The Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) has decried the dwindling state of the aviation sector and resolved to spearhead the move for a holistic approach to salvage the sector. The forum also mandated its committee on security to find a lasting solution to ...
The National Economic Council (NEC) yesterday set up a stakeholders’ committee to examine the deplorable state of education at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels. Briefing State House correspondents yesterday at the end of NEC meeting pre...
Niger State government has approved vehicle loan worth N435.5 million for top government officials in the state from a commercial bank. The state Commissioner of Planning in the state, Alhaji Ndako Idris, disclosed this yesterday at Government House, M...
The senior special assistant, Media, to the Nasarawa State Governor Alhaji Sani Musa Mairiga has said that his boss, Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, should not be blamed for the state’s level of under-development since its creation some sixteen year...
Former Niger State Governor Engr Abdulkadir Kure has urged his party members to imbibe the virtue of patience, justice and fairness in the way they play politics in order for the party to enjoy more goodwill from the people. Kure, in an interactive som...
Former Senate Majority Whip, Senator Mahmud Kanti has instituted a legal action against one Alhaji Bala Mamman Ingawa at the Katsina Upper Shariah Court sitting in Katsina over alleged defamation of character. Kanti, through his counsel, Barrister Saad...
Gunmen suspected to be members of a dreaded cult group in Bayelsa State yesterday shot dead two policemen at Agbura community near Azikoro village in Yenagoa Local Government Area of the state. The two police officers killed by the gunmen are said to b...
The Vice President, Arc. Mohammed Namadi Sambo is expected in Cross River State today to inspect flood affected areas. The Deputy Governor of Cross River State, Barr. Effiok Cobham, disclosed this at an Internally Displaced Persons(IDPs) camp in Eja, O...
Oil giant, Shell says about 90 million Nigerians suffer from health problems resulting from their exposure to large concentration of toxins emitted from burning of fuels occasioned by the use of smoke-emitting cooking stoves. Country Chairman of Shell ...
The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu, has called for improved productivity and service delivery in the Ministries, Parastatals and Agencies in the country.. The minister made the call on Thursday when he received the National Coord...
The Minister of State for Defence, Mrs Olusola Obada, on Thursday in Abuja signed a Performance Contract Agreement with the permanent secretary, service chiefs and directors in the ministry. Speaking at the ceremony, Obada said the signing of the...
The trial of Sani Shuaibu and 33 others, accused of stealing N12 billion pension funds, was stalled at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday. Shuaibu is a former Director of Pension Administration in the Office of the Head of Service of the Feder...
The Rivers Government said on Thursday in Port Harcourt that it spent nearly N800 million on flood-related issues in the state. The Rivers Commissioner for Information and Communication, Mrs Ibim Semenitari, made this known in an interview with the New...
The Delta State Police Command has arrested 81 armed robbery and kidnap suspects between September and October. The state Commissioner of Police (CP), Mr Ikechukwu Aduba, disclosed this to newsmen in Asaba on Thursday. The commissioner, who paraded som...
The National Union of Electricity Workers (NUEE) on Thursday gave Gov. Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State 48 hours within which to apologise over his alleged flogging of one of its members. Wamakko, allegedly flogged the manager of Wamakko PHCN Sub station,...