The appointment of Muhammad Idris Apa as permanent secretary and Solicitor-General of Nasarawa State stirred emotions and wild jubilation, especially among people living with disabilities. At the ceremony of oath-taking, Apa depicted a picture of a cou...
The South Korean Ambassador to Nigeria, Jong-hyun Choi, in this interview with KINGSLEY OPURUM, speaks extensively on the bilateral ties between Nigeria and his country. He also talks about how the Nigeria government should channel investment in human ...
The federal government yesterday urged a Federal High Court sitting Abuja not to grant the request of the Delta State government to release the $15 million (N2.6 billion) allegedly offered the former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commis...
Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Minna branch, has resolved to embark on an indefinite boycott of all courts in the state with effect from Monday, January 14, to protest the refusal of the state judicial service commission to investigate several p...
There are indications that the Federal Government is set to recruit massively into the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in order to meet local and international security challenges facing the country. This is even as the Minister of In...
The Niger Delta Elders Forum (NDEF) has said that President Goodluck Jonathan should not count on the support of people of the South-South geo-political zone in 2015 if he fails to address their demands. The elders, in statement in Port Harcourt, signe...
In the renewed effort to encourage massive rice production in Niger State, the state government is to expend N34 billion in its rice multiplication programme over three years. In this regard, the state has acquired over 100,000 hectares for the r...
Kaduna State Governor Mukhtar Ramallan Yero has approved the appointment of Alhaji Ishaq Hamza Dan’Mahawayi as the new Secretary to the State Government (SSG). Alhaji Dan’Mahawayi takes over from Alhaji Abdullahi Samaila Yakawada who was th...
Rev. Chris Okotie has expressed his resolve not to contract any marriage with women again. Reacting to speculations suggesting that he might remarry after his two previous encounters that ended in controversy, the reverend-turned politician in a statem...
The governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, yesterday revealed that his decision to dissolve the State Executive Council was to refocus, reenergise and reinvigorate governance in the state. Fayemi said his action was to put in place a more virile an...
As the controversy over the prolonged absence of Enugu State Governor Sullivan Chime continues to reverberate in the country, the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state has stated that the governor will be back shortly. In a press sta...
The presidential candidate of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) in the 2011 presidential election, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, on Thursday expressed optimistic that merger talks among opposition parties in Nigeria would succeed and dislodge the Peoples...
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday vowed to monitor strictly compliance of set rules of conduct of the Nigeria Police Force as they discharge their duties in the country. The president stated this in Abuja when he launched the ‘Code of Conduct...
Minna, Niger State capital, has been listed by the world urban forum as one of the three towns in Nigeria that are among the world most liveable cities, the State Commissioner of Land and Housing, Dr Peter Sarki, has said. The commissioner, who stated ...
The influential Forbes Magazine has listed the country as ranking high in global index for habouring one of the world’s saddest people, saying the country’s leadership must move from corrupt practices and official profligacy to render quali...