President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has said that after the success of one-man-one vote policy advocated by his administration, the next phase is to conduct election without gun wielding security personnel. The President who was speaking at the grand fin...
President Goodluck Jonathan will today arrive at the United Kingdom UK to attend the International Conference on Somalia scheduled to hold at Lancaster House, London. A statement by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Ab...
The Senate Committee on Federal Capital Territory, FCT, has summoned 25 construction companies to appear before it today and give detailed accounts on their bills of quantity even as it said there was institutional corruption in the sector. Also expect...
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Dahiru Musdapher on Tuesday directed Justice Abdul Kafarati of the Federal High Court in Abuja to reverse the order he issued on Monday asking the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) not to ...
The Rivers State Government will on Thursday, hold a public Lecture in honour of the late IkembaNnewi, Dim ChukwuemekaOdumegwuOjukwu, as part of the activities leading to his final funeral rites. The state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice,...
The Minister of Power, Professor Bart Nnaji, has said that the electricity tariff in Nigeria will not go up by 88 per cent. Speaking yesterday before the Senate Committee on Power, the Minister said that recent media reports claiming that all ele...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on Niger State Governor who doubles as the Chairman Northern Governors Forum (NGF) Dr. Mua’zu Babangida Aliyu to resign his position as NGF Chairman over his alleged failure to safeguard one the legaci...
There is panic among prison officials in Edo State following the recent jail break in neighboring Kogi State as security around all the correctional facilities in the state have been beefed up to forestall any incident of jail break. LEADERSHIP observe...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has said that the inflow of foreign portfolio investment into the country grew by 25 per cent in 2011 to N478.6 billion. Ms Arunma Oteh, SEC Director-General, disclosed this in Lagos on Tuesday while analysi...
INEC says it is ready to conduct a bye-election in unit 003 of Oturu-Opowurye ward in Ogori-Magongo Local Government area of Kogi State on Wednesday. The Public Affairs Officer of the commission in the state, Mr Ahmed Biambo, said in Lokoja on Tuesday ...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, (NAFDAC) has launched its campaign against fake and Counterfeit Drugs in some local government areas in Rivers. Briefing newsmen at the end of a routine inspection on Tuesday in Okrika, ...
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Tuesday said 24 ships have berthed at the Lagos ports and oil jetties discharging their cargoes. The "Shipping Position", an official document of the NPA, released in Lagos indicated that six of the ships...
In separate interviews in Lagos that any nation experiencing rising inflation rate would not achieve sustainable economic growth. The Bureau of Statistics on Monday reported that inflation rate climbed sharply to 12.6 per cent in January from 10.3 per ...
Five persons including two policemen were killed on Tuesday when suspected armed robbers waylaid a bullion van belonging to Unity Bank along Benishiek, about 50 kilometers away from Maiduguri the Borno State capital. It was gathered that so...
A Lagos lawyer, Mr Folorunsho Ogunekun, said in Lagos on Tuesday that speaking the mother tongue in courts was permissible by the constitution, especially in preferring a charge against an accused. Ogunekun spoke with newsmen while reacting to the Worl...