Nigeria will contribute 600 personnel to the proposed 3,200 African troops soon to be deployed to Mali, the Minister of State for Defence, Mrs Olusola Obada, said in Abuja on Tuesday. Obada announced this when the British Prime Minister’s Special...
Dr Dalhaltu Tafida, Nigeria's High Commissioner to the UK on Tuesday said plans were on to establish a Consulate outside London. Tafida, told the Western Europe Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in an interview in London that the co...
The Presidency on Tuesday confirmed the death of President Goodluck Jonathan’s younger brother, Chief Meni Jonathan. A statement issued in Abuja by the Senior Special Adviser on Media to the President, Mr Reuben Abati, said the deceased passed aw...
The Federal Government on Tuesday pledged to reposition the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON) to make it competitive to attract local patronage of its products. Vice President Namadi Sambo made the pledge in Abuja at a meeting of the Pr...
A cross section of participants at the Conference of All Nigeria Judges of Lower Courts on Tuesday called for the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for quick dispensation of justice. The participants made the suggestion in separate ...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday advised traditional rulers in Ogun to abstain from partisan politics in order to guarantee public confidence and engender unity in their domains. Obasanjo gave the advice in Abeokuta at a one-da...
Trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) closed on positive note on Tuesday with the market capitalisation appreciating by N29 billion to close at N8.399 trillion. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the market capitalisation lost N43 bil...
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Abubakar, has directed Commissioners of Police to take measures to ensure the security of lives and property in their respective commands during the forthcoming yuletide. Abubakar gave the directive on Tuesd...
Former Governor of Cross River, Mr Donald Duke, on Tuesday in Abuja urged the Nigerian Law School to focus more on practice than theory. Duke told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), after attending the Call to Nigerian Bar of 3,897 candidates, including...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it will implement a Financial Literacy Framework in the first quarter of 2013 to enhance financial inclusion of the unbanked. Mrs Umma Dutse, Director of Consumer Protection Office (CPO) of CBN, said this in an in...
The Jigawa Government on Tuesday, said it has earmarked N172 million to assist farmers displaced by the flood disaster to engage in dry season farming. The Commissioner of Agriculture, Alhaji Rabiu Isa, stated this at the disbursement of N13.23 million...
The management of the University of Abuja yesterday shut down the institution following students’ protest. The protesting students reportedly disrupted the second semester examination that was already underway and blocked the Abuja – Gwagwa...
Three former heads of state, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida and Gen. Abubakar Abdulsalam were in Ilorin, yesterday, to condole with the family of the late former Second Republic Senate leader, Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki. Gen. Buhari cam...
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Rev Matthew Kukah, yesterday, described the acquisition of private jets by Christian leaders in the country as not only embarrassing but also counterproductive to the fight against corruption. He said a...
The Senate Committee on Housing and Urban Development, yesterday, blamed the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, for approving quarterly releases which fell short of figures appropriated by the National Assembly. The committee lamented that t...