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The Minister of Power, Professor Bart Nnaji, has said that the electricity tariff in Nigeria will not go up by 88 per cent. Speaking yesterday before the Senate Committee on Power, the Minister said that recent media reports claiming that all ele...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on Niger State Governor who doubles as the Chairman Northern Governors Forum (NGF) Dr. Mua’zu Babangida Aliyu to resign his position as NGF Chairman over his alleged failure to safeguard one the legaci...
There is panic among prison officials in Edo State following the recent jail break in neighboring Kogi State as security around all the correctional facilities in the state have been beefed up to forestall any incident of jail break. LEADERSHIP observe...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has said that the inflow of foreign portfolio investment into the country grew by 25 per cent in 2011 to N478.6 billion. Ms Arunma Oteh, SEC Director-General, disclosed this in Lagos on Tuesday while analysi...
INEC says it is ready to conduct a bye-election in unit 003 of Oturu-Opowurye ward in Ogori-Magongo Local Government area of Kogi State on Wednesday. The Public Affairs Officer of the commission in the state, Mr Ahmed Biambo, said in Lokoja on Tuesday ...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, (NAFDAC) has launched its campaign against fake and Counterfeit Drugs in some local government areas in Rivers. Briefing newsmen at the end of a routine inspection on Tuesday in Okrika, ...
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Tuesday said 24 ships have berthed at the Lagos ports and oil jetties discharging their cargoes. The "Shipping Position", an official document of the NPA, released in Lagos indicated that six of the ships...
In separate interviews in Lagos that any nation experiencing rising inflation rate would not achieve sustainable economic growth. The Bureau of Statistics on Monday reported that inflation rate climbed sharply to 12.6 per cent in January from 10.3 per ...
Five persons including two policemen were killed on Tuesday when suspected armed robbers waylaid a bullion van belonging to Unity Bank along Benishiek, about 50 kilometers away from Maiduguri the Borno State capital. It was gathered that so...
A Lagos lawyer, Mr Folorunsho Ogunekun, said in Lagos on Tuesday that speaking the mother tongue in courts was permissible by the constitution, especially in preferring a charge against an accused. Ogunekun spoke with newsmen while reacting to the Worl...
The absence of Charles Okah, Obi Nwabueze and Edmund Ebiware, who were charged with alleged bombing of Abuja on Oct 1, 2010, stalled proceedings at a Federal High Court on Tuesday. The accused could not be in court on account of ill health. Justice Dan...
It is a move that has shocked fans coming just three years after their turbulent relationship ended in violence and the image of the battered singer that stunned the world. Singers and former lovers Rihanna and Chris Brown have come together to record ...
Mr Musa Sada, the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, says the Federal Government will collaborate with the Canadian Government to develop in the country’s mining sector. Sada said this in Abuja on Tuesday when the Canadian Deputy High Commi...
INEC on Tuesday in Abuja issued a Certificate of Return to Governor-elect of Sokoto State, Alhaji Aliyu Wamakko. Hajia Amina Zakari, INEC National Commissioner in-charge of North-West zone, presented the certificate on behalf of INEC Chairman, Prof. At...
Groom-to-be 2face Idibia tackles all (well, almost all) the nagging questions on his recent proposal to Annie Macaulay, his current relationship with Pero Adeniyi and Sunmbo Ajaba, and their upcoming wedding… Of your three ‘baby mamas&rsqu...