The Federal Government is putting structures in place with a view to stopping rice importation by 2015, an official said on Monday. Mr Amos Afowowe, Deputy Director, Agro-Processing and Marketing, Federal Ministry of Agriculture, said this in Kaduna wh...
The Unity Bank Plc has declared a profit after tax of N2.99 billion for the half-year ended June 30. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this represented an increase of 63.4 per cent against N1.83 billion posted in the corresponding period of...
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) on Monday said that the government would not relent in its efforts to rid the markets of products that were harmful to Nigerians. &...
A housewife Ramata Bukola of Omuaran, Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara on Monday paid N70, 000 compensation to her husband for the dissolution of their marriage six months marriage. The plaintiff had petitioned an Ilorin Area Court seeking the d...
Aviation stakeholders on Monday urged the Federal Government to encourage airline operators through investing more in the aviation industry. The stakeholders made the call in Lagos at a conference organised by the publishers of an aviation magazine ``B...
Some lawyers on Monday in Lagos faulted the Lagos State Fire Services for acting “too slowly” during the June 3 Dana plane crash in Iju-Ishaga, Lagos. Speaking at a coroner's inquest into the plane crash which took place at Agbado Oke-O...
Mr Kehinde Adeleye, Zone 8 Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), has warned officers and men of the command not to extort money from motorists. Adeleye, who gave the warning on Monday in Ilorin while on a familiarisation visit to Kwar...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday asked an Abuja High Court to dismiss a suit filed by a member of the PDP, Mr Cyriacus Njoku. Njoku in a suit filed on March 20, is seeking a declaration of court that President Jonathan’s tenure of office beg...
Presidential Goodluck Jonathan on Monday described the situation where it is only Nigeria that crude oil is stolen as extremely embarrassing and unacceptable. Jonathan expressed the regret at the presidential maritime security retreat held at the Banqu...
United Nations officials have called for a renewed commitment to tackle HIV/AIDS and end the epidemic once and for all, as over 20,000 delegates from all over the world gathered in the United States capital for the XIX International AIDS Conference. &l...
Under the theme Turning the Tide Together, more than 23,000 delegates from over 195 countries gathered in Washington, D.C. for the XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) to begin the march toward the end of the AIDS epidemic.&n...
The Aviation Joint Security Force arrested two drug traffickers and three suspected ticket fraudsters at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja on Monday. Mr Vincent Onye, Head, Crime Department of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (...
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has challenged both Christian and Muslim clerics to live up to their callings by championing the cause of peace in the country. Mr Mike Omeri, the Director General of NOA made the call in a statement issued on Mond...
The World Bank is to provide 40 million dollars to Anambra for the development of education, Mr Irajen Appasamy, the bank’s Senior Operations Officer on Education, has said. Appasamy said this in Awka on Monday at a meeting between the bank, Nati...
The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has appealed the judgment by Justice D.U Okorowo of the Abuja High Court which set aside the takeover of the Board and Management of the First Guarantee Pension Limited (FGPL) by the Commission. The Court in its...