Politics

 Ahead of July governorship election in Edo, INEC has expressed its readiness to re-strategise to ensure that people’s votes count. Prof. Lai Olurode, INEC National Commissioner in charge of Training and Research, stated this in an inte...

The African Free Trade Zone Association has urged the Federal Government to review the Free Trade Zone (FTZ) Act  to reflect the current realities in the sector. Mr Chris Ndibe, the association executive secretary, told the News Agency of Nigeria ...

The Ohafia General Hospital in Abia is in a deplorable condition and in dire need of immediate government's attention, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. A check by a NAN correspondent at the hospital on Saturday, sh...

The General Manager, Nigeria Standard newspapers, Mr Jonathan Ishaku, has accused some journalists of always ``carrying personal bias into their reportage’’.  ``I think journalists in Nigeria carry their bias and prejudices into t...

The Senate Committee on Aviation will tomorrow begin a three-day public hearing on the violation of aviation laws and practice by foreign airlines and lapses in the operations of the regulatory agencies. The public hearing will discuss issues bordering...

Congress elections into the various offices at local government level of the Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] took place throughout the 21 local governments in Kebbi State yesterday. At the congress election of Birnin Kebbi which took place at the premis...

Nigeria’s militant group MEND threatened Saturday to attack South Africa’s investments, including telecoms firm MTN, in the Niger Delta, because of the terror trial of its leader in Johannesburg. “Our decision to attack South African...

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, says the active participation of everyone is needed for democracy to thrive in a pluralised society. Tambuwal said this in Abuja on Saturday at the 2012 Nigerian Muslims and De...

Traders at the Alaba International Market have appealed to the Lagos State Government to widen the road network leading to the market. The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the market, Mr Felix Akpunonu, made the appe...

Activities resumed fully on Saturday at the general hospitals and the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) as doctors called off a three-day warning strike in Lagos. A correspondent of News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who visited some hospital...

The Kebbi Government on Friday rescinded its decision to pay the N18,000 new minimum wage to workers in the state. The Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Sani Kangiwa, told newsmen in Birnin Kebbi that the government would now pa...

 The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has called on the Federal Government to restore sanity to the association, saying that many states had started sabotaging its operation. Mr Michael Olukoya, the President of the union, made the call on Friday ...

 President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the re-appointment of Prof. Promise Okpala as Registrar of the National Examination Council (NECO) for the second term. A statement signed by Sen. Anyim Pius Anyim, the Secretary to the Government of...

The National Orientation Agency (NOA) on Friday advocated for the second stanza of national anthem to replace the regular prayer made by the two religious bodies in public places.   Mr Mike Omeri, director general of the agency, made this call in...

Mr Osita Chidoka, the Corps Marshal and Chief Executive of the FRSC, has identified indiscipline on the part of motorists as a major cause of road accidents in the country. Chidoka, who made the remark on Saturday in Abuja during the FRSC’s month...