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The Ogun State chapter of Nigeria Labour Congres (NLC) has described the money being paid by the Federal Government to subsidise petroleum products as payment for incompetence and corruption from the political leaders, saying that it is regrettable tha...
Benue State Governor Gabriel Suswam has faulted the claims by the opposition party, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) that he was the arrowhead of the political violence that claimed many lives and property in Logo Local Gove...
Members of the House of Representatives yesterday began consideration of President Goodluck Jonathan’s 2012-2015 Medium Term Revenue and Expenditure Frameworks and Fiscal Strategy, (MTFF) proposal just as members have queried the ability of the d...
A CPC Chieftain, Dennis Aghanya, yesterday described as illegal Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC’s) act of parading accused persons before the media, especially when they had not been found guilty by a court of law.
Agha...
A bill seeking to merge the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC), again, hit a brick wall at the Senate.
It was hurriedly withdrawn following signs of the Sen...
The federal government has said that it was in the process of commencing the production of morphine syrup at the Federal Drug Manufacturing Laboratory, Yaba, Lagos that will alleviate the sufferings of cancer patients.
The minister of State for Health,...
The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna, has said that it has sacked a Principal Technical Officer in the Academy, Mallam Rilwanu Sanusi, over his involvement in an admission scam in the just concluded 63 regular intake.
According to the Academy, th...
The Bauchi State Police Commissioner, Ikechukwu Aduba, yesterday in Bauchi said that his Command had arrested a grandfather, one Sani Hamidu, with son who conspired and killed his grandchild, Sagiru Abdullahi, removed his eyes, genit...
Suspected Fulani herdsmen have launched a fresh onslaught on Guru Village in Maru local government of Zamfara State, making away with away heads of cattle.
The attackers invaded the village at the early hours of the night, shooting in to the air to sca...
The ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Adamawa State may be heading for yet another internal wrangling which may seriously affect its chances in the forthcoming gubernatorial election in the state, as the party’s national electoral p...
Former Minister of Works, Senator Adeseye Ogunlewe, has advised that users’ fund should be introduced to rehabilitate deplorable roads in the state, insisting that Federal Government’s budget is not enough to address the problem.
He made th...
The Minister of State for Trade and Investment, Dr. Samuel Ortom, says that the federal government is determined to encourage patronage of Made - in -Nigeria products. He made the ...
The Taskforce on Trade Facilitation led by its chairman, Mr. David Adejuwon, has urged the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to improve its services to passengers especially in w providing sufficient trolleys at theThe Taskforce on Trad...
AIICO Insurance plc has paid claims totaling N2.44 billion within the first eight months of 2011 as against N1.4 billion claims paid during the same period in 2010. The company’s managing director, Mr. David Sobanjo, said the payment was in ...
Following the increasing cases of building collapse across the country some insurance stakeholders have decried the poor showings of insurance companies citing the delay to enforce compulsory building insurances by the regulator as one of the reasons f...