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The National Commissioner in charge of Logistics at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Col. MK Hammanga, has disclosed that the commission is working out modalities to ensure that Nigerians living in Diaspora are afforded the opportu...
An Ogwashi-uku High Court in Delta State yesterday sentenced one Chukwutem Eke, a farmer to death by hanging for the murder of a 15 year old boy in the area. The presiding Judge, Justice Theresa Diai, in her judgment said that Chukwutem was guilty of t...
The Imo State Police Command has rescued a kidnapped victim, Mr. Patrick Ifeanyi Okoro, who was kidnapped from his private hospital at Onitsha, Anambra State. According to the Police Public Relation Officer in the state, Mr. Vitalis Onugu who disclosed...
Speculations over the Delta State government’s decision to sack 19 Delta-Line Workers, was laid to rest yesterday when the state Transport Commissioner, Mr. Ben Igbakpa disclosed that they were sacked over their inability to offer the services fo...
Former Borno state governor, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff has kept a low profile since he left office in May last year. His inauguration last Tuesday as the chairman Board of Trustees (BOT) of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) has launched him back into...
The newly inaugurated board of the FCT Primary Health Care Development Board (PHCDB) has pledged to work assiduously towards the entrenchment of quality health care delivery system in primary health care facilities in the territory. This is just as it ...
Equity transaction plummeted yesterday with the twin market indicators on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), falling by 0.91 per cent. A review of the day’s transaction showed that, highly capitalised stocks comprising of 16 companies recorded pr...
Unity Bank Plc has begun implementation of a programme of workforce reinvigoration aimed at raising productivity and competitive position in the financial industry. With the implementation of the programme, the bank has announced staff promotions, reti...
The World Bank has concluded plans to provide a $200 million seed fund to set up a Financial Intermediary Loan (FIL) scheme under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) initiative, as part of measures to address infrastructure deficit in the country. Acc...
The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has called on the Federal Government to, as a matter of urgency, repair all national roads and put in shape the four refineries, insisting that it would embark on strike if government fai...
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has said that the Presidency is going to work with the figure of N422 billion as the actual amount that was fraudulently spent on petroleum subsidy as against the...
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The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, the Most Rev. John Onaiyekan, has called for greater inter-faith cooperation between Muslims and Christians to foster peace and unity in the country. Onaiyekan made the call yesterday in Abuja at the Al-Habibiyyah Mosq...
Four prominent Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs), Prof. Itse Sagay , Dr. Konyinsola Ajayi , Chief Mike Ahamba and Mallam Abubakar Malami, have listed competence, managerial skill and courage as the basic requirements for the appointment of...
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State yesterday reflected on Nigerian politics, concluding that most politicians in the country play do-or-die politics because of lack of visible means of livelihood. He stated this in Ibadan while receiving the Minister...