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The All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) in Gombe State has urged the Federal and state governments to plan for early supply of agricultural inputs for the 2013 farming season Alhaji Umar Abdullahi, the state Chairman of the association, made the ...
A labour leader, Mr Bede Opara, has advised the Federal Government to pay the full severance entitlements of the disengaged workers of PHCN. He said that failure to pay the full severance packages to the disengaged workers could worsen the woes of the ...
The commander of the Niger Delta Joint Military Task Force, code-named ‘Operation Pulo Shield,’ Major General Johnson Ochoga, in a chat with Osa Okhomina, reviews the campaign against crude oil theft, and the complicity of some foreigners a...
The Police Command in Kano State has arrested a man suspected to have sponsored the killing of two members of the state legislature. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalled that one of the legislators, Alhaji Garba Garko, was killed on November 17, 2...
Former President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has said that the surest way for Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to win elections in Lagos State is for the party leaders in the State to bury their individual ego and remain united. The former President said th...
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has described as irresponsible, cheap and inflammatory PDP’s statement that President Goodluck Jonathan is being criticised by the opposition because he is from a minority geo-political zone. In a statement is...
Former Military Head of State and presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in the last 2011 Presidential election, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) has condoled with Lagos State Governor, Alhaji Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) over t...
The former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo was yesterday full of praises to God as he narrated how he narrowly escaped from the inferno that gutted his hilltop mansion last week. Obasanjo, while receiving the executive members of the Peoples D...
The senior special assistant to the Nasarawa State governor on media and press affairs, Alhaji Sani Musa Mairiga has said that what the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) government failed to achieve in 12 years in Nasarawa State has been achieved in just ...
The Kwara State governor ,Alh AbdulFatah Ahmed has announced his administration’s resolve to partner with stakeholders and religious bodies in moving the education sector forward in the state. He said this would help the state in ...
The Nigerian Governors Forum, (NGF) yesterday, said that it would not join issues with Senator Jubril Aminu over his allegation that the Forum has become a tool of oppression on the Federal Government and the people of Nigeria. Speaking exclusively to ...
Akwa Ibom State governor, Godswill Akpabio, has denied being a member of any cult group, declaring that God is the source of his strength. Akpabio made the declaration in Uyo yesterday while praying for the peace and development of the state at the 201...
Nasarawa State Governor, Umaru Tanko Al-makura yesterday swore in Justice Suleiman Umaru Dikko as the new state acting Chief Judge, pending his confirmation by the state House of Assembly. The acting Chief Judge was yesterday inaugurated alongside two ...
The Plateau State Governor Jonah Jang has launched the Armed Forces Remembrance and Emblem Week in Jos and called on the nation to improve the welfare of the ex-service men and the families of the fallen heroes. Jang who launched the 2013 A...
Niger State government is to engage no fewer than 10,000 youths in government assisted mechanised farming in this fiscal year to reduce unemployment and increase agricultural out put in the state. The state Commissioner of Economic Planning, Hon. Idris...