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The Sokoto State police command has paraded 11 thugs arrested by its officers and men during the visit of Senator Abubakar Gada to the state on Sunday.The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Almustapha Sani, who could not disclose the camp the ...
The Governor of Bauchi State, Malam Isa Yuguda, yesterday signed the contract for the proposed Bauchi State International Airport worth N7.9 billion.The state commissioner of special duties, Alhaji Bappha Azare, who signed the contract on behalf of the...
The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in Adamawa State has endorsed retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa as the party’s candidate for the governorship election scheduled for January 2012, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.Marwa’s endors...
The Minister of State for Education, Mr. Ezenwo Wike, has said that the Federal Government has awarded contracts for the Almajiri school project in 19 states. Wike told journalists in Yola yesterday that contractors would be mob...
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Kwara has said that it will appeal the verdict of the Election Petitions Tribunal on Kwara South Senatorial District.The party said this in a statement issued in Ilorin sitting in Ilorin, ...
President Goodluck Jonathan has charged Nigerian universities to key into the transformation agenda of the federal government.Jonathan gave the charge yesterday in his address at the 27th convocation ceremony of the University of Ilorin.He said with 11...
Kogi State Governor Ibrahim Idris is to lead the campaign of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the December gubernatorial election with Prince Olusola Akanmode emerging as director-general.The governor, who disclosed this at the Government Ho...
TThe Nigerian Communications Commisssion (NCC) may stop the three major mobile operators, MTN, Glo and Airtel, from further sales of SIM cards by end of November if they did not comply with the key performance indicators set by the NCC to improve...
The Senate yesterday unanimously approved night journey and movement of commercial vehicles on Nigeria highways. It had earlier rejected a motion to outlaw same a fortnight ago.The Senate formerly unveiled the lists of new board members of the reconsti...
The Jigawa State Government has declared that it would not pay the N18,000 minimum wage because it was not captured in the state's 2011 budget. Gov. Sule Lamido, who disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Government House in Dutse...
The controversial Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) has kicked off last week despite the deafening opposition of the governors to the dedicated account. BAYO OLADEJI reports. The administration of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has not been sy...
The Committee of Nigerian Political Party (CNPP) has praised the conduct of the last local government election in Niger State, saying it was an improvement over previous local government elections in the state.The CNPP chairman, Alhaji Ibrahim Tanko Is...
The Nasarawa State government has said that plans are underway to re-introduce the inter-local government and development areas transfer of service, to foster unity and inject sanity into governance at the grassroots level of government.Inter-local gov...
The political aspiration of Chief James Ocholi (SAN), the standard bearer of Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in Kogi State received a major boost on Sunday night when his colleagues in the legal profession across the state endorsed his ambition.T...
Niger State Governor Muazu Babangida Aliyu has set up an Investment Promotion Council in his quest to continue the fight against poverty, unemployment and general underdevelopment in the state.Making this known yesterday at the Government House, Minna,...