The Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), yesterday assured residents of the state of the preparedness of his administration to rehabilitate existing roads and construct new ones in 2012 fiscal year. Fashola said this at a ceremony to ma...
For the Peoples Democratic Party to regain its lost glory in the South-West, the National Vice Chairman of the party (South-West), Alh. Tajudeen Oladipo, has stressed the need for more sacrifice from members. Oladipo made his position known at the open...
The Minister of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation, Mr Edem Duke, has described Friday's multiple bomb blasts in parts of Kano as alarming. Duke said in Calabar on Monday during an interaction with newsmen that the explosions which reportedl...
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) says 108 persons died in road accidents in Plateau last year, while 1,488 others suffered severe injuries. A statistics made available by FRSC, said the number of deaths increased by four as against the104 reco...
Outgoing President Ali Saleh apologised for “any shortcoming” in his 33-year rule before leaving Yemen for the U.S. on Sunday, paving way for a transfer of power after a year of unrest. “God willing, I will leave for (medical) treatme...
A pharmacist, Mr Ernest Udensi on Monday urged the federal and state governments to intensify exploitation of alternative healthcare to provide cheaper services. “Government should exploit the potential of unorthodox medical treatment in providin...
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Plateau said on Monday that it would invite the Economic Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) to investigate the activities of its suspended Chairman, Mr Amos Gizo. “Gizo has refused to hadover relevant docume...
Alhaji Abdullahi Danchina, Bauchi CPC gubernatorial aspirant, has advised the Federal Government to pay more attention to the exploration of solid minerals deposits across the country. Danchina, who is the Managing Director, Solid Unit Nigeria Ltd, a J...
Monday Odigie, the Assistant Coach of Rangers International FC of Enugu, has assured the club's fans that it will soon return to its winning ways in spite of current challenges. Odigie told newsmen on Sunday after his team defeated Kaduna United FC...
Cote D’Ivoire yesterday started their 2012 Africa Cup of Nations title challenge with a slim victory over Sudan in Malabo. The Ivorians won 1-0. A Didier Drogba header on 39 minutes was all that separated the two sides at the end of regulation ti...
Dr Felix Igwe, the Chairman of ASUU, River State University of Science and Technology (RSUST), Port Harcourt, says the national body of the union is not in a hurry to suspend its seven-week-old strike. Commenting on the speculation that the union may s...
Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke, has condoled with the families and relations of those who lost their lives and sustained injuries in the blasts that took place in Kano and Bayelsa States at the weekend. A statement by Governor’s ...
Bayelsa State Governor, Chief Timipre Sylva, has commiserated with the families of victims of weekends’ attacks in Kano and prayed that God would stand by them. The Governor, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Doifie Ola, symp...
Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambers, Secretary General, African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP-Group) on Sunday endorsed the candidature of Nigeria’s Aisha Abdullahi, for the post of Commissioner for Political Affairs of the AU Commission. Chamb...
The National Campaign Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2012 gubernatorial election in Bayelsa State, under the chairmanship of Vice President Namadi Sambo, has said that it postponed the party’s campaign take-off in the sta...