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Orunmila Youngsters International of Nigeria yesterday accused federal government of allegedly planning to relegate traditional religion with the proposed National Conference. The group in a communiqué jointly signed by its …
…Traditionalists protest non inclusion as delegates Read MoreNewly-appointed managing director and chief executive of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, (NAMA) Mr. Ibrahim Abdulsalam has formally taken over from his predecessor, Mr. Nnamdi Udoh. At a ceremony held …
New MD resumes at NAMA Read MoreDr Kunle Olajide from Ekiti State has been named to replace Chief Afe Babalola on the request of the elder statesmen as delegate to the National Conference. This is contained …
FG announces adjustment on confab delegates’ list Read MoreManagement of the Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA) yesterday urged the House of Representatives to assist it in sourcing for alternative funding in addition to what was allocated to it …
2014 budget: FERMA asks for more funding Read MoreMadam Felicia Fatima Nnokwogi Gana, the mother of former presidential political adviser, Professor Jerry Gana, died yesterday at the age of 95 years Madan Gana, also the mother of a …
Jerry Gana’s mother, Felicia, dies at 95 Read MoreThe Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) yesterday condemned attacks on the convoy of Governor Gabriel Suswam and called for the setting up of commission of inquiry into frequent Fulani-Tiv ethnic clashes …
ACF condemns attack on Suswam Read MoreFederal High Court in Lagos yesterday ruled that the National Agency For the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons and Other Related Matters (NAPTIP) can prosecute a 50-year-old man, Yesiri Onajobi, …
NAPTIP can prosecute man who impregnated daughter – Court Read MoreThe total of 604 cattle were lost to rustlers within two days in and around Rangil and Gero villages of Jos south local government area and Foron in Barkin Ladi …
Herdsmen lose 604 cattle to rustlers in Plateau Read MoreState of Emergency or SOE is not a new environment to me. I was part of the emergency administration which former President Obasanjo rammed down the throats of Plateau people …
SOE and Tambuwal’s damning verdict Read MoreFederal government yesterday said it was stopped from carrying out death sentence on condemned prisoners by the ECOWAS Court, even as it assured that it won’t back down on same …
ECOWAS court stops Nigeria on death sentence Read MoreAbout 80 irrigation pumping machines, two reapers and two threshers were distributed to farmers, at subsidised prices by the federal government. Flagging off the sales of the items, Director Agriculture …
FG distributes farms implements at 75 % subsidy Read MoreA group under the aegis of Odo-ozo Peoples Assembly in Enugu state has denied any involvement in politics, but said it is a socio-cultural organisation meant to protect the interest …
Enugu group denies involvement in politics Read MoreHouse of Representatives is to investigate complaint of alleged misappropriation of funds meant for the money meant for the Joint Task Force (JTF) fighting the insurgents in Borno, Yobe and …
…House to probe alleged misappropriation of JTF funds Read MoreAs preparations for 2015 general elections gather momentum, the PDP Core Supporters Network (PCSN) has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to declare his intention to run. The group, which had …
2015: PDP group urges Jonathan to declare intention Read MoreNgas ethnic nationality in Plateau state has registered its protest with the Governor of Plateau state, Jonah David Jang, over what it said was an exclusion from the state delegates …
Confab: Ngas ethnic nationality protest exclusion Read MoreHouse Representatives Com-mittee on Public Accounts has berated the office of the Head of Service of the Federation (OHSF) for failing to account for over N35 billion from the Service …
Head of Service fails to account for another N35bn Read MoreBy Hamidu Sabo Katsina Pensioners in Katsina state have cried on the delay for payment of monthly pension by the state government. Some of the pensioners said they were yet …
Katsina pensioners bemoan payment delay Read More—Jonathan begs Gusau There were conflicting signals over the reported resignation from office of the newly appointed Minister of Defence, Lt. Gen. Aliyu Mohammed Gusau (rtd.), barely a week after …
Defence minister’s resignation: Read MoreChairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, has said that the commission would require the whopping sum of N102 billion to conduct a credible election in 2015. …
2015: INEC needs N102bn for fraud-free elections — Jega Read MoreAdamawa state command of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has said that the closure of the North-east borders by military authorities was still in force, stressing that it had so …
Over 300 illegal immigrants arrested in Adamawa Read MoreA Minna-based electronics trader, Nwakwa Martins, has shot himself dead at his residence near a popular hotel in Tunga area of the city, leaving behind a pregnant wife. Martins, it …
Trader shoots self to death in Minna Read MoreThe federal government is currently considering four bills to provide platforms for investments in airports and road infrastructure by private sector operators, the Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, said …
FG to privatise roads, airports, Maku says Read MoreSenate President, David Mark, has again bemoaned the unabating activities of terrorists ravaging parts of the country and pleaded with citizens to rise up against the orchestrated plot to destabilise …
Mark to Nigerians: Resist terrorists’ plot to destabilise Nigeria Read MoreA university teacher with the Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER), Dr Adebayo AjaIa, has advised federal government to equip the nation’s security agencies with adequate and modern …
‘Insecurity: Security agencies need modern equipment’ Read MoreDr. Jennifer Anyanti is the Chief Strategy and Technical Officer, Society for Family Health (SFH) Nigeria. In this interview with ENE OSANG she laments the non availability of primary healthcare …
There’s increased number of girls in sciences – Anyanti Read More