The ad hoc Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution as amended on Thursday said it had received 50 memoranda from across the country. Rep. Eziuche Ubani (PDP-Abia), chairman of the sub-committee on Media and Communications, stated this at...
The Taraba Government has declared Friday a work-free day to enable the state workers to participate in the burial of the late DIG Haruna John scheduled for Saturday in Jalingo. Alhaji Hassan Mijinyawa, the Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Danbaba Suntai,...
The Chairman of the NDLEA, Mr Ahmadu Giade, has ordered an investigation into the circumstances leading to the death of two of the agency's officers in Adamawa State. This was contained in a statement in Lagos on Thursday, signed by the NDLEA spoke...
State Security Service (SSS) on Thursday paraded seven suspects in connection with the kidnap of a national of United Arab Emirates, Mohammed Khamis Majed Ishmael AI Ali. The suspects are aged between 22 and 33. Marilyn Ogar, the Deputy Director, Publi...
Transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Thursday closed on a negative note with market indicators showing further depreciation because of the price losses recorded by some highly capitalised stocks. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...
A former militant leader in Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta is linked to a private security company that signed a $103 million deal with the government to patrol the West African nation's waterways against pirates, officials have told The Ass...
The Minister of Health, Prof Onyebuchi Chukwu, in Abuja on Thursday called on development partners to support Federal Government's programmes on autism. Chukwu, while briefing the press on the World Autism Awareness Day slated for April 2, expresse...
Daniel Igali, the Technical Adviser, Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF), on Thursday restated that the preparation of his wards for the Olympic Games had not been taken seriously for Nigeria to make a difference. Igali told the News Agency of Nigeria (...
Gov. Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa says he will pursue appropriate policies that will strengthen traditional institutions in the state. He gave the assurance while receiving the Emir of Nasarawa, Alhaji Hassan Ahmed 11, in Lafia on Thursday. Al-Mak...
The House of Representatives on Thursday, directed its relevant committees to conduct public hearing on the huge number of persons awaiting trial in Nigerian prisons. The relevant committees are committees on Interior, Justice and Judiciary. This...
The Kebbi Government has released N50 million to the Usmanu Danfodio University, Sokoto, as part payment of registration fees for indigent students in the institution from the state. Alhaji Murtala Yauri, the Executive Secretary of th...
The Comptroller of Prisons in Ebonyi, Mr Columbus Omenuko, says 90 per cent of awaiting trial inmates in Nigerian prisons are youths. Omenuko made this known in Abakaliki on Thursday while receiving members of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rig...
A 43-year-old man, Daniel Folorunsho, on Thursday told a Grade ‘A’ Customary court in Ojo, Lagos that his wife was engaging in adultery, under the guise of attending church vigil. Daniel, who is resident in Oke-Afo village on the Lagos-Bada...
Mr Osita Chidoka, the Corps Marshal of FRSC, says the Police have no business in the registration of vehicles ``because they were not authorised by the Joint Tax Board (JTB) to do so. “The Enhanced Central Motor Registry (ECMR) currently collecte...
The National Assembly has assured Nigerians that it would ensure proper and accelerated implementation of the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act. Mr Matthew Omagara, Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Reform of Government Institutions,...