Kano State government is to establish an Independent Power Plant [IPP] next year to address electricity problem in the state. The state governor, Dr Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso who disclosed this in an interview with journalists, yesterday, said that C...
Owing to the mounting security challenges in the state, Governor Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa of Kaduna State yesterday marked the nation’s 13 years of uninterrupted democracy in a low key. The governor who held only a media breakfast with member...
Over 250 golfers are expected to compete in the maiden edition of Chetex Open golf competition billed for June 2 and 3, 2012 at the golf section of the Kano Club. The competition is being sponsored by a Kano-based businessman and sports philanthropist,...
The Super Eagles training at the University of Calabar soccer pitch inside the main campus of the ivory tower is fast turning to a funfair of some sort as fans numbering over five thousand troop in daily to cheer the team at training. It was initially ...
Atletico Belaeres midfielder, Raheem Lawal, might miss out of the Super Eagles versus Brave Warriors of Namibia World Cup qualifier on Sunday, following a battle for visa regularization in Spain. Lawal, was exquisite in the midfield when the Super Eagl...
Within one year in office, Governor Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso has succeeded in implementing a number of notable policies especially in the areas of education and infrastructure. Salisu Ibrahim reports on how a number of challenges continue to confron...
Hon. Timothy Golu is the Chief Whip of the Plateau House of Assembly. In this interview with Shuaib Shuaib, he insists that governors are only chief security officers in name and the real power resides with the federal government. He also blames Nigeri...
Gov. Liyel Imoke of Cross River on Tuesday appealed to Nigerians to embrace sound moral values to ensure the sustenance of democracy in the country. Imoke made the appeal in a statewide broadcast in Calabar to mark the 13th ann...
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...