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The Imo Government is planning to build a waste recycling plant, Dr Okey Obidike, the General Manager, Imo Environmental Transformation Commission (ENTRACO), has said. Obidike, who said this in Owerri on Tuesday at a news conference, said the establish...
The Adamawa House of Assembly has approved 10 new special advisers for Gov. Murtala Nyako. The approval on Tuesday in Yola was in response to a letter to the house by the governor requesting for it. Alhaji Ishaq Bala (PDP- Yola North) moved the motion ...
The Katsina State Government and the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) have jointly released N140 million for the training of teachers in the state. Alhaji Suleiman Dikko, the Executive Chairman of the State’s Universal Basic Education ...
Following the flooding of many communities in Adamawa, the state House of Assembly has constituted a committee to ensure adequate attention to the displaced people. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that many communities were ravaged b...
Last week in Owerri, the Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Anayo Okorocha, inaugurated the board of the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Convention Centre. The board of the ultra-modern edifice is chaired by Nigeria’s former ambassador to the United S...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday read what seemed like a riot act to political office holders elected under its platform, as the ruling party emphatically declared that 2015 re-election ticket would be anchored on credible election. The Pa...
Nigeria does not have a wholesome legislation to check cybercrime. Could the gruesome killing of Cynthia Osokogu be a catalyst to produce a much needed cybercrime law? ADESUWA TSAN and EDEGBE ODEMWINGIE report. If it is fraud related, think Nigeria. Gl...
Senator Ita Enang represents Akwa Ibom North-East Senatorial District. In this interview with journalists, including LEADERSHIP’s Chibuzo Ukaibe, he chips in on the debate over the creation of state police, airs his concerns about Bayelsa State&r...
The Imo State government recently inaugurated the board of Ikemba Ojukwu Centre in honour of the late Dim Odumegwu Ojukwu. The State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Chinedu Offor, in this interview with STANLEY UZOARU, explains the reasons b...
The federal government and Boko-Haram are engaged in talks on how to bring the group’s insurgency to an end. This is even as the sect is suspected to have different factions, the Presidency said. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publ...
As the federal government grapples with the spate of insecurity in the country, Former governor of Lagos State and Leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has declared that Nigeria is fast becoming one of the most dangerous p...
Former military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (rtd), former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prof Bolaji Akinyemi, and first Jigawa State Governor, Major General Olayinka Sule (rtd) were among the eminent Nigerians who graced the grand occa...
The Kano State Police Command has pledged to support the State Government’s war against sale of illegal drugs in the markets. This is contained in a statement issued by the Public Relations Officer of the Kano State Ministry of Health, Mala...
The Special Fraud Unit (SFU) of the Nigeria Police says it has commenced investigation into the N832 million fraud allegedly perpetrated by some oil marketers. This is contained in a statement signed by the unit’s spokesperson, Mrs Ngozi Isintume...
Gov. Idris Wada of Kogi has restated his resolve to create jobs for the teeming youths and other unemployed people in the state, A statement signed by Mr Michael Abu, the Chief Press Secretary to the Deputy Governor,...