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The gubernatorial candidate of Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in Jigawa State in the 2011 general election, Hon. Faruk Adamu Aliyu has expressed support to the convocation of a sovereign national conference (SNC). Hon. Aliyu, a forme...
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has advised the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) to evolve new strategies to ensure prompt delivery of pilgrims luggage after the Hajj. The Sultan, who was the 2011 National Amirul Hajj, ga...
Imo Governor Rochas Okorocha on Wednesday dissolved all Parents/Teachers Associations (PTAs) in both primary and secondary schools in the state. Okorocha announced the dissolution in Owerri while addressing staff of the State Universal Basic Education ...
The Niger State House of Assembly on Wednesday passed the 2012 appropriation bill of N94.05 billion into law, up by N3.5 billion from N90.53 billion proposal submitted by Gov Babangida Aliyu. Alhaji Usman Magaji, the chairman of the House Commit...
The National Environmental Standards Regulation Enforcement Agency (NESREA) is to set up emission centres across the country as part of efforts to safeguard the environment. Nasarawa State Co-ordinator of the agency, Alhaji Isa Abdulsalam, disclosed th...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Wednesday raided markets in Aba for fake Power Horse energy drink, allegedly circulating in Nigerian markets. Mr Festus Anumba, NAFDAC Zonal Head, Aba Special Zone, told the N...
The Medical Director of the Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, Dr Dapo Sotiloye, and three other persons have been invited by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) over alleged embezzlement of N88 mil...
Alhaji Abubakar Ibn Garbai, the Shehu of Borno, on Tuesday promised to mobilise his subjects to take part in the on-going Immunisation Plus Days (IPDs) against polio. Garbai made the promise at the flag -off of the Borno IPDs in Bama, headquarters of B...
Ambassador Adamu Waziri (CON) a founding member of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) and a former minister of the federal republic observes that all is not well with the party. As one of the contestants for the office of the national chai...
Last week, members of the House of Representatives were divided across party lines over purported moves by the leadership of the House to scuttle plans for the convocation of a Sovereign National Conference (SNC). Chairman of the House Committee on Med...
Abdullahi Zuru, a special assistant to the governorship candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Kebbi State, Abubakar Malam, in this rare interview with Chibuzo Ukaibe in Abuja, opens up on the ruling of the Supreme Court which dethrone...
Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on Monday in Lagos commended former President Olusegun Obasanjo for his ``early endorsement of democracy that is sweeping’’ through the African continent. The Liberian gave the commendation in...
The Kebbi Department of Fire Service recorded 34 incidents of fire outbreaks in Kebbi State within the last three months. Alhaji Bello Zagga, the state Director of Fire Service, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Birnin Kebbi on Tues...
The second edition of the Abaji Fishing festival in the FCT will hold between April 13 and April 15. Mr Abuo Ojie, the Head, Public Relations Department, FCT Agriculture and Rural Development Secretariat, disclosed this on Tuesday in an interview with ...
A PDP chieftain in Adamawa, Dr Umar Ardo, has led a protest to the INEC office in Yola over the conduct of Saturday’s ward congresses in the state. Ardo led a group of supporters under the banner of “Adamawa key Stakeholders” to the I...