Niger State Governor, Babangida Aliyu, has said that the federal revenue formula should be reviewed in 2012 as it is presently unfavourable to the northern part of the country. Aliyu, who made this remark yesterday while inaugurating an advisory counci...
The spiral effect of the ongoing probe by the National Assembly has been blamed for the spate of fuel scarcity across the country. This was the highlight of the meeting between the Senate committee on Petroleum Resources (Down stream) and a deleg...
Governor Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State, yesterday dissolved the state executive council. This was contained in a statement signed by the Director General Media, Government House, Alhaji Hassan Muhammad Maccido, a copy of which was made available ...
The National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has called for a stiffer penalty for manufacturers and importers of counterfeit drugs into the country. The Director-General, Dr. Paul Orhii, while speaking at an award ceremony or...
Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Anayo Okorocha has described as unfounded the allegation that he was caught in money-laundering in London by Metropolitan Police. Gov. Okorocha who stated this while speaking with Journalists at Sam Mbakwe Cargo Airpor...
Members of the Action Congress of Nigeria caucus in the House of Representatives yesterday distanced members from reports that it was opposed to a convocation of a sovereign national conference. The caucus also stated that it was unilaterally opposed t...
The National Coordinator, Transformation Movement of Nigeria (TMN), Engr. Emmanuel Nwosu, has described the TMN as a movement which is out to bridge the gap between the government and the people. Nwosu stated this yesterday when he led other members of...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, Sen. Bala Mohammed has scrapped the environmental sanitation exercise which was observed monthly in the metropolis. The monthly sanitation exercise which was flagged off on May 30, 2009 ...
British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Rt. Hon William Hague, has explained that President Goodluck Jonathan and other leaders, including representatives of over 50 countries were invited to London for two days to help galvani...
As the 72-hour ultimatum given to tanker drivers to vacate the ever busy Oshodi –Apapa expressway expired yesterday , the Lagos State Government made good its threat to clear the expressway by ejecting the illegally parked tankers from the highwa...
Dr Joseph Odumodu, the Director General of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), says there are 50 million fake and sub standard tyres currently in circulation in the country. He said this in Awka on Thursday at a “Road Walk” embarke...
House of Representatives’ Committee on Privatisation has expressed concern over NITEL’s N250 billion debt. The chairman of the committee, Hajiya Khadiza Abba-Ibrahim, made the position of the House known to State House Correspondents in Abu...
The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said on Thursday that it destroyed more than N279.7 million worth of drugs, which were either fake, sub standard, expired or unwholesome. Dr Paul Orhi, the NAFDAC Director General, ...
Mrs Olusola Obada, the Minister of State for Defence, says the ministry is making arrangements for military pensioners and their families to be included in the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). She made the announcement on Thursday in Abuja whil...
Vice President Namadi Sambo has expressed the willingness of the National Council on Privatisation (NCP) to partner the National Assembly in meeting the objectives of government’s privatisation policy. He said the privatisation policy was aimed a...