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The Presidency, yesterday, foreclosed the possibility of any seeming rift between the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke over the controversy trailing unpaid petroleum subs...
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) said the statement credited to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, that the PDP is not a security agency and should not be blamed for the insecurity in the country, was the cleare...
The House of Representatives has ranked the Ministry of Aviation amongst the best in the country on capital budget performance for 2012 fiscal year. This disclosure was made by the Chairperson, House Committee on Aviation, Hon. Nkiruka Onyejeocha, duri...
Former Vice President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, yesterday restated his call for devolution of more powers and revenues from the Federal Government to the state/regional governments, and said that every tier of government should be reasonably s...
Vice President Namadi Sambo arrived in London on Wednesday ahead of the 13th meeting of the Honorary International Investors Council. The meeting which takes place from Nov. 29th to 30th, would feature pre...
An Agege Grade 'A' Customary Court on Wednesday in Lagos dissolved a two-year-old marriage between Toyin and Funmilayo Landa, over battery. The Court President, Mr Emmanuel Sokunle, told the court that all efforts to bring the respondent, ...
The Odio Community in Eket, Akwa Ibom, on Wednesday set up an oil spill committee to stem the incessant occurrence of spillage in the area. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the setting up of the committee is in reaction to t...
The NLC in Oyo State on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to wade into the shortage of fuel and kerosene supply in the state. The Chairman of the NLC in the state, Mr Bashiru Abiodun, told the ...
A Lagos High Court in Ikeja on Wednesday rejected a witness called by the prosecutor in the trial of a former Managing Director of Finbank Plc, Okey Nwosu, charged for allegedly stealing N10.9 billion from the bank. The witness, Mr Emmanuel Damudu, an ...
A former governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, on Wednesday urged the country's leaders to diversify the economy, to reduce over dependence on petroleum. Jakande told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that there was a ne...
The Census Tribunal on Wednesday in Abuja upheld the 2006 enumeration figures for three local government areas in Kano State as released by the National Population Commission (NPC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the councils had complai...
The Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF), yesterday, signified their interest in the devolution of powers from the federal government ahead of the constitution review. This comes as Governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha, revealed that the governors were yet...
Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Tuesday called for improvement of the nation’s infrastructure for sustainable economic growth. Sanusi made the call at the Second Annual Capital Market Committee meeting orga...
Prof Dora Akunyili, Chairman, North-East Presidential sub-Committee on Flood and Rehabilitation, said on Tuesday that the Federal Government did not neglect the victims of flood disaster in Bauchi State. Akunyili dispelled the insinuations in Dugu...
The Director-General of the Bureau for Public Enterprises (BPE) Mrs. Bolanle Onagoruwa has been relieved of her appointment. A statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media, Malam Umar Sani, on Tuesday in Abuja, said h...