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The Forum of Idoma professionals in the Diaspora have condemned what it described as unjustified attacks on the senate president, David Mark, by elder statesman, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai. The Forum described as unfortunate the statement credited to Tanko Y...
The Nigeria Union of Local Government Employee (NULGE) has lauded Governor Ibrahim Shehu Shema of Katsina state for approving the implementation of new minimum wage to local government workers in the state “and ensuring prompt payment of staff sa...
Recent allegations of corrupt dealings by two key umpires saddled with the task of recovering stolen public funds signal dangerous era for the war on graft. CHUKA ODITTAH, in this analysis examines the boomerang effect of corruption and whether Hon. La...
Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) and governor of Rivers State, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), have condemned the gruesome murder of the chairman of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANP...
A renegade militant leader, Seifa Gbereke, popularly known along the Creeks and waterways of the Niger Delta Region as General Cairo was Friday arrested by the operatives of the Joint Military Task Force code named Pulo Shield for his alleged leadershi...
Retired Col. Sambo Dasuki, the newly appointed National Security Adviser (NSA), on Friday expressed optimism of achieving a Boko Haram ceasefire before the Ramadan Fast. Dasuki said this at the commencement of a security stakeholders meeting in Maidugu...
A total of 390 slots have been allocated to intending pilgrims from Ondo State for this year’s holy pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina. The Secretary of Ondo State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, Raji Yusuf, told the News Agency of&n...
Anxiety has gripped Plateau lawmakers over bribery allegations against its Public Accounts and Petitions Committee which is investigating the protracted feud between workers and management of the Jos MTN call centre. The committee is investigating acti...
Gov. Peter Obi of Anambra State on Friday in Awka swore in a new Secretary to the state Government and 12 commissioners with a warning to shun personal gain and enrichment. The new Secretary to the State Government, Mr Henry Obaze, who replaced Chief P...
The Nasarawa State Community and Social Development Agency, plans to disburse N126 million to 14 communities across the state for various micro projects. The General Manager of the agency, Mrs Asibi Omeri-Ogabo, told the News Agency of Nigeri...
The Department of Justice executed a forfeiture order Thursday on $401,931 in a Massachusetts brokerage fund traceable to an allegedly corrupt former Bayelsa State governor, DSP Alamieyesigha. The forfeiture was the first victory for a fledgling...
Sen. Bukola Saraki, says state creation should not be the priority on issues to be considered in the constitution review. Saraki, who is representing Kwara Central Senatorial District in the Senate, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nig...
Mr Nseobong Akpabio, Lagos Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), said on Thursday that road accident had killed more Nigerians than HIV and AIDS. Akpabio made the remark during a courtesy visit to the Comptroller of Customs, Federal Opera...
President Goodluck Jonathan has said that power supply in Nigeria will be among the best 20 in the world in the next eight years. The president gave the assurance on Thursday in Lagos at the 40th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Manufacturers Associatio...
The House of Representatives on Thursday called on DANA Airline to pay 171 dollars being 30 per cent compensation to the families of the victims of the recent crash. The House in its resolution in Abuja said the compensation became necessary in l...