The Federal Government has appealed to philanthropists and the organised private sector to spend part of their profits on youth development through sponsorship of sports. The Minister of Sports, Malam Bolaji Abdullahi, made the appeal on Saturday in Il...
Nigeria’s lottery market can generate over N350 billion for the Federal Government annually if properly harnessed, the Director General of the National Lottery Regulatory Commission (NLRC), Mr Peter Igho, said on Sunday. Igho told the News Agency...
The Federal Government has set aside N450 billion to be given as loans to farmers in the 36 states of the federation, Information Minister Labaran Maku has said. Maku made the announcement on Sunday at a town hall meeting at the Idris Kutigi Inte...
The Kano State Government is to spend N72.5 billion on the construction of roads this year. The state's Commissioner for Lands and Physical Planning, Alhaji Mohammed Yahaya, made the announcement on Sunday while speaking with newsmen, shortly after...
Afenifere Leader, Chief Reuben Fasonranti, has advised governorship candidates who lost out in Saturday's election in Ondo State to accept their defeat as sportsmen. Fasonranti, who said they should wait for another term to ...
Supporters of Gov Olusegun Mimiko on Sunday trooped out in large numbers to the streets of Akure in celebration of the victory of the governor. Different groups of young men and women, who had gathered in groups in&n...
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has said that it will soon start registration of products to check influx of substandard goods into the country. Dr Joseph Odumodu, the SON director-general, told the news Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in an interv...
Senate president David Mark has advised the government and people of Benue to remain peaceful during and after the forthcoming local government election in the state. Mark, who was represented by his wife, Helen, gave the advice at the burial of the la...
President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated Gov. Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State on his declaration by INEC as the winner of the Oct. 20 governorship election in the State. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati, said in ...
Gov. Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State has been declared winner of Saturday's Governorship election having polled a total of 260,199 votes. Prof. Adebiyi Daramola, the INEC Chief Returning officer, said that the PDP candidate, Chief Olusola Oke, ...
The long queues for petrol by motorists and other users have disappeared at filling stations in Abuja following NNPC’s increased supply of the product, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. A NAN correspondent, who visited major filling stati...
Hajiya Maryam Ibrahim, president of the Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN) says Nigeria needs no fewer than 100, 000 professional accountants for effective coverage. Ibrahim, who featured at a forum of the News Agency of ...
Former head of state Ernest Shonekan on Sunday in Abuja called for dialogue with leaders of those responsible for the spate of insecurity in parts of the country. He made the call at the graduation ceremony for participants in Executive Intelligence Ma...
Dr Adams Oshiobugie, an agriculturist, has said that the recent floods in some parts of the country may not cause food crisis in the country. Oshiobugie, the Deputy Provost, Edo College of Agriculture, said in an interview with the News Agency of Niger...
The Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN) has called for autonomy for the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation. Its president, Hajiya Maryam Ibrahim, made the call on Sunday in Abuja when she fielded questions at a forum of t...