Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has assured workers in the state that despite the present economic challenges in the country he would continue to pay their salaries to ensure service delivery among the work force. Governor Ugwuanyi in a brief remark on the occasion of a prayer session to …

Former Vice President and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Atiku Abubakar has described the late Olubadan of Ibadan, as a towering character whose footprints in Nigeria’s politics and traditional rulership will remain indelible. The Turaki Adamawa while mourning the passage of monarch recalled that the late Olubadan’s wisdom …

From: RUTH DAVID, Bauchi Nigerians have been called upon by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Bauchi state command to support the government in this critical period by cooperating with the security agencies in maintaining law and order. The call was made by the state NSCDC commandant, Mr. …

Concerned by the growing unemployment rate in the country, the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment is desirous to collaborate with Zinox Group, an indigenous Information and Communication Technology (ICT) giant, to create job opportunities for unemployed Nigerian youths. This was made known in Abuja when the Zinox Group Management …

The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai has directed all officers of the Nigerian Army who have not declared their assets to do so immediately. He gave the directive Wednesday during a conference with Principal Staff Officers and Directors serving at the Army Headquarters. A statement by …

The Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on the Army, Hon. Funke Adedoyin, has described the Jebba-Mokwa Road as a national disaster and needs urgent reconstruction. Adedoyin said this in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, on Wednesday when she led a delegation of the Committee on the Army …

More than 100 children with cleft lips and palates are undergoing surgery in Kwara state at a health program organized by the Kwara state government in partnership with Rotary International, Mike Omotosho Foundation and Alliance for Smiles, even as more than 120,000 rural dwellers have so far enrolled in the …

The Government of Osun has described the allegation by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state that it has inflated the airport project in Ido Osun by N11 Billion as another confirmation of the fact that the PDP suffers from hallucination that is causing it wild imagination and delusions. …

The furore which greeted the surprise appearance in an Abuja High Court, Tuesday, of the National Publicity Secretary of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in handcuffs to post his bail has continued to rise with the allegation, Wednesday, that the Presidency was involved in the impasse. Metuh was also …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Tuesday, arraigned one Muhammed Ishaq, a former Zonal Land Manager, Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), before Justice Bello Kawu of the FCT High Court, sitting in Kubwa, Abuja on an 11-count charge bordering on criminal conspiracy, forgery, obtaining money by false pretence and …

AGENE GODWIN, Benin Property valued at about N40million such as luxury cars, houses and personal effects were destroyed on Monday, when thugs wielding axes and shot guns allegedly invaded the Ogheghe-Osewende community in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Council of Edo state. Although no life was lost, community dwellers said many of …

The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Boboye Oyeyemi has unveils the agenda for the corp’s 2016 operational activities, saying 2015 was quite eventful and the Corps was determined to sustain the tempo of its activities in the new year. He made this known today while speaking …

Sokoto State Government will continue to collaborate with other stakeholders and development partners to expand access to immunisation and ensure rapid reduction in cases of child and maternal mortality in the state. Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal made the pledge Wednesday in Kaduna at the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding …

The Central Bank of Nigeria, on Tuesday, imposed stamp duty of N50 on bank customers for money received into their accounts. Consequently, bank customers will henceforth pay N50 stamp duty for money received into their accounts via electronic transfer, cash and cheques. This order was contained in a circular to …

AGENE GODWIN, Benin The Department of Primary Health Care of the Ministry of Health has urged the Nigeria media to educate and enlighten citizens on the need for children between 9 month to 5 years to be vaccinated. The charge was made yesterday at a media sensitisation meeting held in …

The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, has welcome​d​ with joy and enthusiasm the admission of Lagos State as the sixth member of the Odu’a Group, describing it as a major landmark in the effort of the South-Western States of Nigeria towards regional integration. In a statement issued on Wednesday …

Nigeria’s U-17 girls, nicknamed Flamingoes, have arrived in Namibia ahead of Friday’s 2016 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup qualifier against that country’s Baby Gladiators. Coach Bala Nikyu, his assistants, 18 players and backroom staff, alongside a couple of administrative officials, flew aboard a South African Airways airplane from Lagos to …

Wife of the Senate President and President of a leading maternal health Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) – Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA), Mrs. Toyin Saraki, on Tuesday shared her personal still-birth experience with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), in a move to create awareness of the direct and indirect costs of still-births …

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC on Wednesday announced the operational shutdown of the Port Harcourt and Kaduna Refineries owing to crude supply challenges arising from recent attacks on vital crude oil pipelines. A statement by Ohi Alegbe, Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the Corporation informed that …

Dennis Udoma, Uyo Akwa Ibom State government has begun an awareness campaign targetted at her citizenry as part of efforts to guard against the outbreak of lassa fever epidemic which has been rocking some states of the federation in the past few months. The State’s Epidemiologist, Dr. Aniekeme Uwah made …

Senate President and Chairman of the National Assembly, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has assured legislative aides and members of the 7th National Assembly that the payment of their severance allowance will soon commence. Saraki, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu said all efforts …

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has identified corruption as the biggest threat to the survival of democracy in Nigeria, hence the need to fight the vice to a standstill. The Minister made the remarks in Abuja on Tuesday when he received the Save Democracy Group Africa …

BILKIS BAKARE Although Lagos state is the smallest state in Nigeria, with an area of 356,861 hectares of which 75,755 hectares are wetlands, yet it has the largest conurbation in the country. According to the World Economic Forum (WEF), Lagos is the fastest growing city in the world, with a …