Transport Minister Idris Umar says the Transport Sector Reform Bill will be fine-tuned and sent to the National Assembly to provide legal framework for an increased private sector partnership. Umar, who made this known at the meeting of 12th National C...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday in Islamabad commended the Egyptian President, Mohammed Morsi, for negotiating a ceasefire in the Israeli -Hamas conflict in Gaza strip. Jonathan spoke when he received the Vice President of Egypt, Mr Mahmoud Mek...
Some residents of Bauchi metropolis have appealed to the Federal Government to intervene in the high price of petrol in the state. They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Bauchi that a litre of petrol had risen to N120 at filling stat...
The House of Representatives on Thursday passed the 2012 budget of N250 billion for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The breakdown of the budget revealed that N17 billion was approved for recurrent expenditure, while cap...
A ceasefire between Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers took hold on Thursday after eight days of conflict, although deep mistrust on both sides cast doubt on how long the Egyptian-sponsored deal can last. Even after the ceasefire came into force late o...
The Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku, said on Thursday that Nigeria had witnessed fundamental changes since the country returned to democracy in 1999. Maku made the statement at the public presentation and launching of two books written b...
Chief Executive Officer of British Airways (BA), Mr Keith Williams, says the company will partner the Federal Government to ensure its Transformation Agenda succeeds especially in the aviation sector. Williams stated this on Thursday while fielding que...
The Bill for an Act to make provision for the State of the Nation Address by the President passed through second reading on the floor of the Senate. The Bill sponsored by the Leader of the Senate, Sen. Victor Ndoma-Egba seeks to provide for a law that ...
No fewer than 12 states on Thursday arrived Abuja for the 2012 Abuja National Carnival scheduled to begin on Nov. 24. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the states were on ground preparing their costumes at the Old Parade Ground, Area 10. T...
Shippers Association of Lagos State on Thursday said that it was the prerogative of the Nigeria Customs Service to conduct destination inspection. Mr Jonathan Nicol, the General Secretary of the association, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lag...
The Archbishop of Canterbury designate, Most Rev. Justin Welby, and former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, on Thursday announced a new programme to promote cordial Muslim-Christian relations in Nigeria. This is contained in a statement emaile...
China will limit the use of organ transplants from executed prisoners within two years, a senior health official said on Thursday, as the country ramps up a volunteer donor programme aimed at curtailing the controversial practice. Nearly 1.5 million pe...
The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has commended a record vote by a General Assembly committee in favour of the call for a moratorium on the use of the death penalty. ``Monday’s vote offers the opportunity to again encourage Member States who s...
The Federal Government on Wednesday approved N65.2 billion for the construction of the four sections of the Lokoja-Okene-Benin Road. The Minister of Works, Mr Mike Onolememen, made this known while briefing State House correspondents after the weekly F...
A former minister of state for power and steel, Chief Goddy Ogbaga, has called for the retention of immunity clause in the country’s constitution. Ogbaga, who was a minister during the late Gen. Sani Abacha’s regime, made the call in an int...