The Kebbi government has secured approval from the CBN to establish 16 additional branches of micro-finance banks in some local government areas of the state. Alhaji Bello Tuga, the Commissioner for Works and Housing, disclosed this...
The ongoing burial arrangement for the Ikemba of Nnewi, Chief Odumegwu Ojukwu, on Monday, stalled the prosecution of the Igbo Community Welfare Association, President, Chief Augustus Amachi in Kaduna. Amachi was to appear before a Kaduna Chief Magistra...
A housewife, Caroline (other names removed) has been banished for allegedly committing an adultery with a motorcycle spare parts dealer in Obiaruku, Ukwani Local Government area of Delta State. The spare parts dealer, simply identified as Uchenna...
The national body of the Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) yesterday told the federal government to immediately punish the culprits of the last post-election crises or forget the war against insecurity. According to the JIN: “Perpetrators of last...
The Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN) yesterday in Lagos urged President Goodluck Jonathan to ensure that the planned reduction in the 2012 federal budget would translate into meaningful development. The President of C...
Despite claims of mind- boggling strong economic growth by the government of the day, facts have emerged that figures bandied about may not afterall reflect the actual reality on ground according to a statement from the office of the Nation...
Dangote Cement has urged the federal government to invest more on infrastructure to enable it absorb its anticipated increase in cement production. Special Assistant to Alhaji Aliko Dangote on cement,Mr Joseph Makoju, made the call in an in...
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) yesterday directed owners of abandoned and unserviceable aircraft in all the nation’s airports to remove them within 30 days or face sanctions. The latest directive of ...
Former Minister of Commerce and aspirant to the office of the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ambassador Idris Waziri has said that genuine desire to provide a credible and purposeful leadership for the party are among th...
The Director and Country Representative of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization(UNESCO), Abuja, Joseph Ngu has emphasised the need for community radio to be suited to the needs of rural communities. Speaking at the occas...
The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajia Zainab Maina has disclosed that the ministry and the World Bank are to enter into partnership on gender focused programmes. Maina who stated this when a delegation of the World Ban...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has commended the peaceful outcome of the Bayelsa State gubernatorial election, which produced Mr. Seriake Dickson as winner. Reacting to the outcome of the election in Bayelsa State through his media office in Abuj...
The Delta State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested three persons suspected to be involved in illegal oil bunkering in Asaba, the State capital. LEADERSHIP reports that the suspects were allegedly arrested with ...
The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps Scheme, NYSC, Brig.- Gen. Nnamdi Okore-Affia has warned the staff that the scheme will not condone indolence. The Director-General gave the warning while addressing members of staff from across t...
The Netherlands and Namibia have withdrawn from participating in the on-going International Association Educational Assessment, IAEA, 2012 scholarship training on educational measurement and evaluation which is holding in Abuja from the 13th-24th of Fe...