Nigeria has contributed over 240,000 troops since it started sending soldiers, police and other personnel required by the United Nations to keep peace in the world. This revelation came from the 2010 UN report, which also classified Nigeria as the four...
One of the sons of the former Minister of Information, Chief Edwin Clark yesterday stated that he is not afraid of his father’s present political posture in the country. Sam Clark, the fourth son of Chief Clark spoke at the 85th Birthday of his f...
The Supreme Court yesterday confirmed Theodore Orji as the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate for the April 2011 gubernatorial election in Abia State. The five man panel of justices led by Justice Afolabi Fabiyi unanimously dismissed an appeal ...
A few large companies dominate export markets in developing and developed countries, with the top one percent often accounting for more than half, sometimes nearly 80 percent , of total exports, according to a new World Bank database with a wealth of d...
It is a known medical fact that non-smokers, who inhale cigarette smoke are at risk of cancer and other health problems just like the smokers themselves. This is not only applicable to adults, as children who are exposed to passive smoking are li...
Senator Aisha Jumai Alhasan represents Taraba North at the National Assembly where she is the Chairman, Senate Committee on Women Affairs. In this interview with John Mkom, she speaks about political issues in Taraba State. We were a little bit t...
Sokoto State Governor, Alhaji Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, has stated the resolve of his administration to move the state out of poverty through a vigorous pursuit of policies tailored in that direction. The governor, who stated this in an exclusive inte...
Former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Muhammadu Uwais has said that it is only the National Judicial Council (NJC) and not PresidentGoodluck Jonathan that has the constitutional powers to reinstate the suspended Preside...
Irked by the assurance by President Goodluck Jonathan that the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, would defeat the ruling Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN in Edo State in the forthcoming July 14, gubernatorial election, the leaders of ACN in Edo Stat...
The National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said that it is targeting youths in its effort to eradicate fake and substandard regulated products in the country. To achieve this, the agency said it would use the NAFDAC Con...
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, yesterday ordered the Lagos State Building Investment Company Limited (LBIC) to stop further collection of down payment from prospective property buyers of houses in the Igando Housing Estate. Fashola, who g...
The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajia Zainab Maina has said that Nigeria of tomorrow would be better if children grew up internalising a culture of peace. Speaking at the special session of the National Children parliament a...
Men of the State Security Service (SSS) in Kebbi State yesterday arrested two men with 260 cartons of illicit medicines, Totulin syrup, worth N6 million at the premises of Cambridge Nursery School in Birnin Kebbi. This was disclosed to the press by the...
Benue State Government has approved the release of N1.485b for the procurement of 400 trucks of assorted brands of fertiliser for distribution and sales to farmers in the 2012 cropping season. The state government has also approved the release an...
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has appointed the Medical Director, Federal Medical Centre, Bida, Dr Alaba George-Okuku as its new patron. In his acceptance speech shortly after the appointment by the Senate President of NANS...