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The Speaker, Ondo State House of Assembly, Mr Samuel Adesina, on Monday called on for peaceful co-existence among the citizens irrespective of differences in religious belief . Adesina made the call in Akure in his Eid-...
The Police in Ondo State on Monday confirmed that three persons died in an accident on Okitipupa-Ore road in Okitipupa Local Government Area. Mr Titilola Lasisi, the Divisional Police Officer in Okitipupa, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) t...
Mr Gyang Pwajok, the Plateau Government’s Chief of Staff, who resigned last week, is to contest the Plateau North senatorial by-elections to replace the late Sen. Gyang Dantong. ``Yes, I am in the race for the Senate seat and I...
Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN) on Monday began the clean-up of Ibeno coastline contaminated by an oil spill reported on Aug. 13. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the oil company engaged 40 youths from the communities affected by...
The police in Yobe on Monday said that a section of Damagum Primary School in Damagum Local Government Area was gutted by fire from suspected explosions in the area. Mr Toyin Gbadegeshin, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, m...
President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed hope that with unity and peace, what Nigeria passes through as a nation can only be overcome by prayers. "What we are passing through as nation can be overcome with pra...
The Olusegun Mimiko Campaign Organisation on Sunday in Akure felicitated with Muslims in Ondo as they marked the Eid-el-Fitri celebrations, the end of the Ramadam fast.. The organisation admonished them to imbibe the lessons and values...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday reiterated the call for Nigerians to embrace peace and remain united for any meaningful development to take place. The president spoke when a delegation of Muslims in the FCT, led by Vice- President Namadi Sambo, p...
Farmers in Edo have decried the unavailability of fertilizers for their use, in spite of the operation of e-wallet system of distribution of the commodity as recently introduced by Federal Government. They lamented that they had been withou...
Sen. Bala Mohammed, the Minister of the FCT, says the Federal Government is coming up with a social housing scheme to ameliorate the hardship of those affected by the demolition in the territory. Mohammed disclosed this on Sunday, after a Sallah...
PDP National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, says if the court of law finds his son, Mahmud, guilty of the alleged charges on fuel subsidy mismanagement, he will face the wrath of the law. Tukur spoke at the State House, Abuja, shortly aft...
Gov. Liyel Imoke of Cross River has approved N100 million to buy HIV and AIDS test kits, the Director-General of the State Agency for the Control of HIV and AIDS, Mrs Irene Aniyom, has said. ``Due to the recent lack of ...
The Branch Secretary, Nigerian Red Cross Society, Lagos, Mrs Ijeoma Nweke, has called on Nigerians to be their brother`s keeper and assist the less privileged people within their community. Nweke spoke on Sunday in an interview with the News Age...
The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, on Sunday charged leaders to show empathy to their subjects, while the subjects should be obedient to their leaders. The emir gave the charge in his Sallah message which he read in his palace shortly after re...
The Peoples` Democratic Party (PDP) has called on opposition political parties to guard their utterances in the interest of the unity of the country. This is contained in a statement issued by the National Publicity Secretary of the pa...