Following the flag-off of campaign of the Action Congress of Nigeria, (ACN), in the Edo Central Senatorial District (a zone believed to be a strong hold of the opposition PDP) the party’s leaders in the area have concluded that the zone would fal...
The House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee on Capital Market has queried Ms Arunma Oteh, the Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), for approving Access bank's acquisition of Intercontinental bank. Rep. Ibrahim El-Sudi...
The Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) is to meet with President Goodluck Jonathan and state governors to discuss the fate of local government administration, an official said. The National President of ALGON, Mr Nwabueze O...
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP says the party will not involve in murder to achieve political goals. The party made the remark in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Olisa Metuh. According t...
The Deputy Director, Public Relations, State Security Service (SSS), Mrs Marilyn Ogar, said in Abuja on Wednesday that Nigerian women can end the security challenges in parts of the country. Ogar made this known at a conference titled ``Role of Women i...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday arrived in Addis Ababa to attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa scheduled to hold from May 9 to 11. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Correspondent in Addis Ababa reports that Jonathan would attend the ...
The market indices of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) depreciated by 0.54 per cent on Wednesday as some blue chips recorded price losses. The News Agency of Nigerian (NAN) reports that the All-Share Index, which opened at 22,656.76, depreciated by 12...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission (ICPC) has called for an urgent review of the constitutional provisions relating to local governments’ funding in the country. Mr Ekpo Nta, the Acting Chairman of ICPC, made ...
Nigeria is to receive a 285 million dollars assistance from the Clean Technology Fund (CTF), a global funding agency, to support electricity supply and urban mass transportation. The fund is being provided by the CTF) under its Scalin...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday granted bail to Dr Sani Shuaibu, charged with diverting N439 million pension funds. Shuaibu, a former Director of Pension Administration in the Office of the Head of Service of the Federation, was charged alon...
Eight persons were on Wednesday arraigned before an Abuja Magistrates’ Court on three counts of joint act, public nuisance and being in possession of counterfeit dollars. They are Joseph Adamu, 32, Uzoma Ajunbu, 27, Michael John, 36, Joseph Ibeh,...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) sent a request to Mrs Sarah Ochekpe, Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources, seeking documents on the financial allocations and public expenditure on water projects in the past five year...
The Federal Government on Wednesday summoned State Governors, Commissioners for Education and other Stakeholders to address the challenges facing the Almajiri Education Programme. The Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufai, said this while briefi...
Dr Eugene Juwah, the Executive Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), says the commission will soon begin to operate emergency call centres with three-digit codes across the country. Juwah said this on Wednesday in Abuja during the oversig...
The National Association of Micro finance Banks (NAMB) said on Wednesday in Abuja that microfinance banks improved the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 3 per cent in 2011. Alhaji Kabir Yar’adua, NAMB's Executive Secretary, said...