Prof. Lawrence Awosika, Nigeria’s candidate to the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental shelf (CLCS), was on Thursday elected in the first round of balloting. In the election held at the UN Headquarters in New York, Aw...
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Abuja on Thursday called on the Federal Government to review the remuneration of medical practitioners. Dr Osahon Enabulele, President of the association, made the call during a courtesy call on Dr Richard Egbu...
The recent banking sector reform is targeted at stabilising the Nigerian economy, the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, said. Sanusi made the statement in Lagos on Thursday at the 4th stakeholders’ forum...
Gov. Isa Yuguda of Bauchi state on Thursday in Abuja linked the insecurity situation in the country to the dearth of infrastructure. He said this when he delivered a lecture entitled: ``Contemporary Development Challenges in Bauchi State’’ ...
Mr Kassim Gaidam, the new Resident Electoral Commissioner for Edo, said that INEC would deploy 20 commissioners to monitor the July 14 governorship election in the state. Gaidam made this known during a familiarisation visit to the state Co...
The Senate Committee on Federal Character and Inter-Governmental Affairs has given a December deadline to Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to comply with the federal character principle in their staff recruitment. The Chair...
The Minister of State I for Foreign Affairs, Prof. Viola Onwuliri on Thursday appealed to the National Assembly to step up action to rid the country of impunity. She made the appeal in Abuja when members of the Senate and House of Representatives Commi...
The First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan on Thursday in Abuja said that the arts and crafts industry would promote economic emancipation of Africa, if developed. She said this at the opening of the 5th edition of African Arts and Crafts Expo (AFAC), orga...
President Goodluck Jonathan says Nigeria is open to greater investment by Austrians in critical sectors of the economy, including power generation. The President said on Thursday during an audience with the Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister of Austr...
The Plateau Government on Thursday clarified that the Supreme Court judgment on asset sharing with Nasarawa State did not evict Gov. Jonah Jang from the Governor’s Lodge, Jishe. Mr Edward Pwajok, the Attorney-G...
The Minister of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation, Chief Edem Duke, has expressed the ministry’s commitment to increase Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Products (GDP) and foreign exchange earnings. Duke said this at the African Arts and Cr...
Mr and Mrs Edwin Chime parents of late Mrs Antonia Attuh, one of the victims of the Dana plane crash said on Thursday they first learnt about their daughter's death while watching CNN. Late Attuh, 45, a statistician, worked with the Westminst...
The Kogi Sector Command of FRSC on Thursday confirmed that 18 people lost their lives in 41 road accidents that occurred in different parts of the state in the month of May. Mr Garba Ibrahim, the Sector Commander told newsmen in Lokoja that...
Prof. Barth Nnaji, the Minister of Power, said on Thursday that the repair of electricity transformers in the country would save Nigeria more than N1.5 billion. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nnaji made the disclosure at the inauguration...
The Federal Government on Thursday in Abuja began the distribution of 14 million textbooks and Library Resource Materials to primary and junior secondary schools across the country. Primaries one and two received the textbooks for English Language, Mat...