A former militant leader in Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta is linked to a private security company that signed a $103 million deal with the government to patrol the West African nation's waterways against pirates, officials have told The Ass...
The Minister of Health, Prof Onyebuchi Chukwu, in Abuja on Thursday called on development partners to support Federal Government's programmes on autism. Chukwu, while briefing the press on the World Autism Awareness Day slated for April 2, expresse...
Daniel Igali, the Technical Adviser, Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF), on Thursday restated that the preparation of his wards for the Olympic Games had not been taken seriously for Nigeria to make a difference. Igali told the News Agency of Nigeria (...
Gov. Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa says he will pursue appropriate policies that will strengthen traditional institutions in the state. He gave the assurance while receiving the Emir of Nasarawa, Alhaji Hassan Ahmed 11, in Lafia on Thursday. Al-Mak...
The House of Representatives on Thursday, directed its relevant committees to conduct public hearing on the huge number of persons awaiting trial in Nigerian prisons. The relevant committees are committees on Interior, Justice and Judiciary. This...
The Kebbi Government has released N50 million to the Usmanu Danfodio University, Sokoto, as part payment of registration fees for indigent students in the institution from the state. Alhaji Murtala Yauri, the Executive Secretary of th...
The Comptroller of Prisons in Ebonyi, Mr Columbus Omenuko, says 90 per cent of awaiting trial inmates in Nigerian prisons are youths. Omenuko made this known in Abakaliki on Thursday while receiving members of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rig...
A 43-year-old man, Daniel Folorunsho, on Thursday told a Grade ‘A’ Customary court in Ojo, Lagos that his wife was engaging in adultery, under the guise of attending church vigil. Daniel, who is resident in Oke-Afo village on the Lagos-Bada...
Mr Osita Chidoka, the Corps Marshal of FRSC, says the Police have no business in the registration of vehicles ``because they were not authorised by the Joint Tax Board (JTB) to do so. “The Enhanced Central Motor Registry (ECMR) currently collecte...
The National Assembly has assured Nigerians that it would ensure proper and accelerated implementation of the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act. Mr Matthew Omagara, Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Reform of Government Institutions,...
Alhaji Baba-Adisa Bolanta, the Kebbi Commissioner of Police, has said that adequate security has been put in place for the smooth conduct of the state’s governorship re-run election on Saturday. Bolanta said this in Birnin Kebbi on T...
The timely intervention of the Adamawa Government has saved 21 women the ordeal of languishing in prison over their inability to repay the loans they obtained from some micro-finance banks in the state. Hajia Maisaratu Bello, the Permanent Secretary,&n...
The Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) on Wednesday in Abuja says it will start charging hotels and eateries for waste generated. The Director of the Board, Mr Isa Shuiabu, who disclosed this at a media briefing, noted that hotels and other ho...
INEC Chairman Attahiru Jega says the commission has concluded arrangements to ensure smooth conduct of Saturday’s governorship election rerun in Kebbi. Jega, who disclosed this at a meeting with stakeholders in Birnin Kebbi on Wednesd...
Rihanna, who recently made headlines for her alleged eight-week fling with Ashton Kutcher last December, did not try to hide her disgust when a journalist quizzed her about the rumoured romance. The rumours of romance between the 24-year-...