The minister of education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufa’i has expressed the preparedness of the federal government to partner with states as well as provide the necessary framework towards the improvement of the education sector. She stated these d...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) is set to conduct a three month staff audit and verification exercise for personnel working in all its departments and agencies. The audit exercise which is part of efforts by the administration to cu...
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has re-opened talks with a Chinese company, CGC Nigeria Limited for the development of the Greater Abuja Water project. The project when carried out would boost water supply in the FCT with an additional 600,000 cubi...
A businessman, Emmanuel Okwuosa, has been declared wanted by the Nigeria Police for impersonating an army officer as well as over N159m fraud. According to a special Police Gazzette Bulletin, issued Sunday under the authority of the office of the Inspe...
The Police in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) alongside other security and safety agencies in the territory have commenced full enforcement of the existing ministerial ban on the use of commercial motorcycles popularly called ‘okada’. A...
A 62-year-old farmer, Amaechi (other names withheld) in Ndemili, Ndokwa West Local Government Area of Delta State has been arrested by Police in Delta State for allegedly attempting to use his son for ritual sacrifice. The suspect was said to have put ...
The Police in Lagos State have arrested a Ghanaian, Kehinde Dodo, 74, for allegedly parading himself as a lawyer and defrauding unsuspecting members of the public. The suspect who reportedly paraded himself as a legal practitioner for the past 15 years...
Commissioner of Police Haruna John, in-charge of Benue State Police Command, was with the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for over four years before he was posted to the Force Headquarters as a Commissioner of Police in-charge of Federal Operations on ...
There is no denying the fact that the Yoruba race has produced many flamboyant and charismatic politicians who have made their impacts felt on the nation’s political scene. However, many of the politicians who currently call the shot in the area ...
A political economist, Prof. Pat Utomi, on Wednesday said that it was not advisable for Nigeria to take any loan at this point in the nation’s history. Utomi spoke in a telephone interview with newsmen in Lagos, on the heels of plans by the Feder...
Fifty-one persons were killed and 944 others injured in 507 road accidents that occurred in Adamawa in 2011, according to the FRSC Sector Commander, Mr Luka Ikpi. He said in Yola on Wednesday that some 1,526 persons were invloved in the accidents...
The 2010/2011 Nigeria Premier League (NPL) Champions, Dolphins FC of Port Harcourt, will depart the country on Thursday for Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, for their CAF Champions League match on Sunday. Chima Acheru, the club’s Media Officer, said in...
Justice Abubakar Umar of an Abuja High Court on Wednesday granted leave to former FCT Minister Nasir el-Rufai to invite the current FCT minister to produce some documents in his case. El-Rufai is standing trial on an eight-count charge including allege...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) on Wednesday advised the Federal Government not to take any foreign loan to avoid crisis in the country. The unions spoke following President Goodluck Jonathan’s lett...
Nigeria has dropped 11 places from 45 to 56 in one of her worst ever rankings in 12 years in the latest rankings released by world football governing body FIFA yesterday. Nigeria’s lowest rankings in the FIFA rankin...