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Gov. Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa says he will pursue appropriate policies that will strengthen traditional institutions in the state. He gave the assurance while receiving the Emir of Nasarawa, Alhaji Hassan Ahmed 11, in Lafia on Thursday. Al-Mak...
The House of Representatives on Thursday, directed its relevant committees to conduct public hearing on the huge number of persons awaiting trial in Nigerian prisons. The relevant committees are committees on Interior, Justice and Judiciary. This...
The Kebbi Government has released N50 million to the Usmanu Danfodio University, Sokoto, as part payment of registration fees for indigent students in the institution from the state. Alhaji Murtala Yauri, the Executive Secretary of th...
The Comptroller of Prisons in Ebonyi, Mr Columbus Omenuko, says 90 per cent of awaiting trial inmates in Nigerian prisons are youths. Omenuko made this known in Abakaliki on Thursday while receiving members of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rig...
Mr Osita Chidoka, the Corps Marshal of FRSC, says the Police have no business in the registration of vehicles ``because they were not authorised by the Joint Tax Board (JTB) to do so. “The Enhanced Central Motor Registry (ECMR) currently collecte...
The National Assembly has assured Nigerians that it would ensure proper and accelerated implementation of the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act. Mr Matthew Omagara, Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Reform of Government Institutions,...
Alhaji Baba-Adisa Bolanta, the Kebbi Commissioner of Police, has said that adequate security has been put in place for the smooth conduct of the state’s governorship re-run election on Saturday. Bolanta said this in Birnin Kebbi on T...
The timely intervention of the Adamawa Government has saved 21 women the ordeal of languishing in prison over their inability to repay the loans they obtained from some micro-finance banks in the state. Hajia Maisaratu Bello, the Permanent Secretary,&n...
The Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) on Wednesday in Abuja says it will start charging hotels and eateries for waste generated. The Director of the Board, Mr Isa Shuiabu, who disclosed this at a media briefing, noted that hotels and other ho...
INEC Chairman Attahiru Jega says the commission has concluded arrangements to ensure smooth conduct of Saturday’s governorship election rerun in Kebbi. Jega, who disclosed this at a meeting with stakeholders in Birnin Kebbi on Wednesd...
Some financial experts said election of Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Minister of Finance, as the President of World Bank, would bring development to developing nations. They said this in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos...
Two people were killed while 23 others sustained injuries when a luxury bus crashed into a stationary truck on Lokoja-Abuja road on Thursday. The Kogi State sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Mr Segun Olapade, wh...
The Federal Road Safety Commission said on Wednesday that it had begun mobilising its men and resources to ensure accident-free highway in Anambra during the Easter celebration. The Sector Commander of the commission in the state, Mr Hyginus Omeje, ann...
The management of the NNPC and the Nigerian Police has pledged to join forces in combating the menace of pipeline vandalism and security threats to oil installations in the country. This was contained in a statement issued by the Group General Manager ...
The Senate yesterday confirmed three nominees as members of the Revenue Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) and two nominees into the Federal Judicial Service Commission. They also endorsed the nomination of Barr. Peter Ezeobi as a m...