A former governor of Oyo State, Alhaji Lamidi Adesina, has died at the age of 73. Adesina, who died at St. Nicholas Hospital, Lagos, after a protracted illness, would have celebrated his 74th birthday next January. Gov. Abiola Ajimobi, who announc...
Fifty days after Gov. Sullivan Chime began his annual vacation, anxiety is mounting in Enugu State over his whereabouts. Many residents of the coal city who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the weekend expressed worries that the governor ...
President Goodluck Jonathan, on Sunday in Abuja, called on ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government to defend the collective vision of a peaceful, stable and economically prosperous region. Jonathan made the call at the opening of an extra-ord...
The Edo North coordinator of All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Alhaji Abdulahi Mohammed, has disclosed that over 350 hectares of cassava farm were destroyed by flood in Edo. Mohammed disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Niger...
Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) said on Sunday that it had spent N360 million on World Geodetic Survey (WGS-84) of 22 airports and procedural design of four major airports in Nigeria. Mr George Amadi, NAMA’s Acting General Manager...
Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN) has reported an oil spill from its Qua Iboe oil fields, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Mr Idris Musa, the Director in charge of Oil Spills in the National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA), ...
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Olugbenga Ashiru has charged Nigerian missions abroad to ensure that issuance of visas did not last for more than 48 hours. The minister made remark at the signing of `Performance Contract’ with Heads of...
The Bauchi State Government has released N1.34 million to its Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board to assist 41 pilgrims who lost various sums of money. Alhaji Jibrin Hassan, the Secretary, Committee on Lost of Money and Travelling Documents, made t...
Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo has explained that his government took a tough stance against erring teachers, because even ``the Bible says he who does not work, does not eat.’’ Oshiomhole said this at an Inter-denominational Service org...
Gov. Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa State on Saturday said that the state’s boundary with the Federal Capital Territory FCT ought to be well-defined in the constitution to eliminate unnecessary controversies. The governor said this&n...
A person who is always happy can be fun to be with, and that is one thing that a man with good intentions will look for in a lady. Blessing ukemena writes. How would your man know that you are happy? It's not very complicated, because every person ...
The current population of Nasarawa state is over two million and will reach 3.5 million in 2030 given the current growth rate. Meanwhile, the annual loss of land to other uses is 10 to 15 thousand hectares, with half of this loss coming from cropland. ...
A slew of thorny issues awaits President Obama and Congress in the lame-duck session, ranging from taxes to defence to Medicare. Obama’s victory increases the chances that the lame-duck will be productive, but it remains to be seen if the preside...
Colombo, SRI LANKA - A shootout between rioting prisoners and security forces at a prison in Sri Lanka’s capital killed at least 27 inmates, while police said Saturday that they arrested five prisoners who had managed to escape and were searching...
Manchester United put the icing on a thrilling Saturday; when they came from two goals down to overpower Aston Villa at the Villa Park. Some disoriented defending saw the Villans take the lead twice, but Hernandez ‘Chicharito’ scored a hat-...