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No fewer than 100 houses and 146 farms have been destroyed by flood in Kofa and Tofani villages in Kusada Local Government Area of Katsina State, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. NAN also gathered that eight per...
The Kaduna State Government will soon generate 30 megawatts of electricity through solar energy, according to a statement quoting Gov. Patrick Yakowa. The statement signed by the governor's Senior Special Assistant on Media, was mad...
Fan Ndubuoke, General Manager, Heartland FC of Owerri has called on the Federal Government to rename the National Stadium, Abuja after the late Chief MKO Abiola. Ndubuoke made the call in Ibadan at a public lecture organis...
The Benue House of Assembly Committee on Water Resources and Environment has appealed to residents of New Garage, Makurdi, to relocate to Agbough to enable quick completion of the Beach Park project. The Chairman of the committee, Mr Godwin Akaan,...
Long queues have disappeared from filing stations in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) following the suspension of strike by NUPENG late on Aug. 23. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), who went round the city on Saturday, report...
The Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) has offered free medical services to more than 1000 patients as part of activities to commemorate its 50th anniversary, an official has said. The Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee of the h...
The Oyo State Command of the FRSC said that 905 persons were killed in road traffic accidents involving trucks in 2011. The Sector Commander of the commission the state, Mr Godwin Ogagaoghene, stated this in Ibadan on Friday a...
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Gombe State, have arrested four persons, suspected to have cultivated cannabis plantation in the state. Mr Aliyu Adole, Commander of the NDLEA in the state, made the disclosure...
The Delta government has inaugurated a mobile clinic and five intensive care ambulances to boost healthcare delivery in the state. Dr Broderick Bozimo, a former Minister for Police Affairs, who inaugurated the facilities on Friday ...
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Oyo State has challenged the former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo to a public debate, between him and the former governor of the state, Alhaji Lam Adesina, on who is the most incorruptible, relevant to his i...
Former acting Managing Director/Chief Executive Director, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Pastor P. Z. Aginighan, has condemned the recent threat by the House of Representatives to impeach President Goodluck Jonathan over budget implementati...
The 5th Edition of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code was on Friday in Abuja formally presented to operators and other stakeholders in the industry. The code was unveiled at a ceremony, which also coincided with the 20th anniversary celebration of the Niger...
After seven months in detention over allegation of defiling a 12-year-old primary six pupil; Mathew Onakoya, 32, was on Friday granted bail by an Ojo Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. The defendant, who claimed to be a pastor, was first arraign...
The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, has said that inadequate funding was hampering the effective performance of the force. ``The Nigerian police should be well funded, trained and equipped to enable it effectively constitute the first l...
The Plateau Command, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Friday said it had trained 160 officers in weapons handling, arm drills and combat craft. The state NSCDC Commandant, Mr Desmond Agu, made this known at the passing out ...