The Principal Private Secretary (PPS) to the Kaduna State Governor, Mr. Yohanna Allahmagani has disclosed that the state spends N300 million weekly (N1.2 billion monthly) for the maintenance of security personnel deployed to keep the peace in the state...
A suspected member of the religious extremist sect, Boko Haram, met his waterloo yesterday, after he detonated on explosive at the London Chikin ward of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The early morning blast which sent fears down the spines of the...
The community of Ohi in Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State and the entire citizens of the state were thrown into mourning on Sunday, following the death of the former Medical Director of Umugwuma General Hospital, Dr. Moses Amako who died afte...
Nigeria’s secret police, the State Security Service (SSS) yesterday, paraded three suspected high-profile fraudsters, who attempted to use the names of President Goodluck Jonathan, and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator ...
The Supreme Court yesterday fixed December 28 for judgment in the appeal by the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) against the decision of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal which affirmed the victory of President Goodluck Jonathan and his...
The less esteemed jobs in Nigeria are the life-line for the survival and up keep for those who are humble and patient, helping them to become self-reliant. Tanko Yunana is one of such people who have achieved a measure of success as a horticulturist. G...
Lack of professionalism, indiscipline and unethical conduct have been identified as some of the factors responsible for the bad image suffered by Nigerian managers. Pembi Stephen-David writes. Business School Netherlands Nigeria (BSSN), an institution ...
President Goodluck Jonathan has presented the 2012 budget proposal, though the life span of the current 2011 budget is still running and will elapse by March 2012. UCHENNA AWOM in this analysis captures the skepticisms of the major players, and poses t...
Some stakeholders in the Niger Delta dare President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan on the recently reconstituted board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) reports AKANIMO SAMPSON in Port Harcourt. Stakeholders Democracy Network (SDN), a socio-pol...
The Akwa Ibom State government has taken a bold step to address the problem of kerosene scarcity in the State by subsidising the product to keep the pump price at N50. The State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Aniekan Umanah, who disclosed this, yest...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, re-arraigned the former governor of Oyo State, Otunba Adebayo Christopher Alao-Akala and two other for alleged conspiracy to steal and award of contracts without budget provision. Other ac...
Mr Adonis Igwe, Chairman of the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) in Enugu, has tasked political parties in the country to plan early for the 2015 general elections. Adonis said in Enugu on Tuesday that early preparations would give the o...
Nigerian sprinter and former Olympic Silver medallist, Sunday Bada is dead. Bada, who was the current technical director of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), is reported to have slumped and died at the National Stadium, Lagos Monday evening, D...
An outbreak of diarrhoea has claimed two lives in Bangi headquarters of Mariga Local Government Area of Niger State. The Permanent Secretary in the Health Ministry, Dr Ibrahim Chindo, said in Minna on Tuesday that only two persons died as a result of t...
The Plateau Chamber of Commerce, Industry Mines and Agriculture (PLACCIMA) has announced the cancellation of the annual Jos Trade Fair due to the security challenges in the state. "The security situation does not seem to be improving much, and we ...