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Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) has commenced on a social marketing communication campaign in partnership with the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to increase …

The Birnin Gwari Emirate in Kaduna state yesterday said 215 people were killed in one year by armed bandits in the area. It also said cattle rustlers operating in the …

Over 5, 000 youths yesterday barricaded the Kaduna-Lagos expressway in protest against government and security agencies’ laxities in containing the killing of motorists plying the route by armed robbers. The …

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the road map unveiled by the opposition party last week was “a roadmap to perdition.” The party, in a statement by its National …

Managing director of Platinum Mortgage Bank, Sir Engr. Emmanuel Mbaka, has been named by IMPACT Nigeria as the ‘Outstanding Professional Personality for Service and Delivery’. The organisers said the award …

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said that decentralisation of the country’s education remained an antidote to its declining fortunes. He made the call yesterday, while delivering a keynote address …

A Benin City High Court yesterday remanded the immediate past Secretary to Edo state government, Dr. Simon Imuekemhe, and three others in prison over alleged diversion of N113 million State …

The Save Adamawa State Movement (SASM) has described as criminal the alleged plan by the Governor Murtala Nyako-led administration in Adamawa state to obtain a N40 billion loan in form …

A middle aged man, Shomo Owoeye, and his wife were arrested yesterday by officers of the Ekiti state Police Command over the gruesome murder of one and a half years …

Against the backdrop of the shortfall in federal revenue allocation to states, Bayelsa state Governor Henry Seriake Dickson has called on the people of the state to brace up to …

The lack of proper understanding by most Nigerians on the potentials of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) on food yield and safetyhas continued to bedevil the passage of the Biosafety Bill …

House of Representatives Committee on FCT has said it would probe the circumstances responsible for the abandonment of capital projects worth over N470 billion. The capital projects range from roads, …

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) has cautioned pilots to take necessary measures to avert plane crash due to some cases of bad weather expected to be experienced this year. The …

The All Nigerian Conference of Principals (ANCOPS) has ended its executive meeting in Katsina state with a call on the government to focus more on the welfare of teachers, instead …

In this report, AMAKA IFEAKANDU looks at the difficulties of obtaining a driver’s licence in Lagos The process of obtaining a driver’s licence in Lagos has become discouraging and frightening. …

Newly appointed Minister of Youth Development, Boni Haruna, has charged directors and other members of staff of the ministry to double their efforts on the job, stressing that they must …

A Fulani socio-cultural association, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, has critised the oncoming National Conference, saying that it was going to be a failure if the Fulani ethnics are not recognised. …

Pipeline vandals and oil bunkerers are defying every effort put in place by the government to stop their trade. They are usually ahead of policymakers. In this interview with BODE …

JIBRIN BABA NDACE writes on the horrendous state of Bida-Mokwa road, and how it is affecting the socio-economic and political activities of the area Travelling, whatever may be the motive, …

President Goodluck Jonathan has said that his administration would partner with the Church and other stakeholders to improve the standards of education in the country. Speaking at the Catholic Bishops …

Accord Party (AP) has opposed the inclusion of former Governor Rashidi Ladoja of Oyo state as delegate representing the party at the National Conference. It said that the development was …

A non-governmental organisation (NGO) based in Zamfara, Sagir Hamidu Foundation (SHF), has sponsored 100 youths from the 14 local government areas of the state to undergo training at Sani Abacha …

Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU) at the weekend petitioned President Goodluck Jonathan over delegates selected from traditional rulers and other categories of the North-west geo-political zone. The petition, dated March …

President of the General Conference of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Pastor Ted Wilson, has commended the federal government for allowing religious liberty and freedom of conscience to thrive in the …

Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) at the weekend raised an alarm over alleged plans by the federal government to deregulate the downstream sector of the economy. NLC President, Abdulwaheed Omar, who …