Justice Lateefat Okunnu of an Ikeja High Court, Lagos, on Wednesday granted bail to an oil marketer, Abdullahi Alao, charged with conspiring with others to commit N1.1 billion fuel subsidy fraud. Abdullahi, son of a prominent businessman, Alhaji Abdull...
The police in Delta have arrested six persons for allegedly vandalising an oil well head and removing the spray pump at Oleh in Isoko South Local Government Area of the state. Mr Charles Muka, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Delta State Pol...
Mr Odeyinka Popoola, Manager of Festac Business Unit of the PHCN, on Wednesday said that the unit was being owed about N1.5 billion by customers. Popoola, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, said that it was unfortunate that...
The Board Chairman of the Legal Aid Council, Mr Bolaji Ayorinde, on Wednesday in Abuja called for a review of the 2011 Legal Aid Council Act to ensure better service delivery. Ayorinde, who made the call at a pre-event news conference said that u...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday stressed the need for all arms of government to partner in the fight against corrupt practices in the country. Jonathan made the call while swearing in the new Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and o...
Minna, Oct. 17, 2012 (NAN) Gov. Babangida Aliyu of Niger on Wednesday said that his government had uncovered plans by main opposition parties in the state to destabilise the state. This is contained in a statement issued by Aliyu’s Chief Press Se...
Four unemployed youths on Wednesday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates' Court for allegedly stabbing one Idowu Bamidele on the cheek. The accused, Chibuike Onyekachi, 21; Chinedu Smith, 28; Sunday Imoh, 25; and Olabode Falodu, 21, were arraigned ...
Worried by incessant killings of students in some tertiary institutions in the country, stakeholders on Wednesday called for measures aimed at tightening up security on the campuses and students’ hostels. The stakeholders, including a former Comm...
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Wednesday said that 14 fuel-laden ships are waiting to berth at the various oil terminals in Lagos ports. In its daily publication, ``the Shipping Position’’, made available to newsmen in Lagos, the NPA...
An Abuja bound Aero Contractors flight, which made an air return to Lagos on Tuesday night, had a problem with its ``internal air borne auxiliary power unit (APU)’’, a spokesman said on Wednesday. Mr Simon Tumba, Chief Executive Officer of ...
The presidency, yesterday, said that President Goodluck Jonathan’s proposal for a single term for the President and Governors was misunderstand, and maintained that it was twisted to mean the president was seeking tenure elongation through the ba...
Senate, yesterday, resolved to donate N22 million to victims of the flood. 10 principal officers in the red chamber will produce N3 million, while the other 99 senators will contribute N18m. Rising from a closed door meeting, the President of the Senat...
The House of Representatives, yesterday, began consideration on the N4.924 trillion 2013 budget presented by President Goodluck Jonathan last Wednesday. House Speaker, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal said that debates on the budget would be concluded on Thursday...
A shop at the popular Kantin Kwari textile market in Kano metropolis was gutted by fire yesterday evening, destroying textile materials worth millions of Naira, our correspondent report. An eye witness said that the incident happened at about 5:00 pm o...
The members of the three major opposition political parties in Niger State have resolved to challenge the state House of Assembly on sales of government properties. The Chairmen of the All Nigeria People Party (ANPP), Action Congress of Nigeria (...