The Edo Consultative Forum (ECF), Lagos branch, on Tuesday commended the Federal Government for re-naming the University of Lagos (UNILAG), in honour of the late Chief M.K.O. Abiola. The commendation was contained in a statement signed by the Director ...
Gov. Babangida Aliyu of Niger on Tuesday said the government would distribute 100 tractors to farmers to boost food production in the state. The governor said this in a broadcast to the people of the state to mark Democracy Day. Aliyu sa...
As preparations reach fever pitch for the Super Eagles versus Brave Warriors of Namibia World Cup qualifier, the camp of the national team at the Metropolitan Hotel in Calabar, has been playing host to notable ex-internationals. Three of ...
As President Goodluck Jonathan commences his second year in office from June 1; Nigerians on Tuesday in Lagos expressed diverse expectations from him. Some told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews that although Jonathan did not perf...
Mixed reactions on Tuesday trailed President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-naming of the University of Lagos to MKO Abiola University. While some respondents supported the idea, others saw it as unnecessary. The president had in his broadcast to t...
The 2012 African Development Report, launched on Monday, in Arusha, Tanzania has identified the private sector as the major driver of sustainable African development. The report, sponsored by the African Development Bank (AfDB), dwells on the challenge...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday reassured that Nigeria would soon overcome its challenges, saying that Nigerians must not lose sight of those values that strengthen them as a people. Jonathan gave the reassurance in a nationwide broadcast in Abu...
Stakeholders in the agriculture sector on Tuesday lamented the neglect of the sector after the discovery of crude oil in the country. A cross section of the stakeholders told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that the country was still paying f...
The Federal Government on Tuesday directed that the University of Lagos be renamed Moshood Abiola University in honour of Chief M.K.O. Abiola’s accomplishment and heroism. President Goodluck Jonathan, who disclosed this in his Democracy Day natio...
The Police in Kaduna on Tuesday detonated an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) concealed in a television set and planted at Katsina roundabout along Ahmadu Bello way. The State Commissioner of Police, Mr Jinjiri Abubakar, who confirmed the incident, sa...
Students of the University of Lagos on Tuesday, took to major streets around the university in protest of the change of the name of the university by President Goodluck Jonathan. Our correspondent reports that students came out in thousands to demonstr...
Forty persons have died in a communal clash between Ntan Obu-Ukpe in Odukpani local government area of Cross River and Ikpanya Community in Ibiono Ibom local government area of Akwa Ibom. Similarly, 40 persons, including women, mobile policemen and chi...
As the only governor elected on the platform of the Labour Party in Nigeria, the demands on him have no doubt been enormous, but the Ondo State, Governor Olusegun Mimiko, has remained popular among the masses after three years in the saddle. In this in...
Sokoto State Government has earmarked over N2.9billion for the construction of four rural feeder roads in the state. The Governor, Alhaji Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, disclosed this at the weekend during a tour of Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the sta...
The Niger State Governor, Dr Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu has criticised some human rights groups in the country for rising in defence of the Bida based Islamic scholar Alhaji Abubakar Bello Masaba who has 86 wives, maintaining that their defence of th...