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The Nasarawa State government is set to improve the power supply to the state. This was disclosed by the state governor, Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, when he paid a visit to the Akwanga power station. The governor based his optimism on the 30/40 mega watt po...
The Senate yesterday confirmed Mr Ibrahim Lamorde as the substantive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). During the open screening at the Senate, Lamorde admitted that there was corruption within the commission but added th...
The sudden cancellation of investigation into an alleged scam in the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) by the House of Representatives Committee on Health is creating ripples among its members, as some of them have alleged that the leadership of ...
The January 2012 report of Webometrics, a world tertiary education ranking institutions organisation, has shown that only three institutions in Nigeria made the list of first 100 best universities in Africa and none in the first 1,600 in the world. Mic...
The federal government has warned vice chancellors of federal universities to desist from creating duplicates of responsibilities for their aides as the action has placed unnecessary burden on the wage bills allocated to the universities. The warning w...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has stated that the union is not a pessimist group but a pressure group that has been established to ensure that the government does all in its power to make university education desirable for all Nigeria...
The minister of education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufa’i has expressed the preparedness of the federal government to partner with states as well as provide the necessary framework towards the improvement of the education sector. She stated these d...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) is set to conduct a three month staff audit and verification exercise for personnel working in all its departments and agencies. The audit exercise which is part of efforts by the administration to cu...
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has re-opened talks with a Chinese company, CGC Nigeria Limited for the development of the Greater Abuja Water project. The project when carried out would boost water supply in the FCT with an additional 600,000 cubi...
A businessman, Emmanuel Okwuosa, has been declared wanted by the Nigeria Police for impersonating an army officer as well as over N159m fraud. According to a special Police Gazzette Bulletin, issued Sunday under the authority of the office of the Inspe...
The Police in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) alongside other security and safety agencies in the territory have commenced full enforcement of the existing ministerial ban on the use of commercial motorcycles popularly called ‘okada’. A...
A 62-year-old farmer, Amaechi (other names withheld) in Ndemili, Ndokwa West Local Government Area of Delta State has been arrested by Police in Delta State for allegedly attempting to use his son for ritual sacrifice. The suspect was said to have put ...
The Police in Lagos State have arrested a Ghanaian, Kehinde Dodo, 74, for allegedly parading himself as a lawyer and defrauding unsuspecting members of the public. The suspect who reportedly paraded himself as a legal practitioner for the past 15 years...
Commissioner of Police Haruna John, in-charge of Benue State Police Command, was with the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for over four years before he was posted to the Force Headquarters as a Commissioner of Police in-charge of Federal Operations on ...
There is no denying the fact that the Yoruba race has produced many flamboyant and charismatic politicians who have made their impacts felt on the nation’s political scene. However, many of the politicians who currently call the shot in the area ...