John Cardinal Onaiyekan, the Archbishop of Abuja Catholic Arch Diocese, on Sunday urged the National Assembly to reconfirm the definition of marriage and not to waste energy deliberating on same sex marriage. Cardinal Onaiyekan made the call in Abuja a...
Federal pensioners in Plateau are to embark on a three-day peaceful protest over the ``rot in pension administration in the country’’, an official has disclosed. Mr Lucky Oyinbo, Secretary, National Union of Pensioners (NUP), told the News ...
The Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku, on Sunday, directed the contractor handling the remodeling of the Port Harcourt international airport to deliver on schedule.
The cost of the project is N777 million.
The contractor, Inter Bau Construction Limited, had assured that the terminal building of the airport would be ready for use in April ending.
Maku gave the directive at Omagwa in Rivers, when the good governance media tour team visited the airport.
He said that government was worried about the pace of work at the airport.
The minister said President GoodLuck Jonathan believed that the nation's airports deserved the best and directed that 11 airports should be reconstructed in the first phase.
He cited some of the domestic airports already delivered to include Kano, Benin, Owerri and Lagos.
``Port Harcourt is the oil and gas destination for Nigeria and indeed, the gulf of Guinea; what the President wants to achieve is their full completion.
Maku said that international investors who come to the country, especially to the oil and gas zone in Rivers, use the airport to bring in materials and equipment.
He said that government decided to upgrade the airports to support business and growth of the economy.
The minister commended President Jonathan for initiating the transformation agenda in the aviation sector.
He also said that work had commenced in 12 Cargo airports across the country.
``The purpose of cargo airports is to make it easier for people to export, because of the new agricultural policy; we need to have airports that can export goods easily out of Nigeria.
In his remarks, Mr Okechukwu Ndika, technical manager of Inter Bau Construction Limited assured that the company would deliver the project in April.
He said that work had progressed on the construction of the airport. (NAN)
The Plateau State Government has paid N700 million to debtors to save the now comatose Jos International Breweries (JIB) from total liquidation, an official has confirmed. Mr John Mankilik, the Chairman of the board saddled with reviving JIB, made this...
Gunmen on Saturday night kidnapped seven workers of a road construction company, SETRACO, in Jama’are, Bauchi State, police said. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Alhaji Mohammed Ladan, who confirmed the incident to the News Agency ...
Residents of Sango-Ota have appealed to Gov. Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun to repair Sango/Plaza road and construct a drainage system for it. The residents, who made the plea on Sunday while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Sango-Ota, said t...
The Kwara government on Saturday sealed six filling stations in different parts of the state for selling petrol above the official pump price. Alhaji Raji Mohammed, the Commissioner for Commerce and Cooperative, ordered the closure when he paid an asse...
The Nigerian Army has trained 2, 904 soldiers on counter terrorism at the Nigerian Army Training Centre (NATRAC) in Kontagora, Niger. During the graduation ceremony on Friday, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, said the six-wee...
Hundreds of commuters were stranded in Uyo on Saturday following the collapse of an underground drainage crossing in Uyo-Oron Road leading to Ibom Airport in Akwa Ibom. The road, which caved in after a downpour on Friday, caused traffic diversion. Cons...
The police in Lagos State have arrested a 28-year old man and his girlfriend for allegedly demanding N2 million ransom after kidnapping a teenager within their neighbourhood in Ikotun.
The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Mr Umar Manko, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday that the suspects were arrested by the Special Anti -Robbery Squad (SARS).
He said SARS operatives rescued the 14-year old victim, Daniel Olumide, who was allegedly kidnapped on Feb. 2 at Ikotun.
NAN learnt that the man allegedly kept the victim for two days in his girlfriend's apartment.
The police said the arrests followed a tip-off by a resident within the neighbourhood, who told the police that he saw the victim walking with the suspect before he was declared missing.
Two estranged local government chairmen in Bayelsa State who engaged in battle of wits with governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson, were yesterday impeached and acting chairmen sworn-in by the state chief judge, Justice Kate Abiri. Those impeached by the legis...
Edo State chairman of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Mr Thomas Okosun, escaped death by the whiskers yesterday when factional angry ACN youths stormed the party’s secretariat and unleashed mayhem on the chairman and other party officials. ...
Police detectives in Asaba, Delta State, are interrogating 16 workers of a popular Catholic Church over an alleged missing of N3.5million offering. LEADERSHIP WEEKEND’s sources said that the offering was collected during Four Sunday services and ...
A Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday rejected an application by the Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Force (PRTF), Mr. Abdul-Rasheed Maina, asking the court to protect him against police harassment and put on hold the bench warrant issued against...
Oyo State governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, yesterday described the merger of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) with other opposition political parties in the country as inevitable. The governor while briefing newsmen at the end of the state ACN Eld...