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The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, is set for efficient and quality service delivery to all electricity customers in the country. Chairman of the commission, Dr Sam Amadi, who stated this, yesterday, on the occasion of the power Cons...
Bianca, widow of late Chief EmekaOdumegwu-Ojukwu, yesterday expressed gratitude to Nigerians resident in the United Kingdom (UK) for their support to the family during the period of her husband’s hospitalisation, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) ...
Katsina State Government has sacked provost of the state owned college of legal and administrative studies, Dr Muazu Abdullahi Saulawa even as it directed immediate dissolution of the institution’s governing council. Addressing newsmen after the ...
Members of the ECOWAS parliament have commenced a study that would enhance powers of the parliament in the region. Ike Ekweremadu, Speaker ECOWAS Parliament disclosed the measure at a meeting with the Zimbabwe Speaker of Parliament, Lovemore Moyo. He s...
The arrest and subsequent arraignment of Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume before an Abuja High Court by the officials of the State Security Service (SSS) who amongst other things, accused him of financing the Boko Haram, is still dominating discussions among...
The House of Representatives yesterday directed its Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream) to ascertain why nine years after permits were granted to private refineries by the federal government, they were yet to commence operations. This is just...
The Bayelsa State Governor Timipre Sylva yesterday told the Court of Appeal in Abuja that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) fraudulently remitted the record of proceedings from a Federal High Court in Abuja to the appellate court just to hold up...
The House of Representatives on Thursday said the planned removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government was premature. It urged government to source for other sources of revenue other than expected proceeds from the proposed subsidy removal as part...
Vice-President Namadi Sambo on Thursday in Abuja called on Northern leaders to champion efforts at restoring peace in the region and the country in general. The vice -president made the call at the Northern Peace Conference organised by the Peop...
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) on Thursday confirmed that 44 Nigeria pilgrims died in Saudi Arabia during the hajj. Alhaji Yusuf Ibrahim, the National Commissioner in-charge of Policy, Personnel Management and Finance at NAHCON confir...
A Mysterious fire yesterday gutted Uwani Enugu Timber Market, destroying over 100 shops and properties worth over N300 million. Wood working machines, giant generators, doors, timbers, were among the items destroyed by the machines. A...
The Department of State Security Service, SSS, Niger State has raided a fake National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, orientation camp in Bosso area of Minna, the State Capital, arresting the coordinator , kenechukwu Osinomumu and 34 parti...
As part of its effort to reduce the high rate of accidents on the nation’s roads, the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has insisted that all drivers of commercial vehicles would undergo a series of medical tests before being issued the new d...
Dream Team V coach, Austin Eguavoen has said he takes full responsibility for Nigeria’ bad performances at the ongoing CAF U-23 Olympic Games playoffs holding in Morocco. The Nigerian Olympic team lost two consecutive matches against Morocco and ...
Barely months after a community in Guri local government area of Jigawa State was persuaded by authorities to turn from its defiant resistance against polio vaccine for many years, another community, Garbagal, in the same local government, is presentin...