Gov. Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State said the state government would donate 60 vehicles and 1,000 motorcycles to the Police in the state, to enhance their capacity in crime fighting. Wamakko disclosed on Monday in Sokoto, when the new Commissioner...
The Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufa’I, on Monday, reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment to tackling examination malpractice in the country. Rufa'I reaffirmed this in Abuja while receiving a delegation from the West ...
Dr Eugene Juwah, the Executive Vice-Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), on Monday said that contractors were responsible for the delay in the SIM cards data verification exercise. He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that t...
RIHANNA has been trying to persuade her new bloke Ashton Kutcher to spend the summer with her. Though if the actor is dreaming of weeks on the beach in her native Barbados he'll be disappointed. The pop babe has asked Ashton to come with her...
Operators of microfinance banks are making efforts to adopt the International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) as ordered by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Mr Olufemi Babajide, the Chairman of Lagos Chapter of National Association of Micro finance B...
The Sultan of Sokoto, Dr Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar, said in Sokoto on Monday that lack of education was the root cause of violence in the country. Abubakar spoke while receiving the President of the Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue in ...
Rep Abike Dabiri-Erewa (ACN-Lagos) has said that the Freedom of Information Act (FoI) Act is not for seeking personal details of individuals. Dabiri-Erewa, a proponent and one of the advocates of the law, told newsmen in Abuja on Monday that the law sh...
The President of the Senate, Sen. David Mark, has blamed the endless bickering among administrators in the country, as a major drawback to the progress of sports. Mark stated this on Monday in Abuja, while declaring open a Public Hearing on the `Downwa...
A Nigerian delegate to the UN Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) has urged African delegates to international conferences to always be circumspect while endorsing documents at such events. The 56th session of the UNCSW held in New York, U.S., fr...
Justice Abubakar Umar of an Abuja High Court on Monday struck out a suit filed by the EFCC against three persons named in the Halliburton bribery scandal. The EFCC is charging a former Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Head of Service, Alhaji Ib...
Emerging economies must be given a fair shot at leading the institutions at the heart of global finance, a challenger for the top job at the World Bank said. She added that, if nothing is done, they will end up going their own way. ``The balance of pow...
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki said on Monday the east African country had discovered oil in northern Kenya where British Tullow Oil Plc has been conducting exploratory drilling. “This is the first time Kenya has made such a discovery and it is ver...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday in Seoul said Nigeria would replicate the experience of the Asian Tigers to transform the nation into a major economy by 2020. Jonathan stated this at the Nigeria-Korean Investment Forum on Infrastructure and...
Pope Benedict at a huge outdoor Mass on Sunday condemned drug trafficking and corruption in Mexico, urging people to renounce violence in the country where a brutal war between cartels has killed tens of thousands of people. On his last day in Mexico, ...
A senior Lecturer with Auchi Polytechnic in Edo, Mr Moses Egbape, has been abducted by gunmen at his residence in South Ibie of Etsako West Local Government Area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the incident occurred on Satur...