News from the states and all the six (6) geo-political zones of Nigeria.
Only recently, an unprecedented tragedy unfolded in the Niger Delta Region, with surging flood spreading through the East-West Road which is the flagship project of the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs. Terrified by the surging water which rendered dist...
Gunmen, yesterday, wreaked havoc in Kaduna and Bauchi states when two policemen and other civilians were killed in an orgy of bloodshed. In Kaduna, the gunmen riding on a motorbike shot and killed one police officer, Corporal Bejamin Sule and one other...
Unknown gunmen on Saturday night in Kano killed Assemblyman Ibrahim Garko, a lawmaker representing Garko constituency in state House of Assembly. The suspected gunmen reportedly injured two other persons during the attack. An eyewitness, who spoke to N...
The Niger State Government has approved the release of the sum of N110 million as counterpart fund for the commencement of the Tax Identification Number (TIN) project in the next fiscal year. The Governor, Dr Mu’azu Bbangida Aliyu represented by ...
In August 2012, the Rivers State government, through the Ministry of Education commenced the recruitment of about 13,000 teachers for its Universal Basic Education (UBE) and Senior Secondary Schools. A total of 42,000 candidates applied for the vacanci...
The Nigerian Army on Wednesday in Kaduna said recent raids of identified spots in Kaduna is part of security measures adopted to rid the state of terror and criminals gangs. The Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, 1 Div., &nb...
The House of Representatives yesterday resolved to set up a committee to investigate the Aviation Minister, Princess Stella Oduah for barring four international airlines from commencing commercial flights to the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport....
Unknown gunmen yesterday shot and killed three people in Hotoro, Kano State, the BBC Hausa Service has said. According to BBC Hausa service, the shooting, which left the victims dead, took place yesterday morning. The police in Kano have confirmed the ...
The Federal Government will establish Information Communication Technology (ICT) hubs this year to encourage young ICT entrepreneurs drive their ideas into innovations and money. The disclosure was made in Abuja yesterday by the Minister of Communicati...
The House of Representatives has directed the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar and the Director-General of the State Security Service (SSS), Ekpenyong Ita, close down the Kogi State House of Assembly pending the report of its mediation in...
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...
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...
Akwa Ibom Deputy Governor Nsima Ekere on Wednesday resigned his position, a statement said in Uyo. The statement, issued by the Deputy Governor’s Press Secretary, Mr Inem Ina, said Ekere resigned on personal grounds. It said Ekere exp...
The crisis rocking the Kogi State House of Assembly is far from over,as one of the factional groups yesterday flouted the directive of the national assembly,holding session at the assembly complex. LEADERSHIP gathered that 11 out of the 12 members of t...
Piqued by the recent bomb blast at Saint Rita Catholic Church in Kaduna state which killed over fifteen people and left several others injured, the Plateau State commissioner of police Emmanuel Dipo Ayeni has called on religious leaders and...