A nine-month old baby, Godswill Echu Okon has been reported killed by rubble of a collapsed residential building in Adim, Biase Local Government Area of Cross River State as a result of flooding in the building. The incident which occurred at the dead ...
Senator Abdullahi Adamu represents Nassarawa West in the Senate and is the Chairman, Senate Committee on Solid Minerals, in this interview with Ruth Choji, the former governor reveals some of the issues that have bedeviled the mineral and agricul...
The House of Representatives Deputy Chairman, Media and Public Affairs, Victor Afam Ogene, in this interview, clears the air on the reported impeachment threat against President Goodluck Jonathan over dismal implementation of the 2012 budget. The lawma...
Mr Ade Ipaye, Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, on Saturday said the recently introduced Lagos State Parks and Garden Law was not aimed at victimising house owners. Ipaye, who made the statement in an interview with the N...
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated has appointed four new members on its board of directors, a release from its headquarters in Lome said. The release by the bank's head of public affairs, Mr Nabi Ouedraogo, was made available to the News agency of...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday urged the PDP National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, to support and mentor political leaders to bring out the best in them. He made the call in Abuja at a book launch to mark Tukur’s 77th b...
The Jigawa Government on Saturday said it had awarded contract for the construction of 475 metres drain in the Ringim Local Government Council to check flooding in the area. The state Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Babandi Ibrahim, told the News ...
Alhaji Aminu Abdulkarim, Comptroller of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), in charge of Niger command on Saturday said the command had deported nine Nigeriens. He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna that the illegal immigrants...
The Youth Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi, Mr Chinedu Ogah, has said that the youths would support any candidate endorsed by Gov. Martin Elechi, as his successor. Ogah made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Niger...
The Public Affairs Manager of Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) in Osogbo, Mr Timothy Adesanya, has denied the alleged drop in electricity supply in the metropolis. Adesanya told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday that the compl...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) local government primaries scheduled to hold on Saturday across Benue has been shifted to Sunday. This is contained in a statement signed by Dr Emmanuel Agbo, the state Chairman of the party, in Makurdi on Satu...
Gov. Idris Wada of Kogi on Saturday warned people of Ibaji Local Government from taking laws into their hands over agitation on oil well in the community. Wada in a press statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr Jacob Edi, warned members of...
The Chairman, Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) in Akwa Ibom, Mr Linus Udofia, has tasked Gov. Godswill Akpabio to focus on industrialising the state with his final court victory. Udofia made this known in an interview with the New...
The Nigerian National Honours are a set of orders and decorations conferred upon Nigerians and friends of the country every year in recognition of their landmark contributions and patriotism to the nation. However, recent honours awards seem to have de...
The arrival of a new-born baby should ordinarily be cheery news to the couple involved and their relations. The arrival of three in one fell swoop to a family long denied the fruit of the womb would most certainly engender rapturous joy even in the nei...