One person was yesterday killed in a fuel tanker explosion at the Marina Road, Calabar, injuring over 11 persons and destroying property worth billions of naira. The fuel tanker which skidded off the road shortly after loading fuel from Shoreline Logis...
The former Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Mr. Stephen Oronsaye has revealed that both politicians and the Civil Service at both the Federal and state levels still lack the requisite capacity to deliver on government agenda; a deficiency which...
Some unidentified gunmen Saturday morning reportedly killed a custom officer and a member of the State Security Services [SSS] operative in Kano metropolis, Police in Kano have confirmed. An eye witness told our correspondent that the incident happened...
Minister of Finance, Mrs Ngozi Okonjo Iweala has disclosed that the federal government has set up a committee that will audit and review the operation of airlines in the country. This is coming on the heels of recent Dana air crash in Lagos that result...
Tension and emotions trailed the visit of the Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu, in Lagos as family members of the victims of Dana air crash openly demanded the release of the bodies of their loved ones. The Minister was&nb...
The Concerned Advocacy for Good Governance (CAGG), a non-government organisation, has scored President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration high on economy and employment in the first one year. The National Coordinator of CAGG, Mr Olusegun Bamgbose...
The delays in distribution of sensitive and non sensitive election materials in Akwa Ibom council elections have stalled the exercise in parts of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) checks in Eket and its environs showed that as at n...
A civil society organisation (CSO), Campaign for Democracy (CD), has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to spare nothing in his resolve to implement the Oronsaye Civil Service Reform Report to make the service productive and efficient. Mr Bako...
The police have confirmed that six persons, including a suicide bomber, died in an explosion which occurred at the Police Headquarters in Borno on Friday. A statement issued in Abuja by the Force Public Relations Officer, Mr Frank Mba, said the bomber ...
The Commissioner for Local Government in Sokoto State, Alhaji Faruk Malami, said the State Government was committed to making the 23 Local Governments to be more efficient . Malami told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sideline of a recept...
The Nigerian Navy has confirmed that Commodore Datoru Abi-Kalio was among the 153 persons that lost their lives in Sunday’s DANA air crash at Iju-Ishaga, Lagos. In a press release issued in Lagos on Friday, the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Adm. Ola...
Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, Joint Special Representative of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID), has tasked African leaders on the urgent need to fight poverty in the continent. Gambari said at the launch of a book in...
Justice Inumidun Akande on Saturday bowed out as Chief Judge of Lagos State with a call for the strengthening and sustenance of the independence of the judiciary. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Akande retired as Chief Judge after attaini...
Two journalists covering the council polls in Eket , Southern Akwa Ibom, were on Saturday brutalised by the Police at the Eket Office of Akwa Ibom State Independent Electoral Commission (AKISIEC) The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports tha...
Some financial experts on Saturday commended the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over the N75 billion approved for the commencement of Nigerian Incentive-Sharing in Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) to farmers. They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN...