Members of the House of Representatives yesterday rejected the move by the Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, to include their spouses on the list of diplomatic passport holders. The lawmakers instead called for the pruning of the list of diplomatic pass...
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Minister of Finance has described the book ``Reforming the Un-reformable: Lessons from Nigeria'' as a book of hope about the country. Okonjo-Iweala made the remark on Friday at the Official Lunch of the Book, written...
A security guard with Guaranty Trust Bank was on Friday charged with vandalising an Automated Teller Machine (ATM), and stealing N1 million at an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos. Danjuma Abutu, 36, who lives at No 35, Ibafon St., Olodi-Apapa, ...
The outgoing Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Moshe Ram, on Friday urged the United Nations (UN) to sustain the peace-keeping interventions in crisis-ridden Syria and other areas of the Middle-East. Ram made the suggestion in Lagos at the Nigerian Ins...
Seven members of Britain's crack Royal Marines regiment are facing a murder probe in connection with an incident in Afghanistan's Helmand province in 2011, the British Ministry of Defence said on Friday. The ministry said that the men were arre...
Mr John Kolawole, General Secretary of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), wants the Federal Government to implement the provisions of the 2013 budget to enhance the achievement of President Goodluck Jonathan’s transformation agenda. ...
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has trained 800 unemployed youths in Kano in nine different skills. Malam Abubakar Mohammed, the NDE Director General, said in Kano on Friday during the graduation of the trainees that the programme wa...
Air Chief Marshal Oluseyi Petinrin ), former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), on Friday called on the military to leave governance to the politicians and not to interfere with the democratic process. Petinrin gave the advice at the Pulling out Parade to m...
A major development in the economy this week was the presentation of the 2013 federal budget proposal of N4.9 trillion to the National Assembly . The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the size of the 2013 budget proposal represented a five per ...
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) said on Friday that 94 ships were expected to arrive at the various terminals in Lagos ports between Oct. 12 and Nov. 2. The NPA’s daily publication, ``Shipping Position’’, made available to newsmen ...
The AU has revived its push for the lifting of the UN arms embargo on Somalia, to facilitate the proper arming of its forces and also urged the world body to authorise the deployment of additional military capacity. This is contained in a communique is...
Weekly transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange closed on depressed note on Friday after four consecutive days of impressive transactions. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the market capitalisation, which opened at N8.721 trillion...
The world’s 34 million people living with HIV and Aids resides in developing countres, a world Bank report has said. The report which was issued on Friday in Tokyo at the ongoing Annual meeting of the World Bank and International Monetary observe...
The Federal Ministry of Environment has predicted ``heavier than normal rainfall'' which may cause further flooding between now and Oct.16 in 14 states of the country. The prediction is contained in a report issued on Friday in Abuja by Dr Moro...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday arrived in Bayelsa to inspect flood ravaged areas of the state. Jonathan had an aerial view of the state in a helicopter to see the extent of damage caused by the floods in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NA...