Recently, President Goodluck Jonathan announced that the federal government would assist states ravaged by flood with N17.6bn. In this report, HAMZAT BABA, Lokoja, KOLA NIYI-EKE, Asaba, OSA OKHOMINA, Yenagoa, MUAZU ABARI, Yola, PATRICK OCHO...
The historic presidential election in the United States has come and gone. However, opinion differs as to what implications the re-election of President Barack Obama would have on American politics, the country’s economy, healthcare and immigrati...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Gombe State says it arrested 12 drug suspects in some parts of the state. The state Commandant of the NDLEA, Mr Aliyu Adole, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) ...
Gov. Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Friday advised African countries to increase trade among themselves in order to speed up the development and prosperity of the continent. Fashola, who gave the advice while speaking at the 2012 Lagos K...
Four men, including a commercial motorcyclist, were arraigned in Lagos on Friday for allegedly robbing three commuters waiting for transport at Anthony Bus Stop. The accused - Shaheed Akintayo, 34, Oluwa Olajide, 25, Sunday Koku, 25, and Femi Davi...
In commemoration of the 2012 World Pneumonia Day, the Delta government is partnering with Pfizer Pharmaceuticals to distribute pneumococcal vaccine (PCV 13) to children under five at the flood camps. This is contained in a statement signed by Mag...
Activities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) ended on a downward trend on Friday with the market indices dropping by 0.62 per cent. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the market capitalisation lost N53 billion or 0.62 per cent to close at...
Gov. Liyel Imoke of Cross River on Friday assured residents of the state of strict monitoring and evaluation of budget implementation. Speaking in Ogoja at a two-day budget consultative forum for local governments in the Cross River Senatorial District...
Two men, Iliasu Mufutau, 26, and Michael Ezekiel, 23, were on Friday arraigned before an Ibadan Chief Magistrate’s Court for alleged armed robbery. The prosecutor, Insp.Adewale Amos, said Mufutau and Ezekiel allegedly rob one Ibrahim Abubakar of ...
The President of ECOWAS Commission, Mr Kadre Ouedraogo, said in Abuja on Friday that there was an urgent need to take steps to to stop ``criminal'' practices of terrorists in Mali. Ouedraogo, who made the remark at a one-day extra-ordinary meet...
The Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) said registered the Association of Tourist Boat Operators and Water Transporters of Nigeria (ATWOWATON) as a component of tourism in the country. The press officer of NTDC, Mr Wilfred Efosa, announced...
Gunmen on Friday attacked the Divisional Police Station in Buni Yadi, Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe and killed three policemen. Lt. Eli Lazarus, spokesman of the Joint Task Force security outfit in Yobe, confirmed the killings in a statement...
Eleven African countries are meeting in South Africa to research on the possibility of having a malaria vaccine to reduce infant and under-five deaths, a trial investigator, Dr Salim Abdulla, has said. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that...
The National Poverty Eradication Programme (NAPEP) says it has disbursed N1.4 billion to 200,000 households in 27 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Mr Danladi Kobi, the Chief Press Secretary of NAPEP, stated this in a statement on Friday ...
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) said on Friday that Nigerians should not entertain any fear about the security of flight operations in the country. Mr Sam Adurogboye, the spokesman of the organisation, said in Abuja that the advice became ...