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Senator Iyiola Omisore, the former Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriation was recently in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, where the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria Ibadan National station hosted him as a guest. In this interview with Sakin Bab...
With worsening national security, the $620,000 bribery tale and an inquest into the insurance of government assets and property (chiefly the NNPC) topping the list of developments last week in the House of Representatives, ADESUWA TSAN and EDEGBE ODEMW...
The Kano Police Command has reported the death of two Chinese nationals who were said to have engaged in a brawl over money. One was said to have died at the scene of the fracas while the other died later at a hospital. The command claimed to have in c...
Following a failed suicide attack in Okene,in the central axis of Kogi State, yesterday, the state police command claimed to have uncovered another bomb factory in Okaito, a village in Okehi Local Government Area of the state. Speaking at a media brief...
Re-elected Governor of Edo state, Comrade Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole, yesterday, reiterated that thieves and fraudsters who had corrupted the electoral processes since 1999 were still holding sway at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). He...
A survey conducted by condom manufacturer, Durex, in which 29,000 people in 36 countries were interviewed has ranked Nigerian women as the most unfaithful in the world. According to the survey, Thailand men are the most unfaithful in the world, with 54...
Damaturu, the Yobe State capital city was yesterday gripped with fear as unknown gunmen attacked different parts of the town. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Yobe State Police Command, Toyin Gbadegeshin, an Assistant Superintendent of...
The Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), Professor Dibu Ojerinde has announced that with the advent of modern technology, the board will conduct an E-testing approach in the year 2013 to enable ...
In its continual efforts to clamdown on criminal elements in the State, the Kaduna State Police Command yesterday morning raided Boko Haram hideout shortly after arresting three suspected members of the sect. The Police had Sunday morning on a st...
The Federal Government has distributed over two million textbooks on four core subjects to primary schools in the North-west zone, the Minister of state for Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, said has said. Wi...
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, said on Monday in Abuja that plans were underway to boost fish production in Rivers and Bayelsa. He said this when King Barnabas Bagia, Vice-President of the Ogoni Supreme Council ...
Ms Nkosuzana Dlamini-Zuma, the newly elected Chairperson of the AU Commission on Monday said that she would set-up a new agenda that would drive the developmental programme of the continent. Dlamini-Zuma who, was elected on Sunday at the 19th AU Summit...
Sequel to recent developments at the University of Abuja, President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday approved a special visitation panel to the University. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Ben Ibe, the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministr...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday commiserated with His Royal Highness, the Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar, on the death of his mother, Hajiya Goggo Abubakar. This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja by the Special Adviser to the Preside...
The NNPC has pledged to improve the strategic Atlas Cove terminal to ensure unimpeded supply and distribution of petroleum products in the country. A statement signed by the acting Group General Manager, Public Affairs Department of the NNPC, Mr Fidel ...