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President Goodluck Jonathanon on Sunday congratulated Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo on his re-election in Saturday’s governorship polls. In a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati, Jonatha...
Niger Government on Sunday re-affirmed its commitment to providing free education and empowering the youths to contribute more positively to national development. Prof. Muhammed Yahaya, Chief of Staff to the state governor made the remark in an intervi...
The current security breaches in the North have been described as the major threat to the continued implementation of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme. Gov. Theodore Orji of Abia State made the remark during a dinner organised in honour o...
The Edo Governor, Mr Adams Oshiomhole, has assured the people of Edo that he would not disappoint them in his second term. Addressing a crowd at Ring Road in Benin on Sunday, Oshiomhole said his victory in the Edo governorship election was an indicatio...
Mr Thomas Okosun, the Edo Chairman of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), has commended President Goodluck Jonathan for not interfering in the just concluded governorship election in the state. Okosun in an interview with newsmen on Sunday in Benin a...
The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), has urged the incoming Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Aloma Mukhtar to rebuild the waning confidence in the nation's judiciary. Mr Gbenga Adefaye, President, NGE, made the call on Sunday in an interview...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Sunday said it has arrested a South African woman with substance suspected to be methamphetamine worth N15 million. A statement signed by the agency's Head of Public Affairs, Mr Mitchell Ofoyeju, ...
The Minister of Works, Mr Mike Onolememen, has said that it is up to PDP and its candidate in the Edo governorship election to react to the outcome of the contest. ``As an Edo citizen, I have performed my duty in the election by voting’&rsq...
The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), South East Zone, has urged Nigerians to live in peace and respect one another. NSCIA in a statement after a meeting with the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC) in Abakaliki, condemned the r...
On Thursday, July 12, 2012, the entire country was thrown into another moment of mourning, following a fuel tanker fire disaster that sent scores of people to their early graves in Ula-Okogbe community in Ahoada-East Local Government Area of Rivers Sta...
Recently, over 54,000 Batch ‘B’ corps members bowed out from the scheme after their compulsory one year service to their fatherland. But with the rising unemployment in Nigeria, there are fears that such overwhelming population may remain u...
The Federal Capital Territory Minister, Sen. Bala Mohammed, in contending with the daily chaos that arise from traffic jams on the streets of Abuja, introduced the park and pay regime,which came into effect recently. JAMES UWEM looks at the opera...
Mutual cooperation between the executive arm of government and the legislature is essential if the governed must enjoy the dividends of democracy. In this interview with MIKE UBANI, the Speaker Imo state House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Chukw...
The scarcity of petroleum products has crippled economic and social activities in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The scarcity of the products particularly petrol, is biting harder in the State. Residents of the State woke up yesterday to disco...
Following the spate of criticism that greeted the recent announcement of Dame Patience Jonathan, among the list of 19 newly appointed Permanent Secretaries in Bayelsa State, the state government has defended its action by saying the appointment was mad...