Abuja as a growing city is faced with a lot of challenges, many of them bothering on infrastructure. CATHERINE AGBO reports that shopping malls and public buildings in the city have little or no provision for parking of cars in their facilities. "...
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) administration has been working tirelessly to ensure that all the squatter settlements that might portray the Capital city in bad light are completely demolished. One of such settlements is Pyakassa village which see...
Traffic congestion is a massive problem in Lagos State. This challenge, coupled with specific problems such as infrastructural weakness, demographic shift and enforcement of traffic laws, have made traffic management in the state a nightmare. In this r...
Plans by Federal Government to push a security related bill that would empower it to eavesdrop on telephone conversations of the general public is generating some controversy. SHUAIB SHUAIB examines the issues, citing related examples from India,...
The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ama Pepple, has urged private investors to ensure that good, affordable and high quality houses are provided for Nigerians.She disclosed this yesterday in Abuja at the “Ground Breaking event” o...
Ekiti State indigenes have been urged to go into rice farming in order to create jobs for the teeming unemployed youths in the state and equally boost food production in the country. The minister of trade and investments, Dr. Segun ...
Governor Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, has ordered the authorities of Nasarawa State Polytechnis to work out modalities of slashing the school fees. The public relation officer of the institution, Alhaji Muktar Wakeel, who spoke to the press shor...
A mob on Friday attacked the Nasarawa State Police command headquarters in Lafia with stones and bottles in protest against the alleged disruption of the Muslim Friday (Juma’at) prayers. An eyewitness said some mobile policemen who we...
Ambassador Vicki Huddleston, the U.S. deputy assistant secretary of defence for Africa, says that her country and Nigeria will strengthen ties in defence.Huddleston gave the assurance on Friday in Abuja when she paid a courtesy call on the minister of ...
The Cross River State Broadcasting Corporation (CRBC) has commenced test transmission from the Obudu Mountain Resort as part of the realisation of its universal coverage programme. According to the Cross River State governor, Liyel Imoke when fully ope...
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has stopped the payment of registration fee by communities wishing to participate in the proposed community-based football tournament in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Okorocha’s ord...
The National Leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Sen. Bola Tinubu, has criticised the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for wanting to benefit from the 37 Local Council Development Areas(LCDAs) it opposed their creation. Tinubu spoke whi...
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has commended the Federal Government for including health as an area to be tackled by the Economic Management Team.Speaking with newsmen in Abuja the President of the NMA, Dr Omede Idris, said the action of the Fe...
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti state says the cheap labour available in the state has made it an investor’s ideal destination.The governor said this on Friday in Ado-Ekiti at the opening of a two-day economic ...
The Lagos State Government on Friday said it would soon commence random checks to determine the alcohol level in commercial bus drivers. Governor Babatunde Fashola made the disclosure at the launch of the Lagos Motor Park Health and Safety Initiative a...