Women of all ages defied the heavy downpour in Riyom, to vote in the Plateau North senatorial by-election on Saturday. The correspondent, who covered the elections in the troubled local government, reports that the women, who came in their numbers, clu...
Some prospective voters in Barkin-Ladi, who were not allowed to vote in the Saturday Plateau North senatorial by-election due to a lack of voters card, have protested the disenfranchisement. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that many of such vo...
Some lawyers working with the Legal Aid Council in Lagos, have appealed to their colleagues recently called to the bar, to offer selfless services to decongest prisons nationwide. The lawyers, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday...
The Jigawa Government on Saturday said it would prosecute parents who reject the Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) for their children in the ongoing immunisation exercise in the state. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Abubakar Tafida, told newsmen that defaulter...
The Aba International Trade Fair will hold from Nov.12 to Nov. 22, Chief Eleanya Okoroji, President of Aba Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (ACCIMA), has said. Okoroji told newsmen in Aba on Saturday, that the fair had received the ...
Plateau PDP Chairman Haruna Dabin, says the smooth campaigns toward the Plateau North Senatorial by-election, has rekindled unity and peace among erstwhile foes. ``The by-election is a huge booster for unity in Jos and its environs in Plateau North. Fo...
The people of Ideato South Local Government Area of Imo State were recently hit by a massive erosion, cutting them off from neighbouring states of Anambra and Enugu. In this interview with STANLEY UZOARU, the deputy governor, Sir ...
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), has described the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, as insensitive to the plight of workers in the oil and gas industry. Speaking during the openi...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), yesterday, described recent attempts by job racketeers to destabilise the hard earned integrity of the Security outfit as repulsive and has thus, vowed to expose the characters behind the illicit tr...
The Kaduna State chairman of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Barr Mohammed Musa Soba, has claimed that his party sold its Presidential Candidate in 2011, Mal. NuhuRibadu, to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for One hundred million dollar...
The President of the Senate, David Mark, yesterday called for the sack of the management of Pipeline and Product Marketing Company (PPMC) and also to revoke licenses of kerosene distributors over the none availability of the product. Mark spoke during ...
An Abuja High Court yesterday sentenced two officers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, to five years imprisonment without an option of fine. The two EFCC officials namely, Douglas William and Abba Ishaku were arraigned on October 17...
Niger State Governor, Dr Muazu Babangida Aliyu has advocated the removal of the ‘indigene and non indigene’ provisions in view of the proposed amendment of the country’s Constitution to enhance unity and integration. Aliyu said yester...
The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Drugs, Narcotics and Financial Crimes, Hon. Jagaba Adams Jagaba yesterday said that acts of militancy, terrorism and crimes could be checked through the control of illicit drugs. He stated this ...
The Minister of Science and Technology, Prof. Okon Ewa has said that Science and Technology remains the vehicle for the development of Nigeria’s economy. Ewa made this disclosure yesterday at the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infras...