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In the hierarchy of needs, housing comes second after food. Given the prominence of housing, most Nigerians are of the opinion that it is yet to be given serious thought by government in all tiers. This is against the background of statistics that indi...
The controversial Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) has kicked off last week despite the deafening opposition of the governors to the dedicated account. BAYO OLADEJI reports. The administration of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has not been sy...
The Committee of Nigerian Political Party (CNPP) has praised the conduct of the last local government election in Niger State, saying it was an improvement over previous local government elections in the state.The CNPP chairman, Alhaji Ibrahim Tanko Is...
The Nasarawa State government has said that plans are underway to re-introduce the inter-local government and development areas transfer of service, to foster unity and inject sanity into governance at the grassroots level of government.Inter-local gov...
The political aspiration of Chief James Ocholi (SAN), the standard bearer of Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in Kogi State received a major boost on Sunday night when his colleagues in the legal profession across the state endorsed his ambition.T...
Niger State Governor Muazu Babangida Aliyu has set up an Investment Promotion Council in his quest to continue the fight against poverty, unemployment and general underdevelopment in the state.Making this known yesterday at the Government House, Minna,...
Libyans filed past Muammar Gaddafi's decomposing body for a fourth day on Monday, keen to see for themselves that the fallen strongman was dead. Talks have continued to drag on among emerging local factions over disposing of the corps...
Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo on Monday agreed to pay N20,000 as minimum wage to workers in the state, with effect from April. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the governor who broke the news during an interactive session with ...
Hajiya Zainab Ibrahim Gaidam, the third wife of Yobe Governor, died on Monday in Abuja, after a protracted illness. A statement by the Special Adviser to the governor on Media, Alhaji Abdullahi Bego, said the funeral prayer for the deceased woul...
The police in Sokoto State have arrested 11 suspected political thugs, the police command's Public Relations Officer, ASP. Mustapha Sani, announced on Monday. Parading the suspects along with weapons recovered from them before newsmen...
Following federal government’s decision to withdraw National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and other related agencies from seaports, a public analyst and author, Mr Martins Ikhale, has called on President Goodluck Jonat...
Former Super Eagles skipper, Sunday Oliseh, has made an unprecedented u-turn from an earlier intention to consider the technical director job of the Super Eagles with an eye now on the job presently manned by embattled coach, Samson Siasia.Oliseh at th...
Coach Eucharia Uche of the Super Falcons operated up to the last game as coach of the team without a contract, it has been revealed. She was in charge of the team in Cameroon where they lost painfully to the Indomitable Lionesses in a penalty shootout....
Super Falcons player, Stella Mbachu is yet to get over the painful loss the team suffered in the hands of the Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon last Saturday, in Cameroon. The Falcons lost out in the quest to qualify for the London 2012 Olympic Games v...
New Zealand rugby players yesterday were crowned world champions for the first time in 24 years after squeezing past an inspired France team by a single point. Tony Woodcock’s early try and a penalty from fourth-choice fly-half Stephen Donald wer...