A Federal High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has granted leave to the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), to seek information on the spending of recovered stolen public funds since 1999. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports t...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has ordered an investigation into the escape of five of its clients undergoing anti-drug abuse counseling and rehabilitation at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command, Abuja. NDLEA.s Chief Executive...
As armed robbers continue to besiege residents of Epe area in Lagos State, the community leaders have called on the Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola (SAN) to provide adequate security for the community. A community leader, Alhaji Shuaib Am...
Members of the House of Representatives have expressed concern over the abuse of the expatriate quota by foreign multinationals operating in the country. Hon. Essien Ekpenyong Ayi (PDP, Akwa Ibom State), in a motion raised at the floor of the House, ar...
The Senate yesterday frowned at the management of the Petroleum Training Institute internally generated revenue for the 2012 even as they directed the institute to furnish them with details of its capital and outgoing projects. Also, the Senate Committ...
Chris Brown will perform at this Sunday's Grammy Awards for the first time since beating his then girlfriend Rihanna in 2009 on the eve of the music industry's biggest night, which threatened to derail his music career. Rihanna als...
Frontline candidate for the position of National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Muhammed Abba Aji, has congratulated Vice Admiral Murtala Nyako (retired) on his re-election as the Governor of Adamawa State during the February 4...
The chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Hon. Nnenna Elendu-Ukeje (PDP, Bende, Abia State) has joined other Nigerians to mourn the death of late elder statesman, Chief Matthew Mbu, who he described as a fine diplomat. Mbu, 82, died...
The Delta State Government has promised the management of the Nigeria Postal Service (NIPOST) that the state will, as a matter of urgency, commence the implementation of the Stamp Duty Act. The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mr Ovuozuorie Mac...
A Federal High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, yesterday fixed March 12 for hearing of a suit filed by the Save Nigeria Group (SNG) against the federal government. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the SNG had filed a N100 million suit again...
Barrister Mamman Abubakar Danmusa was Speaker of the defunct Kaduna State House of Assembly and Deputy Senate President in the Second Republic. The elder statesman is now a stalwart of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), in Katsina State. He spo...
The INEC on Tuesday in Abuja issued a Certificate of Return to Murtala Nyako, the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in Adamawa. The ruling PDP candidate got 302,986 votes to beat his Action Congress of Nigeria challenger, Markus Gundiri,...
The Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufa’I, says the Federal Government will ensure that the four-year Strategic Plan for the development of the sector is fully implemented. The minister stated this in Abuja on Tuesday when she met with di...
The Senate Committee on Petroleum (Downstream), has directed the Petroleum Training Institute (PTI), Effurun, Delta, to give reasons for the non-arrival of a training vessel paid for since 2009. The Chairman of the committee, Sen. Magnus Abe, issued th...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it is establishing a special fund that will provide loans to women by the end of the 2012. The CBN Governor, Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, made this known at the 6th Annual Microfinance Conference and Entrepreneursh...