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Ogun State governor, Senator. Ibikunle Amosun yesterday inaugurated a panel that would scrutinise land deals under former Governor Gbenga Daniel’s administration, just as he said that his administration would pay high premium on land, sayi...
A federal judge ruled yesterday that prosecutors can tell jurors about incriminating statements that the suspected December 25 airline bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, made while being interrogated by federal agents. U.S. District Judge,...
The outgoing permanent secretary to the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development Elizabeth Emuren has said the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development is the engine room that would bring much wealth to Nigeria. Elizabeth who spoke while handing o...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday, told a visiting delegation of UK Department for International Development that in a bid to consolidate on successes recorded in the last general elections, the commission will welco...
The spate of insecurity in some parts of Bayelsa state yesterday took a new turn with the alleged invasion of the office of the Speaker of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Nestor Binabo and the Account office of the State Assembly complex by...
The Borno state Governor Alhaji Kashim Shettima has said that his government is ever ready to partner with any group individuals who are willing to invest in the educational development in the state. The Governor who was repr...
As kerosene scarcity persists, some marketers are reportedly making brisk business with the product and smiling to the bank in the process. Findings by our correspondent reveal that one of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation mega ...
The member representing Bassa/Dekina Federal Constituency of Kogi State, Mr.Tom Ogijo Zakari, has appealed to the federal government to rehabilitate the Lokoja – Abuja Highway because of its strategic importance to the country. In addition...
Organised labour in Anambra State yesterday declared an indefinite strike to reject what they called “Obi Wage”. This was just as the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, said that only the minimum wage passed by an Act of the National Asse...
No fewer than 845 ‘ghost’ workers have been discovered in the Nasarawa Civil Service, with 325 other staff found to have overstayed.This is contained in a report of a screening, verification and computerisation of payroll and personnel reco...
There was confusion yesterday at the home council of the Former Presidential Adviser on Niger Delta, Mr. Timi Alaibe, following the verdict of a Yenagoa High Court nullifying the removal of the Chairman, Kolokuma/ Opokuma local government council, Chie...
The House of Representatives has summoned the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Gbenga Ashiru, asking him to appear before the House to brief lawmakers on concrete measures put in place to protect Nigerians in Libya and secure their e...
Gunmen suspected to be members of Boko Haram have shot dead a retired civil servant with the Ramat Polytechnic in Maiduguri , Yakubu Iliya (67) and Turmda Malgwi (46) and a 22-year- old person in Bulunkutu Ward of Maiduguri Metr...
The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) summon of former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu to Abuja for trial was an incident waiting to happen. Tinubu was among other charges, alleged to have operated foreign accounts while in office as go...
Few weeks ago, the presidential probe committee on the activities of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) submitted its report to the Secretary to Government of the Federation, Senator Pius Anyim. The committee, which is chaired by former Head...