Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has appointed Defence Minister, Prince Salman, as crown prince and heir apparent, a Royal Decree has said. The appointment was announced one day after the burial of Crown Prince and Interior Minister Nayef, who died on ...
The Katsina State Police Command has arraigned one Ahmad Musa before a Katsina Chief Magistrateas' Court III for arson. Musa was accused of burning down the Funtua Upper Shariah Court on June 4. Police prosecutor Okolo Usman told the court that the...
President Goodluck Jonathan will depart Abuja on Tuesday for the UN Earth Summit, RIO+20, opening in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, on Wednesday.A statement by Dr Reuben Abati, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, in Abuja on Monday, s...
Gov. Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna State on Monday cautioned the people against reprisal attacks. Yakowa made the appeal during a visit to ECWA and Ahmadu Bello Univesity Teaching Hospital, Shika in Zaria, to commiserate with the victims of Sunday’s b...
Dr Olusegun Aganaga, the Minister of Trade and Investment, says that the Federal Government is partnering with the private sector to establish industrial parks to facilitate industrial development. Aganga said this in Abuja on Monday at the opening of ...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said on Monday it impounded fake drugs worth N5 million at the Carpentry Section of Bridge-Head Wood Market in Onitsha, Anambra. The Deputy Director in charge of the agency's...
The UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) says Nigeria presently has 8,958 refugees in various refugee camps in the country. The UNHCR Representative, Gogo Hukportie, said this while briefing newsmen on Monday in Abuja on preparations for the World R...
Kogi government has reduced the cost of treating pregnant women and children in all public hospitals in the state. The State Governor, Idris Wada, stated this on Monday in Ugwolawo, in Ofu Local government Area, at the inauguration of the 2012 maternal...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday said it would not allow itself to be used as a clearing house for moving slush funds by any political party.Mr Kayode Idowu, Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman made this known in Abuja ...
Whenever there is an air disaster, there are many unanswered questions as to why it happened. The first thing however, that comes to mind after a plane crash is the ‘black box’ which is expected to reveal what went wrong. RALIAT...
The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr Eugene Juwah, has been addressing the controversy the SIM card registration exercise is generating. In this interview with CHRISTIAN OCHIAMA, ...
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday said that he was disturbed when he received the news of the multiple bomb explosions that rocked churches in Kaduna and Zaria while he was in a church service. When invited to give his remarks at a special service ...
The acting inspector general of police Mohammed Abubakar, who confirmed the incident in a statement signed by the deputy force public relations officer, CSP Frank Mba, has warned perpetrators of the killings to desist forthwith, saying the police...
Attempts to involve the Speaker of the House of Representatives, AminuWaziriTambuwal, in the $620,000 bribery allegation against the former chairman of the adhoc committee of the House of Representatives investigating the Management of Fuel Subsidy, Ho...
As Reps whine and fret over the bribery scandal rocking its chambers, the Senate wait in silence, but the consensus is that the Senate President, David Mark has successfully cleared the Senate of such land mines. UCHENNA AWOM in this analysis traces hi...