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A Lokoja High Court has fixed December 9 for ruling in the case between the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the former governor of Kogi State, Prince Abubakar Audu. The presiding judge, Justice Saidu Tanko Husseini disclosed this du...
Against dissenting voices of Nigerians and massive protests by trade and labour unions, governors of the 36 states of the federation yesterday declared that they were fully behind federal government’s decision to remove fuel subsidy. This ...
President Goodluck Jonathan has encouraged state governments on the need to devise meaningful strategies to promote the education of teachers in their various states and local governments, especially in rural areas where the deployment of teachers stan...
The emir of Dutse In Jigawa State, Alhaji Muhammad Nuhu Sunusi, has frowned at the people who are saying that Nigeria has not achieved anything in its 51 years of independence, saying that such people are inpatient and are not conscious of the history ...
Former president, Olusegun Obasanjo has declared that no country can boast of 100 percent security just as he called on the people not to leave the issue of security in the hands of the government alone. Speaking with journalists in Osogbo yesterday sh...
The House of Representatives will on Tuesday next week hold a special session in honour of the late Second Republic speaker and former ANPP national chairman, Chief Edwin Ume-Ezeoke. Among dignitaries expected at the special session are former speakers...
The Minister of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation, Chief Edem Duke, has urged museum experts to make laws that will influence the repatriation of Nigerian`s stolen artifacts as well as to protect cultural institutions against looters. &nb...
The Borno Government had said that it would reactivate the 67,000 hectares South Chad Irrigation Project (SCIP) located on Lake Chad shores. The project, which was conceived by the Federal Government in the 70's, had been abandoned for years...
A former member of the upper chamber of National Assembly and elder statesman, Senator Suleiman Salawu, has declared that the much expected Yoruba leader will emerge soon. Salawu, who disclosed this in Osogbo yesterday in an exclusive...
In a frantic effort to effect absolute utilisation of the N34 billion Universal Basic Education (UBE) fund, the governors of the 36 states of the federation are poised to raise the issue at the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting scheduled to hold ...
Niger State Governor Muazu Babangida Aliyu has said that the mass failures recorded in schools was an indication of poor teaching and learning, and an embarrassment to teachers. Governor Aliyu who was represented by the Deputy Governor, Hon Ahmed...
The Federal High Court in Lafia, the capital of Nasarawa State, yesterday ruled on its earlier judgement directing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to issue a certificate of returns to Solomon Ewuga, one time minister of stat...
Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) Youth Leader in Kogi State, Prince Sani Ogu Salisu, has declared that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would be sent packing in the December governorship election in the state. Speaking in a telepho...
As part of measures to ease the traffic bottleneck that characterize some parts of Lagos Island, the state governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, yesterday commissioned the Falomo On-Ramp Bridge constructed at the cost of N2.5 billion. Speaking at the ...
Gov. Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State says his administration has so far accessed more than N40 billion out of the N200 billion facility approved by the State House of Assembly for projects execution. Amaechi disclosed this in Calabar on T...