Some electricity consumers in Awka, Anambra, on Wednesday appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan to compel Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to stop its planned new electricity tariff regime. The consumers, who made the appeal in separ...
Trading activities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Wednesday reopened on a positive note after a public holiday declared by the Federal Government to mark Workers’ Day celebration. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that...
More than 600 South African Police Officers were arrested in South Africa's Gauteng province since April 2011, the provincial police commissioner has said. Lt Gen. Mzwandile Petross told newsmen in Pretoria on Wednesday that many of the arrests wer...
A bill to amend the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN ) Act on Wednesday passed through second reading at the House of Representatives. The bill provides for the appointment of a person, other than the CBN Governor, as the Chairman and the exclusion of CBN ...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), on Wednesday announced that it had licensed a consortium of companies, working on Internet exchange point, for the mobile Number Portability Service (NPS). Mr Reuben Muoka, the Head, Media and Public Relati...
The International Monetary Fund has launched the Institute for Capacity Development to spearhead its enhanced strategy for capacity-building services for its member countries. These capacity-development efforts are aimed at helping member countries dev...
The Commonwealth will be discussing ways to make disability rights a reality during its one-day meeting to be held at Marlborough House, headquarters of the Commonwealth Secretariat and Commonwealth Foundation in London, UK, on Thursday. The event, co-...
Three men, Adekunle Oshinowo, Awosika Thompson and Ayo Funmilayo, were on Wednesday charged before an Ikeja Magistrates' Court, Lagos, over alleged impersonation as police officers. The trio, Oshinowo, 64; Thompson, 59; and Funmilayo, 50, are facin...
An Abuja High Court on Wednesday granted leave to the EFCC to re-open a criminal case against one George Ihejirika, who allegedly forged Certificates of Registration of some companies. Justice Abubakar Umar, on Jan. 23, discharged Ihejirika and c...
The German airline, Lufthansa, on Wednesday became the first airline in the world to take delivery of a Boeing 747-8 the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. A NAN correspondent who covered the launch reports that the new plane described as the &...
The Plateau State Government has approved the injection of N2 billion into its two media houses to enable the duo expand so as to meet to modern challenges, Information Commissioner Abraham Yiljap, has said. Yiljap told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
The National Orientation Agency (NOA), says the agency will use the theatre approach to ensure proper reorientation of Nigerians and to fast-track development in the country. Mr Mike Omeri, the Director-General of the agency, made this known in an...
In a bid to safeguard the health of Nigerians, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it plans to re-certify food manufacturing companies in the country. The Director-General of the agency, Dr Paul Orhii, to...
A car bomb exploded outside a compound housing Westerners in Kabul on Wednesday hours after U.S. President Barack Obama signed a security pact during a short visit to the city. The city remains vulnerable to a resilient insurgency. Taliban insurg...
The World Bank on Wednesday advised the Federal Government to ensure that social safety programmes in the country create jobs for the participating communities. The World Bank Vice President for Africa, Mrs Obiageli Ezekwesili, made this known in ...