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Sen. Bala Mohammed, the Minister of FCT, said the FCT administration was collaborating with security agencies and other stakeholders to set up a security trust fund in the territory. Mohammed announced this in Abuja on Monday when he donated 114 vehicl...
Mr Elias Mbam, the Chairman, Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, has backed the Senate Committee probing a foreign crude oil account allegedly managed by the NNPC and domiciled with JP Morgan Chase, a US Bank. Mbam made the commissio...
As part of its plan to provide adequate security for tourists and investors, the Osun Government is to create a data base on all hotels in the state. Mr Sikiru Ayedun, the Commissioner for Home Affairs, Culture and Tourism...
The Police on Monday said that it had commenced training of its men and strategies to prevent loss of life and property ahead, during and after the July 14, Edo Governorship poll. Mr Argungu Hashimu, the Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) Zone...
Senate President David Mark on Monday cautioned against reprisals following Sunday's death of Sen Gyang Dantong and Gyang Fulani, Majority Leader in the Plateau House of Assembly. Both men died at Masei village in the Bachit District of Riyom Local...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday held a closed-door meeting with security chiefs at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that there was no official briefing after the meeting which lasted for about three hours. T...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State yesterday raised the alarm that the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has perfected plans to rig Saturday’s governorship election by creating pockets of violence across the state during the exercise....
The candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Umar Tanko Tunga, has been declared winner of the last Saturday’s bye-election into Nasarawa State House of Assembly to represent Awe North constituency by the Independent National Elect...
The Nasarawa State chapter of PDP has called for the cancellation of Saturday's bye-election for Awe North Constituency of the state assembly. The Chairman of the party in the state, Mr Yunana Iliya, told newsmen in Lafia on Sunday that...
Gov. Idris Wada of Kogi said the government has commenced work, in partnership with South Korea, on the establishment of a technology training institute in Lokoja. The governor announced this ...
United Company RUSAL Plc and Bureau of Public Enterprise are waiting for a copy of the Supreme Court judgment on the sale of Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria (ALSCON), Ikot Abasi, Akwa Ibom, to react. Mr Albert Dyabin, a Director in UC RUSAL,...
A business woman, Bunmi Akintoye, 33 has been arrested by the Special Fraud Unit of the Police over alleged N10 million scam. The Police in a statement signed by the unit's spokesperson, Pius Afachung, said that the suspect was under...
Gov. Rabi’u Kwankwaso of Kano State on Sunday urged parents to invest in the education of their children. He made the call in Kano at the opening ceremony of the second Quranic Recitation Competition organised by Sen Basheer Garba, represen...
Mrs Yemisi Suswam, the wife of the Benue governor, said on Sunday that pet projects initiated by the Office of the First Lady and state governors’ wives are constitutional. Suswam, who is also the Chairperson of Northern Governo...
The Borno Government said on Sunday that it had approved a 70 per cent subsidy on fertilisers being sold to farmers for this years cropping season. Gov. Kashim Shettima made the pronouncement at the launch of the sale of the commodity&nb...