The PDP in Edo has demanded an apology from Gov. Adams Oshiomhole for allegedly accusing the party and its leadership of being responsible for the death of his Principal Private Secretary, Mr Olaitan Oyerinde. The Youth Leader of PDP in the state, Mr V...
The National Pension Commission (PENCOM) has issued a 28-day notice to Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs) to meet the new capital base of N1 billion or fold up. This was contained in a press statement released by Mr Emeka Onuorah, PENCOM’s Head o...
The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, on Thursday in Abuja called on stakeholders to discontinue the use of conventional syringes in government hospitals. Chukwu made the call while signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Fede...
Chinese badminton player Yu Yang on Thursday announced her decision to quit the sport after being expelled from the 2012 Olympic Games in London for throwing matches at the Games. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Yu was among eight women&#...
A total of 33 victims of human trafficking have been rescued by the Uyo zone of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons and Other Related Matters (NAPTIP). Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Uyo, the Zon...
Vice President Namadi Sambo has faulted advertorials spnsored in the media pegging his age at 60, saying he was born on August 2, 1954 and just attained the age of 58 on his birth which was yesterday. A statement by Senior Special Adviser on media and ...
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Four suspected kidnappers yesterday met their waterloo during a shoot-out with policemen in Delta State. The suspects had at about 7.30am kidnapped one Chinedu Amadi, an employee of oil giants Chevron along Refinery Road, Effurun, but the police team w...
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, has stressed the need for the states Independent Electoral Commission (SIECs) to conduct credible elections at local government areas. He said that, by condu...
Gbaramatu and Ugborode communities in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State have threatened show down with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) over what they described as deceitful bungling of agreement reached with them ...
The minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe, yesterday explained why he gave the figure of N193.8billion as the total cost for completing the 338km East-West Road dualisation project, which runs across the coastal areas of the Niger Delt...
The aged mother of the convicted Chief Security Officer (CSO) to the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, Hajiya Fatima Al-Mustapha is dead. She died in Kano, yesterday, after a protracted illness and was buried at Fagge ce...
Benue State Governor Gabriel Suswam yesterday told civil servants in the state to resign their appointments if they were interested in playing politics rather than enhance development in the service. This warning was to assist civil servant to clearly ...
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Mohammed Abubakar has ordered the Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 4 Command, AIG Mike Zuokumor, and the Plateau State Commissioner of Police, Emmanuel Ayeni, to end the violence which has eng...