Nigerian pilgrims on Wednesday join millions of pilgrims worldwide trooping to Muna for Arafat day which comes up tomorrow, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Arafat day marks the beginning of Hajj 2012 activities. NAN reports that pilgrims star...
The price of petrol has risen to N120 per litre in parts of Kwara against the official price of N97, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. A correspondent of NAN reports that the price prevailed at the Total petrol station in Offa, MRS and Total in...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday in Abuja approved the Nigeria National Pharmacovigilance Policy aimed at monitoring and managing the adverse effects of drugs. The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, made this known while briefi...
The Head of the Adamawa State Civil Service, Malam Musa Kaibo, said on Wednesday in Yola that over 900 civil servants in the state had taken the oath of secrecy. Kaibo who made the announcement while opening a two-day workshop for civil servants from g...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said on Wednesday in Abuja that it had stepped up supply and distribution of petroleum products across the country ahead of the Eid-el-Kabir celebration. Mr Fidel Pepple, acting Group General Manager, ...
Princess Maxima, United Nations Secretary General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development, on Wednesday said all stakeholders must collaborate to ensure financial inclusion in Nigeria. Maxima said this while briefing newsmen on t...
A former Super Eagles Captain, Nwankwo Kanu, on Wednesday in Abuja praised President Goodluck Jonathan for the huge support he gave to the Presidential Retreat on the Sports Sector. Kanu told newsmen that the president’s support and personal inte...
Gunmen on Monday kidnapped the mother of a lawmaker, Rep. Abudu Balogun, (ACN-Ogun) in Ijebu Water Side in Ogun State. It was learnt that the lawmaker`s mother, Alhaja Obedatu Balogun, was abducted at about 9:30 p.m. at her residence in Ita...
The Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar, has appealed to political and religious leaders to use religion as a tool to foster harmonious coexistence and national development in the country. Abubakar, who made the appeal in Bida, Niger, on Tuesday said: ``...
Gov. Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State on Tuesday called on the INEC to adopt staggered elections to prevent malpractice in future elections in Nigeria. Mimiko made the call in Akure while receiving his Certificate of Return from Prof. Lai Olurode, INEC Na...
President Goodluck Jonathan said on Tuesday that his administration would put structures in place that would enable all Nigerians to have access to financial services and funds. Jonathan spoke when he received the UN Special Envoy for Financial Inclusi...
Republican leaders in the U.S. Congress expressed surprise and doubt on Tuesday about President Barack Obama's comment in debate with Republican challenger Mitt Romney that the automatic spending cuts set for the new year ``will not happen. ’...
The burial of Sheila, the widow of the late social critic and educationist, Dr Tai Solarin, is slated for Nov. 9. A burial progrmme made available to newsmen on Monday in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun, said her remains would arrive Ikenne-Remo on Nov. 8 ...
Nigerian drugs will henceforth bear scratch cards to reveal their identification numbers, NAFDAC said on Tuesday in Ibadan. The agency said the numbers would provide users with information on the authenticity of drugs. This was disclosed by the N...
The Minister of Aviation, Ms Stella Oduah, on Tuesday in Abuja said there was no terrorist attack on an Arik Air flight from Maiduguri to Abuja. Oduah made this known in a statement by her Special Adviser on Media, Mr Joe Obi. ``The rumour making the r...