The National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) has rejected the 50 per cent wage increase for workers in the 17 Local Government Areas of Plateau. Mr Samson Mafuyai, state Chairman of NULGE, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Mrs Bilikis Rasheed, one of the wives of late ex-Super Eagles striker Rashidi Yekini, has urged government to assist in catering for the education of the deceased’s children. Bilikis, who is based in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, made the call i...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday in Jos assured that the Federal Government would leave no stone unturned to ensure normalcy returned to all parts of the country soon. He gave the assurance at the 25th convocation ceremony of the University of ...
Vice-President Namadi Sambo has reiterated the Federal Government's commitment to good governance and delivery of dividends of democracy to the citizenry. Sambo gave the assurance on Saturday at a grand reception organised for Alhaji Bamanga Tukur...
The West African Cable System (WACS), which is geared towards improving bandwidth connectivity and intra-country trade among other things, was formally launched at the weekend. WACS was initiated by the South African government as a collaborativ...
The United States Secretary of States, Ms. Hillary Rodham Clinton is billed to visit South Africa this Summer to further engage in Bilateral talks with the South African President, Mr. Jacob Zuma, a statement from the Bureau of Information in...
John 'Lofty' Wiseman served in the SAS for 26 years, setting a record for the youngest person ever to pass selection when he was aged 18. In addition to extensive service worldwide in which John saw action in every theatre of operations and spe...
The Presidency will shortly forward to the National Assembly, an amendment bill that will re-jig the existing Anti-Terrorism Act. UCHENNA AWOM in this analysis previews the single-item amendment that could raise the ante in a new, tougher drive to cage...
Former Police Commissioner Abubakar Tsav served with distincton in Lagos and several other states in the country. In this interview with IGHO OYOYO, he alleges that dishonesty and corruption are the key triggers of the current state of insecurity that ...
The curfew imposed on Suleja local governemnt area of Niger state since the Christmas day bombing has affected economic activities in the once peaceful community. Traders have now resorted to the weekly Madalla Market notorious for tanker accidents whi...
The spate at which victims of emergency lost their lives due to demands for deposit and police report by hospitals is alarming. MAIRO MUHAMMAD MUDI takes a look at the situation. Ishaq was a roadside mechanic in Kaduna who after closing for work had to...
Ijaw Elders from Bayelsa State yesterday stepped up campaign to alert Nigerians against perceived provocative criticisms of President Goodluck Jonathan administration, asking Nigerians to rally round the policies and actions of the present administrati...
Amidst speculations, the presidential candidate of Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Gen. Muhammadu Buhari and the leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Bola Tinubu is said to have reached conclusions to hav...
Armed robbers on Friday night sacked the police station in Igarra, Akoko-Edo local government area of Edo state where they invaded the station’s armoury and went away with three guns which they later used in an attempt to rob a new generation ban...
Former vice president Atiku Abubakar has tasked the newly elected National executive committee of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party led by its national chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur to uphold the virtue of the internal party democracy and always ens...