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Some Lagos-based lawyers have urged the Federal Government not to allow the re-branding policy, introduced by erstwhile Minister of Information, Prof. Dora Akunyili, to be abandoned. The lawyers, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunda...
Mr Lateef Oyelekan, National President of the National Union of Food Beverage and Tobacco Employees, has urged the Federal Government to stop the importation of food items, to encourage the local industries. He told newsmen on Sunday in Lagos that the ...
The Technical Adviser, Rangers FC of Enugu, Okey Emodi, has faulted the officiating of Saturday’s premier league match which ended 1-0 in favour of hosts Heartland FC of Owerri. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Emodi also faulted the...
Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, has hailed the House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora, saying it has a great role to play in Nigeria’s foreign relations. Receiving the committee members, led by the chairperso...
An Italian national, Digi Modesto, working with Borini Prono Construction Company, kidnapped in Ilorin on May 30, has been released. A police source told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Ilorin that the expatriate was released on Sat...
V?ce-Pres?dent Namad? Sambo has urged Luxemburg to take advantage of the numerous opportunities in Nigeria to invest in the country. A statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media, Umar Sani, said Sambo made the call at a...
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Sen. Emmanuel Bwacha (PDP-Taraba), says the agriculture sector will thrive better if the Federal Government dedicates 10 per cent of the national budget to it. Bwacha, who made the statement in an in...
Police in Gombe have confirmed the killing of a retired civil servant, Tijjani Magaji, 43, of Idi Dawaki quarters in Gombe by unknown gunmen on Saturday in Gombe. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command, DSP Fwaje Atajiri, told the New...
At least twelve people have been killed in a suicide attack on Harvest Church in Yelwan Tudu, Bauchi. A suicide bomber drove a Honda car into the Church which is sandwiched between Deeper Life Church and Living Faith church. Many are reported to ...
Less than three weeks after nosy neighbor Mrs. McCluskey succumbed tolung cancer on the series finale of"Desperate Housewives," Kathryn Joosten — the actress who won twoEmmy Awards for portraying the television character — has die...
A cargo plane crash-landed near the airport in Ghana's capital Accra after overshooting the runway and hit a bus on the ground, killing at least 10 people, but the crew survived, officials said. Wreckage from the Boeing 727 Allied Air plane could b...
Following the killing of a German national, the United States mission in Nigeria said it has temporarily deferred all but the most essential mission travel by U.S. government personnel under Chief of Mission authority to northern Nigeria. The mission a...
Relatively new on the nation’s political landscape, the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC has been in the eye of the storm in recent weeks. In this report, Gabriel EWEPU, examines the issues of contention amongst members of the party. The Cong...
In what smacks of “Economic Imperialism”, Chinese investors, with over 200 companies at their disposal at the famous Kantin Kwari Market, have displaced local investors who have been in control of the market from time immemorial. Sudd...
Incessant power outage in the country has continued to constitute a major challenge to Nigeria’s economic growth and development. Solving the lingering electricity problem is critical to realising the nation’s quest of becoming one of the 2...