boko Haram sect, Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola (SAN) has placed a ban on all religious activities within the premises of the State Secretaria...
A clash between rival factions of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Lagos brought business and normal activities to a standstill in the Lagos Island axis of the state , leaving 15 people dead and several others severely injured. L...
Former Ondo state chairman of the Action Congress of Nigeria, Sola Iji, believes the state needs a massive transformation in every sphere, writes Olubunmi Omoogun. The ACN chieftain, who is also a governorship aspirant under the party, is of the opinion that the transformation can only come with the right people at the helm of affairs. "It’s no secret that…