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Long queues have disappeared from filing stations in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) following the suspension of strike by NUPENG late on Aug. 23. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), who went round the city on Saturday, report...
The Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) has offered free medical services to more than 1000 patients as part of activities to commemorate its 50th anniversary, an official has said. The Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee of the h...
The Oyo State Command of the FRSC said that 905 persons were killed in road traffic accidents involving trucks in 2011. The Sector Commander of the commission the state, Mr Godwin Ogagaoghene, stated this in Ibadan on Friday a...
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Gombe State, have arrested four persons, suspected to have cultivated cannabis plantation in the state. Mr Aliyu Adole, Commander of the NDLEA in the state, made the disclosure...
The Delta government has inaugurated a mobile clinic and five intensive care ambulances to boost healthcare delivery in the state. Dr Broderick Bozimo, a former Minister for Police Affairs, who inaugurated the facilities on Friday ...
As the ongoing Disapora Conference titled: US-Nigeria Business, Trade and Investment Forum at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, 2600 Woodley Road, NW Washington, D.C. USA entered the second day on Saturday, the federal government of Nigeria has called o...
While the practice is not new in the country, the recent adoption of state anthems, flags and coat of arms by Osun and Bayelsa states have generated a furore never before associated with the step. GEORGE OKOJIE, Lagos, SAKIN BABALOLA, Ibadan, SEFIU AYA...
The rising rate of infidelity between couples in Nigeria calls for worry as many marriages have been dissolved as a result of it. CHALYA DUL in this report examines reasons behind this ugly trend with emphasis on women. Infidelity in marriage which is ...
As the new Lagos State Road Traffic Law takes effect, GEORGE OKOJIE writes that Lagosians are divided over the aptness or otherwise of some of its provisions: The Lagos traffic gridlock is like no other in the world for a variety of reasons, chiefly th...
Although it is a community largely made up of peasants, Dan Marke village is not exactly in the middle of nowhere. In fact, it is just a few kilometres away from Gusau, the Zamfara state capital, albeit withinRawayya District of Gusau local government....
Alhaji Musa Mayaki is the acting director-general, Nigeria Television Authority (NTA). In this exclusive interview with EMMA OKEREH and DAVID ADUGE-ANI he proffered reasons for the poor coverage NTA gave the Dana plane crash. He also spoke on his achie...
Chairman, Northern Governors Forum (NGF) and Governor of Niger State, Muazu Babangida Aliyu, has said that the NGF cannot be intimidated over its position on the Petroleum Industries Bill (PIB) and agitation for the creation of state police. Aliyu, who...
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Oyo State has challenged the former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo to a public debate, between him and the former governor of the state, Alhaji Lam Adesina, on who is the most incorruptible, relevant to his i...
The Kogi State commissioner of police, Mr. Muhammadu Katsina, has disclosed that there are over 1,000 AK47 rifles in Okene and its environs. Katsina, who made this known while speaking with journalists in his office in Lokoja yesterday, however, said t...
As President Goodluck Jonathan prepares to visit Anambra State to accede to the state government’s request for the unveiling of the Niger Bridgehead through Upper Iweka Motor Park as Odumegwu Ojukwu Way, stakeholders in the state have maintained ...