Jigawa State government has approved the construction of solar powered water scheme in 40 towns across the 27 Local Government Areas of the State. However, the State Small Town Water supply Agency, in collaboration with the office of the Millennium Dev...
Adele went six for six, collecting all of the awards for which she was nominated – including top honors for album, record and song of the year – at Sunday's 54th AnnualGrammy Awards. As she tearfully accepted album o...
The Nasarawa State Government is set to collaborate with the CBN in agricultural financing inorder to boost agricultural production. This was made known by Governor Umaru Tanko Al-makura at the 2011 annual dinner and award ceremony organised by the CBN...
Erring Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members in Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State have been granted pardon by the party. The chairman of the party in the area, Chief Okafor Chiejima told newsmen at the weekend that the party granted ...
Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State yesterday received commendation for the second time from an unusual quarters, Pope Benedict XVI. The Pope who earlier commended Governor Obi through his Bishop, Paulinus Ezeokafor who had, during his last Ad Limina v...
Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has signed the 2012 appropriation bill of N88, 828, 351, 795.25 into law. It could be recalled on December 22, 2011, the Governor presented a budget estimate of N98, 992, 811,073.50, but later re-presented an...
National Chairman of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Chief Bisi Akande, has commiserated with the Ekiti State Government on the death of renowned economist, Professor Samuel Aluko, who passed away on Monday in a London hospital after an illness. ...
Maj-Gen Joseph Okunbor, the Commander, Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), Nigerian Army, has warned junior officers who are writing the 2012 Lieutenant-Captain Practical Promotion Examination (LCPPE) to shun examination malpractice. Okunbor gave t...
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), in Oyo State, has rejected the result of the re-run election held in Irepo/Oorelope/Olorunsogo Federal Constituency which was won by Mr. Afeez Ona-Ara Tijani of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The party, in a s...
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has expressed its support for South Africa's Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to be Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission. The six foreign ministers of SADC unanimously ...
A combined team of Military and State Security Service (SSS) officials in Katsina state have raided a suspected hideout of members of Boko Haram in Katsina metropolis. The newsmen gathered that the officials stormed the area along Dutsinma road near th...
Former Lagos State governor Bola Tinubu has debunked report by an online medium, Niger Observer, about his health status, saying that he was hale and hearty. Tinubu, who stated this in a statement by his special adviser on media, Mr. Sunday Dare,...
Human Rights Lawyer, Femi Falana, yesterday faulted the donation of a whopping N100m to victims of Boko Haram attack in Kano recently by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Malam Sanusi Lamido. His reaction on the issue contained in a statement...
Ashaka Cement Plc, a subsidiary of Lafarge Cement WAPCO Nigeria plc says it is adding 300,000 metric tonnes to its current 1,000,000 production capacity. This would bring its total annual production capacity to 1.3 million metric tonnes. The comp...
The Minister of Power, Prof. Bart Nnaji, has refuted reports that General Electric (GE) has agreed to construct a 10,000MW power plant in Nigeria. Making the clarification in a statement yesterday, Nnaji said GE “has neither constructed nor agree...