The Joint Military Task Force code named Operation Pluto Shield was weekend put on red alert following rising tension in Okpokunnuo town of Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State over the arrest and detention of Four prominent members of the Commu...
Residents of Lagos and Ogun states yesterday defied the heavy downpour of rain that fell in the early hours of the day to participate in the partnership on advocacy against polio held at the border town between both states. The two governors, Mr. Babat...
Niger State Government has reiterated its commitment to enforce a law criminalising the refusal of parents and guardians to allow their wards to be immunised. Governor of Niger state Dr. Muazu Babangida Aliyu represented by the deputy Governor Hon Ahme...
Ahead of the forthcoming National Identity Registration exercise, the Director-General of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Mr. Chris Onyemenam has advised Nigerians to douse their fears, saying that the current exercise was targeted ...
Ahead of the new National Identity scheme planned by the Federal government, Nigerians are doubtful that the exercise though long overdue may not meet the expectations of over 170 million population of the country. CHIKA OKEKE reports that the buzz has...
Sports administrators, football aficionados and politicians converged on Ira, Oyun local government area of Kwara state for the fidau prayer of the late Super Eagles’ goal merchant, Rashidi Yekini. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) president,...
Prof. Lai Olorode, National Commissioner, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has said that the proposed financial autonomy for state Houses of Assembly will guarantee legislative independence. Olorode made the disclosure on Saturda...
Activities at the University of Lagos (Unilag) were at a standstill on Saturday following news of the death of the institution’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Adetokunbo Sofoluwe. A cross-section of the academic staff who spoke with the News Agency of N...
Some politicians on Saturday in Lagos supported the Federal Government’s decision to dialogue with the Boko Haram sect. The politicians said that the call for dialogue made by Vice President Namadi Sambo at a programme organised by the Nasi...
National Secretary of the opposition Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) Buba Galadima is an engineer and one of the key voices that moved for actualisation of the Jonathan Presidency through the Save Nigeria Group (SNG). However, in this interview w...
Nurses and Allied Medical Workers at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Umuahia, have embarked on an indefinite strike over non-payment of new welfare package approved for medical workers. A check conducted by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspond...
The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) says four Global System for Mobile (GSM) Communications operators are to pay a cumulative sum of N1.17 billion penalty for poor Quality of Services (QoS). In a statement made available to newsmen on Saturday ...
Gov. Peter Obi of Anambra says his administration will provide a better working environment for civil servants for efficient service delivery. Obi said this in Awka on Friday while declaring open a Workshop for workers in the ...
For rendering poor services to their customers, four Global System for Mobile Communications operators have been ordered by the Nigerian Communications Commission to pay N1.2 billion fine. The GSM operators-MTN, GLO, Airtel and Etisalat, reportedly fai...
The ECOWAS Committee of Chiefs of Defence Staff (CCDS) will meet on Monday to consider modalities for the deployment of troops to Guinea Bissau and Mali. According to a statement from the commission on Friday in Abuja, the move is part ...