Atlas Corps International Advocacy Fellow with Population Action International in Washington Dc, Esther Agbarakwe, has said that they are on their partnership with the National Emergency management Agency (NEMA) in tackling the ravaging flooding crisis...
The member representing Etsako West 1 state constituency of the Edo State Assembly, Hon RazakMomoh, was on Thursday night shot and seriously wounded by unknown gunmen, who attacked him along the busy Akenzua street in Benin City. The incident, which to...
Governor AbiolaAjimobi of Oyo State has charged this year’s pilgrims to Mecca from the state to be good ambassadors of Oyo State. The governor, while addressing the pilgrims at the Hajj Camp, Olodo in Ibadan on Friday before their departure to th...
Following the recent developments on the non-admittance and eventual deportation of some Nigerian female pilgrims to the Holy land in Mecca and Medina, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Olugbenga A. Ashiru, today 28th September 2012, in New Y...
The National Publicity Secretary, All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Mr Bernard Akoma, on Friday called on the Federal Government to evolve a comprehensive cultural policy to foster development. Akoma, who made the call in an interview wi...
The alleged plotter of the October 1st, 2010 bombings that claimed several lives and properties in Abuja, Mr. Henry Okah, will be appearing before a South Africa's court on Monday next week. This appearance makes it two years that the sad an...
More than 20 million South Africans have come forth to be screened and tested for various diseases, including HIV, since President Jacob Zuma launched the HIV, Counselling and Testing (HCT) campaign in 2010. The HCT campaign has been one of government&...
To ensure the good management of Nigerian roads, the Federal Roads Management Agency has introduced new technology to make Nigerian roads safer and motorable to road users, writes Uzoamaka Ajah. Good roads are a key economic segment with high gro...
Niger State government has introduced a project implementation concept known as the Ward Development Projects where each of the 274 wards in the state is given N1 million every month to execute any project of its choosing. In this interview with ...
Barely six hours after unknown gunmen attacked the House of former secretary to the government of the federation (SFG) Alhaji Aminu Saleh, in Azare around 9pm on Wednesday, killing the two policemen on guard, a team of soldiers has foiled an attempt by...
The National President of Integrity Icons Organization, Comrade Pelumi Olajengbesi, has given reasons why it named the organisation’s leadership series after the Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of LEADEERSHIP Newspapers Group, Mr. Sam Nda-Isai...
President Goodluck Jonathan declared on Wednesday in New York that attracting greater foreign direct investment to accelerate domestic growth ``is now the major focus of Nigeria’s foreign policy’’. A statement by Senior Special Assist...
The Senate Committee on National Planning, Economic Affairs and Poverty Alleviation yesterday queried the performance of the National Poverty Eradication Programme (NAPEP) expressing worry that the agency has over N11bn in its coffers in the face...
Governor of Benue State, Dr. Gabriel Suswam has added a voice to the opposition against the establishment of state police in Nigeria, saying state governors will use it against the opposition. He also tied slow foreign and local investments in Nigeria ...
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Abubakar, yesterday constituted a high-powered investigation team from the FCID, Abuja, to immediately take over the investigation to unravel the circumstances surrounding the death on 20 September, 2012 o...