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The Enugu State Government on Friday expressed happiness with the release of Prof. Cyprian Onyeji, the Vice-Chancellor of its university, after nine days in the hands of his abductors. Reacting to the release, Mr Chukwudi Achife, the Chief Press Secret...
Flood in Mai’adua Local Government Area of Katsina State has rendered many families homeless and destroyed more than 1,400 houses, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. An eyewitness told NAN correspondent in Mai’adua that the inc...
No fewer than five persons have lost their lives in a multiple motor accident that occurred along Nsukka 9th Mile express way last Thursday night. Eye witnesses said a Toyota Carina car with registration number 402 LGT, a 14 -sitter bus belonging to Ro...
The management of the Port Harcourt Port has confirmed a fire incident on Thursday evening, which gutted the loading bay of the port. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the bay has the capacity to load 10 tankers wit...
A heavy downpour has wreaked havoc againg in Dutse local government of Jigawa, injuring three persons and destroying about 25 houses, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. NAN recalls that the Nigeria Metrological Agency (NIMET) had ...
The All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) on Friday in Lagos called on the Federal Government to ensure it allowed true federalism thrive as it was practiced all over the world. The Lagos State Chairman of ANPP, Alhaji Razaq Oyekanmi, claimed in a sta...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has accused Gov. Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers of meddling in the running of Rivers State University of Science and Technology (RSUST). The President of ASUU, Dr Nasir Isa, said at a media briefing on Thursday...
Mr Ekpo Nta, the acting Chairman of Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission ( ICPC), said on Thursday that prevention was the most effective strategy in the fight against corruption. Nta made the statement at a forum in Abuj...
The Anambra government has said it would use Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIOs) to reinvigorate its transport sector. The state's Commissioner of Transport, Dr Chike Ohamobi, announced the plan in an interview with the News Agency of Nige...
The Police on Thursday arraigned one Chima Eke, 26, of Tudun Wada in Lugbe, Abuja, before an Abuja Senior Magistrates’ Court for allegedly beating up his mother. The Police Prosecutor, Sgt. Jeremiah Elijah, told the court that the case was report...
Gov. Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State said on Thursday that the state would soon make a presentation to the Federal Government on how to exploit the crude oil discovered in commercial quantity in the state. The governor spoke to State Hou...
Special Adviser on Political Matters to the President, Mr. Ahmed Gulak, has advised former President Olusegun Obasanjo, to desist from dabbling into the political future of President Goodluck Jonathan. This was just as he said that there was need for t...
The senator representing Benue North East Senatorial District, Chief Barnabas Gemade has said that the decision by the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) Elders in the state to endorse Governor Gabriel Suswam and to unseat him was totally mischievous. The s...
The Bauchi Command of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) recorded only one serious road accident during the Eid-el-Fitr holidays. Mr Ibrahim Gaidam, the command’s Public Enlightenment Officer, announced this on Wednesday in an ...
President Goodluck Jonathan will today travel to Dakar, Senegal for a two-day official visit. A statement made available yesterday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati , stated that Jonathan will be received at th...