Nigeria has 60 out of 600 polio cases worldwide, the Minister of State for Health, Dr Muhammad Ali Pate, has said. Speaking at the National Consultative Stakeholders’ Conference on Polio Eradication in Nigeria, organised by the National Pri...
A governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State, Orufa Jusline Boloubo, has asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to declare the nomination of Hon. Seriake Dickson as the PDP governorship candidate for the February 11, 2012...
President Goodluck Jonathan, has appointed Engr. Kenneth Achugbu, as the new chief executive officer of the Rural Electrification Agenda (REA). The REA was established in 2006 following the passage into law of the Electric Power Sector Reform Act 2005,...
A University don, Professor Femi Shaka, has accused the Federal and State Governments of deceiving the youths of the country with promises of creating job opportunities that will never come. Shaka, who is a lecturer in the Department of Theatre Arts, U...
Against calls for military action against Boko Haram, the leader of Course 34 of Command and Staff College, Jaji, Kaduna State, Navy Commodore Ferguson Buvai, yesterday, urged the Federal Government to toe the path of peace and dialogue in handling the...
Imo State students in tertiary institutions would soon join their counterparts in the primary and post primary schools in benefiting from the free education offered by Governor Rochas Okorocha administration in the state. Governor Rochas Ok...
Benue State chapter of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened to embark on industrial action if Benue State Governor, Dr. Gabriel Suswam gives car gifts to members of the Benue State House of Assembly. Benue State chairman, Simon Anchaver disclos...
The future of any society is rightly built around youth. Therefore, it is not unusual to hear the saying that the future lies in their hands or that they are the leaders of tomorrow. Most youths, even with this aphorism, seems to be apprehensive over t...
National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members have been described as catalysts for harmony, peace and development and must be cherished and protected. The Director General, DG, of the scheme, Brigadier General Nnamdi Okore-Affia said this while add...
A charity outfit is hoping to double the number of lives saved by encouraging its donors to spit. Currently blood samples are used to determine bone marrow type for potential matches, which means a trip to the doctors. But from July 1, this year, the l...
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture’s Ambassador, Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that Africa needs to rethink its food import burden and consider local content options, such as the inclusion of cassava flour in wheat ...
The Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal commenced its inaugural sitting in Lokoja yesterday on a sour note, following a clash between the supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) and the Action Congress of Nigeria(ACN). The ...
A 25-year-old bricklayer, Sarafa Sule of No 6 Ita-Amodu area of Ilorin, was yesterday remanded in prison custody for allegedly raping a 10-year-old girl. The accused, who was arraigned before an Ilorin Magistrates’ court on a one-count charge of ...
After spending over three weeks on how to find its bearing on the Professor Steven Ugba versus Governor Gabriel Suswam case which the Supreme Court said should be heard on its merit, the reconstituted governorship election petition tribunal is again fa...
The Governor of Niger state, Dr Muazu Babangida Aliyu has urged security agencies and the people to be more proactive in order to overcome the problems of insecurity in the country. Governor Aliyu told members of the senior course 36, Syndicate 6 of th...