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Weekly maritime activities ended on Friday with the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) pledging to develop deep seaports in Lekki in Lagos State and Ibaka in Akwa Ibom. Mr Omar Suleiman, the Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), made the pledg...
The FRSC has warned motorists violating traffic regulations between Mogadishu Cantonment and Karu bridge along the Abuja-Nyanya-Keffi highway to desist from the act or be arrested and prosecuted. Mr Narth Ugboh, the FRSC Unit Commander at Nyanya, gave ...
President Goodluck Jonathan has condemned and rejected the on-going attempt by a segment of the military in Guinea-Bissau to subvert that country's constitutional order. This was contained in a statement issued on Friday by Dr Reuben Abati, the Spe...
Former Military Head of State and presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in the 2011 general election, General Muhammadu Buhari, has blamed the country’s woes on leaders that have ruled the country over the year...
A former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State, Barrister Edward Osado and former Youth Leader of the Party, Hon Peter Ekun, led over 4000 others to the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) at two separate rallies at Okpella and Akoko Edo, ...
Gov. Sullivan Chime of Enugu State has said that it is the responsibility of the government to provide a reliable and credible judicial system as well as a qualitative justice administration. Chime made the statement in Enugu on Thursday while declarin...
The Federal Road Safety Corps, Badagry Unit, impounded 80 vehicles during the Easter celebration, an official said on Thursday Lagos. The Unit Commander, Mr Zubairu Mato, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the vehicles were impounded for allege...
President Goodluck Jonathan has described the death of First Republic Senator and Minister of Health, Dr. Moses Majekodunmi, as a great loss to the nation. In a statement by Dr Reuben Abati, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publi...
Unidentified gunmen on Thursday killed another trader at the Monday market in Maiduguri. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the incident came barely a week after seven persons were shot dead at the same market. Lt.-Col. Sagir Musa, the spokesman o...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has commended the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan for successfully leading efforts in developing pro-Vitamin A cassava varieties. Obasanjo gave the commendation on Thursday in...
Mr Kingsley Kuku, the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, says about 12,000 out of 26,358 ex-militants granted amnesty have been enrolled in universities across the world. Kuku, who disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja while speakin...
No fewer than six labourers working at a building site in Ilorin were seriously injured on Thursday when the structure suddenly collapsed. The building, which was under construction on Coca-Cola road in the metropolis, collapsed at ab...
The Lagos State Local Government Election Petitions Tribunal on Thursday fixed April 16 for the Badagry Local Government Chairman, Mr Moses Husitode, to open his defence in the petition filed against him. The PDP Chairmanship Candidate, Mr Mustaph...
The Kano State Government has earmarked N2 million for the payment of dowry for the first batch of 100 divorcees and widows to be given out in a planned group marriage. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the government plans to marry off 1, ...
Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) Governorship Candidate in Edo State, Major General Charles Airhiavbere rtd., has expressed deep concern over alleged reckless spending of tax payers’ money by Governor Adams Oshiomhole...