President Goodluck Jonathan this morning announced that the Federal Government has reduced the price of petrol from N141 to N97, just as he directed the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) to ensure that petroleum marketers comply with...
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday in Abuja led leaders of the National Assembly, the judiciary and the military to mark the 2012 Armed Forces Remembrance Day. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the annual ceremony at the National Cenotap...
Former Kano State Governor Ibrahim Shekarau (Sardaunan Kano) has urged Governor Rabi’u Kwankwaso to follow the path of honor and settle all his entitlements as provided by the state’s law on Pension Rights of Governor and Deputy...
Anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela’s life story is to be turned into a six-part television mini-series co-created by his grandson, the producers behind the multinational project said last Monday. Entitled ‘Madiba’, Mandela’s cla...
The Northern Governors’ Forum (NGF) has debunked a rumour in the social media that Muslims are planning a total massacre of Christians residing in the Northern part of the country, describing the rumour as baseless and an evil imagination of some...
A Group of Muslims under the aegis of Concerned Citizens of Kano has visited some churches in the state to assure adherents of the Christian faith that all Muslims in the state have resolved to live in peace with their Christian brethren. The convener ...
On the occasion of the Carol of Nine Lessons organized by NTA and Radio Nigeria on December 10th last year, I was invited to deliver the message. I chose to speak on the theme, Do Not Be Afraid as a means of encouraging our people against the backdrop ...
Dear Compatriots,1. This is the second time in two weeks I will address you on the deregulation of the downstream petroleum sector. In the last seven days, the nation has witnessed a disruption of economic activities. Although, ...
A group known as GEJ/Sambo 2011 Support Group Europe and America has said that President Goodluck Jonathan should be given the chance to cleanse the country for positive transformation . Chairman of the group, Chief Lambert Igboanugo said that Pr...
True to his promise, the Ondo State Governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, has taken a bold step to better the lot of widows of the state’s fallen heroes by empowering them with the sum of N20million. The governor said the empowerment programme was aimed ...
Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, said yesterday that the security challenges facing the country emanated from the inability of the country’s security agencies to wake up from their slumber. The governor also admonished the security perso...
Various markets in Akure, the Ondo State capital, witnessed large influx of people yesterday as residents made last minute efforts to stockpile food items in preparation for the continuation of the ongoing mass protest called by labour unio...
The Commissioner of Police in Ekiti State, Mr Olayinka Balogun, has commended the organized labour, civil society groups, police and other security agencies in the state for their orderly conduct during the one-week protest and industrial action ...
Some members of the sacked state executive of the Change Advocacy Party (CAP) in Bayelsa State have asked the state High Court in Yenagoa to declare as illegal the processes that led to the emergence of Dr. Imuro Kubor as the candidate of t...
Commissioner of Police, Edo State Command, Mr. David Omojola has confirmed the arrest of more than 50 suspects in connection with violence and looting during the protest against the removal of fuel subsidy. Omojola told newsmen in Benin Cit...