Plateau State House of Assembly (PLHA) on Friday called for the immortalisation of Sen. Gyang Dantong and Gyang Fulani, the Majority Leader of the House. The duo died on Sunday, July 8, 2012 in Maseh village, Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau, whe...
Senate President David Mark on Friday declared his support for the creation of state police. Mark said he had discovered the necessity of state police and had since dropped his opposition against it. Mark made the declaration in Asaba, Delta, at the op...
Gov. Babangida Aliyu of Niger on Friday urged Muslim leaders in the country to reflect the true face of Islam. He said in his message to mark the beginning of Ramadan that Muslim leaders could do this by watching their utterances as they usher in the f...
The Senate Committee on the review of the 1999 Constitution said on Friday it had received 108 memoranda and 56 requests for states creation. Chairman of the committee, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, who stated this in Asaba at the opening of a two-day retreat o...
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) in Anambra said on Friday it impounded sub-standard electrical cables valued at over N15 million. Briefing journalists in Onitsha, Mr Louis Njoku, Director of Enforcement of the organisation, said that ...
The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Zainab Maina, on Friday urged the Lagos State Government sign into law, the bill on ``Violence Against Women’’. Maina, who made the call in Lagos when he visited some Skills Acqui...
The Federal Government has applauded the Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), for the recent launch of the State Service Compact For All Nigerians (SERVICOM) Service Charter, aimed at addressing service delivery challenges in the State. The S...
The National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has again re-confirmed its endorsement and collaboration on the food and beverage, F&B, exposition, Foodbext West Africa, which promises to be a world-class event for the busines...
The National Vice Chairman, South East of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Austin Akobundu, has described Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha as lawless for refusing to obey a court order reinstating sacked Local Government Chairmen in the State. In ...
A simmering communal crisis over non release of funds by an oil firm in Ughelli South Community of Delta State might boil over if urgent steps were not taken to bring it under control. Reports said that the operating oil firm,Pro-Natural International ...
Over 20 customers of Unity Bank of Nigeria plc, yesterday, went home with various gift items and consolation prizes in the banks second south zone ‘’Save and Win Promo draw’ held at the auditorium of the Akwa Ibom State Secretariat, U...
A federal High Court in Abuja has fixed to July 24 for its rulling on the application of Senator Mohammed Aliyu Ndume seeking for the release of his travel documents to enable him to perform Islamic religious rites in Saudi Arabia and seek further medi...
Plateau State government has concluded arrangement to give state burial to late Senator Gyang Dantong and the Plateau Assembly Majority Leader, Hon. Gyang Fulani who died as a result of an attack on burial procession in Maseh village ...
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a former deputy director with the Police Pensions Office, Mrs C.U. Attang . Attang , who is a serving director in the Ministry of Communications, was arrested by...
The premises of Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB), Area 11 Abuja was yesterday overtaken by people living with HIV/AIDS under the aegis of Network of People Living With HIV/AIDS(NEPWHAN), to protest the bank’s refusal to pay them. The members who were nu...