Members of the House of Representatives have expressed concern over the abuse of the expatriate quota by foreign multinationals operating in the country. Hon. Essien Ekpenyong Ayi (PDP, Akwa Ibom State), in a motion raised at the floor of the House, ar...
The Senate yesterday frowned at the management of the Petroleum Training Institute internally generated revenue for the 2012 even as they directed the institute to furnish them with details of its capital and outgoing projects. Also, the Senate Committ...
Chris Brown will perform at this Sunday's Grammy Awards for the first time since beating his then girlfriend Rihanna in 2009 on the eve of the music industry's biggest night, which threatened to derail his music career. Rihanna als...
Frontline candidate for the position of National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Muhammed Abba Aji, has congratulated Vice Admiral Murtala Nyako (retired) on his re-election as the Governor of Adamawa State during the February 4...
The chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Hon. Nnenna Elendu-Ukeje (PDP, Bende, Abia State) has joined other Nigerians to mourn the death of late elder statesman, Chief Matthew Mbu, who he described as a fine diplomat. Mbu, 82, died...
The Delta State Government has promised the management of the Nigeria Postal Service (NIPOST) that the state will, as a matter of urgency, commence the implementation of the Stamp Duty Act. The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mr Ovuozuorie Mac...
A Federal High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, yesterday fixed March 12 for hearing of a suit filed by the Save Nigeria Group (SNG) against the federal government. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the SNG had filed a N100 million suit again...
Barrister Mamman Abubakar Danmusa was Speaker of the defunct Kaduna State House of Assembly and Deputy Senate President in the Second Republic. The elder statesman is now a stalwart of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), in Katsina State. He spo...
The INEC on Tuesday in Abuja issued a Certificate of Return to Murtala Nyako, the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in Adamawa. The ruling PDP candidate got 302,986 votes to beat his Action Congress of Nigeria challenger, Markus Gundiri,...
The Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufa’I, says the Federal Government will ensure that the four-year Strategic Plan for the development of the sector is fully implemented. The minister stated this in Abuja on Tuesday when she met with di...
The Senate Committee on Petroleum (Downstream), has directed the Petroleum Training Institute (PTI), Effurun, Delta, to give reasons for the non-arrival of a training vessel paid for since 2009. The Chairman of the committee, Sen. Magnus Abe, issued th...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it is establishing a special fund that will provide loans to women by the end of the 2012. The CBN Governor, Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, made this known at the 6th Annual Microfinance Conference and Entrepreneursh...
The Acting Inspector General of Police, Mr Mohammed Abubakar, has told Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs) to live up to expectations, warning them that excuses would not be accepted for non-performance. Abubakar, who issued the warning at a meeting ...
Rev. George Adeboye, the founder of Rhema Chapel International Church, Ilorin, has identified corruption as the greatest act of terrorism confronting the nation. Adeboye said on Tuesday in Ilorin that there was need for the Federal Government to make c...
The National Automotive Council (NAC) is partnering with an automobile company to set up a recycling plant for “End of Life Vehicles (ELV)” in Nigeria. A statement by Mr John Gbassa, the Chief Executive Officer of the company, Kaiho Sangyo ...