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The federal government on Thursday bowed to pressure mounted on it by governors of the 36 states of the federation that it should refund the sum of N350 billion being the sum total of funds spent by state governments on federal roads. This was the deci...
Erastus Akingbola, a former Managing Director of Intercontinental Bank, said that it would be unfair if the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was allowed to choose a judge in a matter involving it. He made the argument in a counter-...
The Sokoto Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has denied reports that its Comptroller, Alhaji Atiku Mustapha, was attacked by armed robbers on the Gusau-Tsafe highway on Monday. The Public Relations Officer of the command, Alhaji Musa Alhassan...
Alhaji Muhammed Garba, National President, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), has condemned the incessant killings of journalists in the country, and called on the authorities to arrest the situation. Garba, while addressing journalists at the NUJ Pre...
The Chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Anambra, Chief Mike Kwento, has expressed worry over the spate of bombings in some parts of the country. Kwento, in Awka on Wednesday, said that the situation was giving the country a bad i...
Alhaji Muktari Mapia, a PDP chieftain in Sokoto State, has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to organise a national security summit to find a lasting solution to the current killings in the country. Mapia said in Sokoto on Wednesday that such summi...
Dr Folashade Oluwole, a Senior Registrar at the Nephrology and Geriatrics Unit, Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, has advocated for the passage of an Elders Rights Act by the National Assembly to cater for the aged. She made the ca...
Election into the top positions of the AU Commission is expected to dominate proceedings at the next AU Summit. African Heads of State and Government would from January 29 to 30, meet in Addis Ababa for their biennial Summit. However, during the two-da...
The UNDP Global Environmental Facility (GEF) says Nigeria’s energy consumption can be reduced drastically if households use energy efficient fluorescent bulbs. This was contained in the 2011 GEF Project Report signed by Etiosa Uyigue, the Nationa...
A Kaduna-based legal practitioner, Yahaya Mahmood (SAN) yesterday said the removal of Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Hafiz Ringim, was not the end of the matter as he could not be solely responsible for recent tragic happenings across Nigeria. In a c...
Deputy Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Suleiman Kawu Sumaila (ANPP, Kano) has commended President Goodluck Jonathan over the appointment of Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar as the acting new Inspector-General of Police. In a statement iss...
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Godswill Akpabio, has said that the removal of subsidy on fuel by the Federal Government was based on an agreement the government signed with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) under former President Olusegun Obasanjo to keep t...
The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) on Tuesday expressed support for the March 2 date slated for the burial of Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu. Chief Ifeanacho Oguejiofor, the party’s National Director of Publicity, said in Abuja on Tues...
The Etche Co-operative Farmers Union in Rivers State, has urged the government to reactivate the Agricultural Development Programme (ADP), to assist farmers at the grassroots. Mr. Godwin Akandu, the President of the union, made the call on ...
A UK-based Nigerian telecom provider, Afrimobile Limited, said on Tuesday that it was targeting nearly 45 million subscribers from members of the ethnic communities including Nigerians resident in the UK. Afrimobile is a new virtual network operator wh...