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The Canadian High Commission says it will continue to create a healthy learning environment for Nigerians interested in schooling in Canada. The commission made this known in a statement issued in Lagos on Thursday. The statement stated that it had con...
The Eastern and Southern Africa regions, mostly affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemics have scaled up efforts against HIV/AIDS prevalence. “Of the estimated 34 million people living with HIV/AIDS across the world, almost three quarters live in Easter...
The Bishop of Jalingo Dioceses of the Anglican Communion, Bishop Timothy Yahya, has attributed the security challenges to the high rate of unemployment in the country. Yahya, said government should provide jobs for the teeming youths in Nigeria as a pa...
The Asagba of Asaba, Prof. Chike Edozien, has called on Nigerians to join hands to build the nation in order to have a better country. Edozien made the call in Asaba on Thursday at the inauguration of the executives of Rebuild Nigeria Initiative (RNI),...
The Security Council says it will conduct election on April 27 to fill the vacancy at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague. The election became necessary, following the resignation of Justice Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh, in Dece...
The Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution has commended the Federal Government and organised labour for the amicable resolution of the recent protest against fuel subsidy removal. Director-General of the Institute, Dr Joseph Golwa, expressed deli...
Vice-President Namadi Sambo has promised to ensure that the Peoples` Democratic Party (PDP) emerges victorious in the Feb. 11 governorship election in Bayelsa. Sambo, said in Abuja on Thursday at the inauguration of the party`s National Campaign Commit...
Kano State Government has warned fuel marketers against creating artificial scarcity with a view to maximising profit at the expense of the people. The government gave the warning on Thursday in a statement in Kano, issued by the Commissioner for Infor...
Alhaji Arzika Tureta, the Director-General, Wamakko/Shagari Campaign Organisation, has called on PDP supporters in Sokoto state to work for the victory of the party in the forthcoming governorship election. Tureta said, “We should collectively wo...
Following a court order issued on Wednesday by Justice Gladys Olotu of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has restored the name of the candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in ...
The senate, yesterday, mandated its committee on police affairs to conduct a thorough investigation into the controversial escape from police custody, of the alleged mastermind of the Christmas Day bombing of St Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalla...
A detachment of policemen led by the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Mr. Tunde Sobulo, fired teargas indiscriminately at protesters marching from the state House of Assembly towards the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park in Ojota, Lagos. D...
The Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, yesterday announced measures to cushion the effect of the fuel price hike. Oshiomhole, in a state broadcast in Benin City, acknowledged the immediate hardship caused by the rise in the price...
The Chairman of Gwagwalada Area Council, Alhaji Zakari Angulu, has presented a proposed budget of N3.8 billion budget for 2012 to the council’s legislative arm for considerations and passage. Angulu explained that 61 per cent of the proposed amou...
Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha has presented a budget proposal of N174.3billion to the state House of Assembly yesterday. Okorocha stated that out of the sum, N47.7billion would be for recurrent expenditure while N12...