Alhaji Saidu Dakingari, Kebbi Governor-elect, has said that the fresh mandate he received in Saturday’s election was an indication of his acceptance by the people of Kebbi. Malam Alhassan Musa, the Media Adviser ...
President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated the Kebbi State Governor-elect, Alhaji Saidu Dakingari of PDP , on his overwhelming victory in Saturday's re-run governorship election. The congratulatory message is contained in a press statement issue...
The Ohimege of Koton Karfe town in Kogi, Alhaji Shaibu Lafia, has died at the age of 100 years. The foremost traditional ruler, who ascended the throne in 1970, died on Saturday night at Koton Karfe. Gov. Idris Wada described the traditional ruler'...
Unknown gunmen on Sunday shot dead Mr Wanasgu Kachuwa, the Caretaker Committee Chairman of Chibok Local Government Council (LGC) in Borno. Kachuwa was shot at his State Low Cost residence in Maiduguri. Residents told newsmen that th...
The Industrial Training Fund (ITF) says it has trained more than 12 million Nigerians in its mandate to generate a pool of highly trained work force for the key sectors of the economy. Speaking at the 23rd Enugu International Trade Fair on Sunday,...
The Federal Government is dissatisfied with the training of ex-militants by multinational oil companies, an official said on Sunday in Lagos. Mr Kingsley Kuku, the Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Niger Delta Matters, said th...
Some communities in Gamawa Local Government Area of Bauchi State have not been immunised in the last three years, a WHO consultant has said. The consultant, Emmanuel Katuga, who is in charge of Gamawa, Zaki and Gadau, said the development was due to ne...
The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) has accepted defeat in Saturday’s re-run governorship election and blamed its poor performance on intra-party crisis. ``The CPC has no problem with the result and shall not contest it in any c...
Chief Funkekeme Solomon, Delta Commissioner for Works, reaffirmed on Sunday in Asaba that the ministry would not pay contractors on any project unless its completion was certified by the community where it was sited. He stressed that t...
Medical doctors and some other indigenes of Imo are planning a million-man march for the abrogation of a law legalising abortion in the state. The Gender and Equal Opportunities Law was enacted by the Gov. Achike Udenwa administration. The Chairman, Ge...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday declared Alhaji Saidu Dakingari of PDP the winner of the Kebbi re-run governorship election held on Saturday. The Returning Officer, Prof. Suleiman Bilbis, said that Dakingari s...
Commercial activities in Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo and its environs have been paralysed for weeks following a blackout that hit the area. Checks by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Auchi, headquarters of the local gove...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Malam Bello Kaoje of PDP as the winner of Bagudo/Suru Federal Constituency re-run election held on Saturday. The Returning Officer, Mr Shehu Abubakar of Othman Danfodio Unive...
Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara has attributed Nigeria economic setback to the inability of past governments to formulate the right policies to transform agriculture. Ahmed made this known in Ilorin on Saturday w...
The Kenya Aids Vaccination Initiative (KAVI) has expressed its willingness to collaborate with Nigeria to tackle diseases in Africa. Prof. Omu Anzala of the University of Nairobi and Programme Director of KAVI told the News Age...