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Forensic experts took samples from Yasser Arafat's buried corpse in the West Bank on Tuesday, trying to determine if he was murdered by Israeli agents using the hard-to-trace radioactive poison, Polonium. Palestinians witnessed the funeral of their...
Mr Pratap Hegde, Managing Director of Telematic4u Services Ltd, an Indian Telecommunication outfit, on Monday said that Nigeria was a ready market for ICT products and Services from India. Hegde, who led a 13-man delegation of India Electronics and Com...
The Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku, has called for an amendment of the Public Procurement Act to expedite the process of procurement of projects by ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) Maku made the call in Abuja on Monday at the 2013 ...
Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday urged the National Assembly to compel the Central Bank of Nigeria to strengthen the monetary policy by using the interest rate to improve and stabilise the economy. Mr Gbolahan Yishawu (ACN -Eti-Osa II), who move...
Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, on Monday in Abuja solicited the support of Nigerians for the sustenance of Abuja carnival in the promotion of national peace. Ekweremadu made the call while declaring open the boat regatta of the 8th edition of...
The Commandant, Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji, AVM Abdullahi Kureh said the death toll of Sunday blasts in Jaji, Kaduna had increased to 15. Kureh confirmed this to Gov. Patrick Yakowa on Monday when he visited the site of the atta...
Dangote, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, have expressed optimism towards polio eradication in the next three years from Kano State. Alhaji Aliko Dangote, the Founder of the Dangote Foundation, stated this in Kano on Monday, while signing a Memorandu...
Mrs Zainab Kure , the Chairman, Senate Committee on Marine Transport said on Monday that the committee had been inundated with complaints of arbitrary charges in Nigerian ports. Kure said this while on an oversight function visit to the Nigerian Ports ...
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) on Monday called on the Federal Government to overhaul the nation’s security network to curb the resurgence of attacks on security formations in the country. The call is contained in a statement jointl...
Prof. John Idoko, the Director-General, National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), has reiterated the need for Nigeria and stakeholders to work towards eradication of AIDS related deaths in the fight against the virus. Idoko said this in Abuja on ...
Ogun Government on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with four construction firms to construct eight roads across the state, valued at 90.3 billion. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the companies are China Civil Engineering Const...
Supporters of Mr Babajide Obanikoro, who won the Ikoyi-Obalende Local Council Development Area Chairmanship election on the platform of the PDP, on Monday staged a peaceful protest to the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja. The supporters were protesting th...
Gov. Murtala Nyako of Adamawa on Monday swore-in 19 newly elected council chairmen in the state with a call on them to justify the confidence reposed on them by the electorate. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the ceremony in Yola came few...
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE), in Jigawa has begun a three-month training for 50 persons with disabilities under its ''Special Needs'' scheme. Muhammad Sambo, State Coordinator told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Mo...
The crowd at the venue of the 2012 Comptroller-General of Customs' conference in Katsina, burst into cheers and applause when former Vice President Atiku Abubakar knelt down to greet his former boss, President Olusegun Obasanjo. Atiku and Obasanjo,...