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The Borno Government has ruled out the possibility of conducting local government polls in the state soon because of security challenges in the area. Alhaji Baba Jidda, the Secretary to the State Government, told newsmen Maiduguri on ...
A former Comptroller General of Federal Fire Service, Mr Fidelis Ogbogoh, on Sunday called on the Federal Government to stop all aircraft above 15 years from operating in the country. Ogbogoh made the call in an interview with the News Agenc...
Tension and emotions trailed the visit of the Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu, in Lagos as family members of the victims of Dana air crash openly demanded the release of the bodies of their loved ones. The Minister was&nb...
The Concerned Advocacy for Good Governance (CAGG), a non-government organisation, has scored President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration high on economy and employment in the first one year. The National Coordinator of CAGG, Mr Olusegun Bamgbose...
The delays in distribution of sensitive and non sensitive election materials in Akwa Ibom council elections have stalled the exercise in parts of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) checks in Eket and its environs showed that as at n...
A civil society organisation (CSO), Campaign for Democracy (CD), has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to spare nothing in his resolve to implement the Oronsaye Civil Service Reform Report to make the service productive and efficient. Mr Bako...
The police have confirmed that six persons, including a suicide bomber, died in an explosion which occurred at the Police Headquarters in Borno on Friday. A statement issued in Abuja by the Force Public Relations Officer, Mr Frank Mba, said the bomber ...
The Commissioner for Local Government in Sokoto State, Alhaji Faruk Malami, said the State Government was committed to making the 23 Local Governments to be more efficient . Malami told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sideline of a recept...
The Nigerian Navy has confirmed that Commodore Datoru Abi-Kalio was among the 153 persons that lost their lives in Sunday’s DANA air crash at Iju-Ishaga, Lagos. In a press release issued in Lagos on Friday, the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Adm. Ola...
Justice Inumidun Akande on Saturday bowed out as Chief Judge of Lagos State with a call for the strengthening and sustenance of the independence of the judiciary. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Akande retired as Chief Judge after attaini...
Two journalists covering the council polls in Eket , Southern Akwa Ibom, were on Saturday brutalised by the Police at the Eket Office of Akwa Ibom State Independent Electoral Commission (AKISIEC) The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports tha...
Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Mohammed Umar, said the Federal Government is committed to making the Nigerian Armed Forces one the best in the world by the year 2020. He made this known in Abuja on Saturday at the end of the ``Annual 10 kil...
Deputy Inspector-General of Police Marvel Akpoyibo is in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom capital, to monitor the local government elections in the state. Akpoyibo, who is the DIG in charge of E-Department (Training) at the Police Headquarters, Abuja, addressed the ...
Some of the runway lights at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja which were out of order on Friday night have now been repaired. The Special Assistant to Princess Stella Oduah, the Minister of Aviation, Mr Joe Obi, disclosed this...
The Depot Nigerian Army, Zaria, has urged the public not to panic by its range classification exercise scheduled to hold from June 11 to June 15. This is contained in a release signed by the Army Public Relations Officer, Depot Nigerian Army, Lt...