Mr Mfon Essien, the Acting Director of the Cross River Basin Development Authority (CRBDA), said on Wednesday that the Federal Government has been spending one billion naira annually on rice importation. Essien made the announcement in Calabar when he ...
The Aviation Round Table (ART) on Wednesday in Lagos called for an amendment to the 1999 constitution to enable local governments respond to emergencies in their areas. The President of the ART, Capt. Dele Ore, made the call at a media briefing on emer...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) have debunked reports of fresh attacks in Tse and Shong villages in Plateau. The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Air Chief Marshal Oluseyi Petinrin, made this clarification in Abuja on Wednesday when he briefed newsmen on t...
The House of Representatives on Wednesday resolved to take a decision on a motion on the deployment of 3, 500 soldiers to Edo preparatory to Saturday’s governorship election. The motion, brought by Rep. Bimbo Daramola (ACN-Ekiti) on the recent de...
Mr Andrew Yakubu, the Group Managing Director of the NNPC, on Wednesday paid tribute to the Late Dr Levi Ajuonuma who died in the Dana plane crash of June 3. He also paid tribute to four other workers of the corporation who died in the crash. Yak...
Three persons, including a U.S.-based woman, were on Wednesday arraigned at a Chief Magistrates' Court in Umuahia for allegedly attacking a worship centre. Emily Nwabuko, 45, Emelike Nwabuko, 49, and Victoria Udenze, 56, who is based in the US, wer...
Bauchi State Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Mohammed Ladan, has confirmed the killing of four persons in Tafawa Balewa town of Bauchi State by unknown gunmen on Wednesday. He told newsmen that the deceased and one other person, who was injured, were at...
The absence of Justice Benedict Kanyip of the National Industrial Court on Wednesday stalled further hearing in the case filed by Lagos doctors against the state government. The doctors, under the aegis of Medical Guild, had on April 24 embarked on str...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) said on Wednesday it would hold a National Peace Summit to discuss the spate of violence and the state of insecurity in the country. The National President of the congress, Mr Waheed Omar, told the News Agency of Niger...
The Director, Operations, State Security Service (SSS), Mr Mathew Seiyefa has denied allegation that he had prior knowledge of the plan to carry out the 2010 Independence Day bombing in Abuja. Seiyefa made the denial when he testified as a prosecution ...
Alhaji Isa Sali, the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, said on Wednesday that the Federal Government would take steps to correct lapses in the implementation of the Group Life Assurance scheme for federal workers. Sali, who said this w...
The Special Adviser to the President on National Assembly Matters, Sen. Joy Emodi, on Wednesday described the confirmation of Justice Aloma Mukhtar as Nigeria’s first female Chief Justice as ``historic.'' Emodi, who spoke to journalists i...
Prof Attahiru Jega, Chairman, Independent Natioanl Electoral Commission (INEC), has warned that security agencies would apprehend and prosecute electoral offenders during the July 14 Edo governorship poll. Jega, accompanied by the acting Inspector Gene...
Dr Jean Ping, the Chairperson of the AU Commission, on Wednesday said he was still in the run for re-election for the Commission’s highest job. Ping told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Correspondent in Addis Ababa that he was in the race ...
Students on teaching practice and corps members in Bauchi State have taken over teaching in secondary schools following the indefinite strike embarked upon by teachers across the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the teachers, under ...