Gov. Idris Wada of Kogi on Saturday warned people of Ibaji Local Government from taking laws into their hands over agitation on oil well in the community. Wada in a press statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr Jacob Edi, warned members of...
The Chairman, Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) in Akwa Ibom, Mr Linus Udofia, has tasked Gov. Godswill Akpabio to focus on industrialising the state with his final court victory. Udofia made this known in an interview with the New...
The Nigerian National Honours are a set of orders and decorations conferred upon Nigerians and friends of the country every year in recognition of their landmark contributions and patriotism to the nation. However, recent honours awards seem to have de...
The arrival of a new-born baby should ordinarily be cheery news to the couple involved and their relations. The arrival of three in one fell swoop to a family long denied the fruit of the womb would most certainly engender rapturous joy even in the nei...
Mrs Beatrice Jeddy-Agba is the executive secretary, National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons (NAPTIP). In this interview with CHUKS OHUEGBE, she speaks on the milestones recorded by NAPTIP and plans to rejig the Act establishing the ag...
Sabke dam, located in Maiadua local government of Katsina state, was constructed in 1995. Initiated by the defunct Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF), the project was conceived with a view to supporting irrigation farming and providing water for domestic use. ...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national chairman, Alhaji BamangaTukur, has pledged a more aggressive fight against corruption, adding that members of the party who had defected to different political parties will be comfortable in the party if they ret...
The African Union (AU) and ECOWAS on Friday jointly solicited the support of Nigeria in tackling the deteriorated political situation in Mali. ECOWAS Chairman, President Allasane Quattara of Cote d’Ivoire disclosed this after a tripartite m...
The Tax Appeal Tribunal (TAT), Lagos, on Friday ordered Halliburton Energy Services Nigeria Ltd. not to pay the sum of 167.7 million US dollars ( N26.8 billion) to the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). Mr Kayode Sofola (SAN), chairman of the five-...
The Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) on Friday sacked eight of its staff members for alleged acts of fraud. According to the institution’s Director of Public Relations, Mr Osita Ugwuoti, six of the affected staff members we...
The Agriculture and Allied Employees Union of Nigeria (AAEUN) and the General Agricultural Workers Union of Ghana on Friday announced a joint commitment to establish a West African Agricultural Union. Representatives of the unions told the News A...
A Karu Area Court in Mararaba, Nasarawa State, on Friday ordered a 50-year-old welder, James Ujah of Gwandara Masaka, to be remanded in prison custody for allegedly raping a 10-year-old girl. Police prosecutor Inuwa Magida told the court th...
Gov. Theodore Orji of Abia on Friday returned 19 secondary schools to their original owners, 42 years after they were acquired by the defunct East Central State Government. Orji handed over the certificates of the schools to the heads of the different ...
Nigeria’s monthly revenue dropped to N564.8 billion in August from N825.3 billion in July, the Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr Jonah Otunla, said in Abuja on Friday. Otunla gave the figures to reporters at the end of the monthly Federati...
The ECOWAS Commission has called for closer cooperation among West African law enforcement agencies to counter the spate of organised transnational crimes in the sub-region. A statement by the commission on Friday in Abuja said the call was made at the...