‎Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Ali Ahmad, has assured the readiness of the state House of Assembly to support Governor Ahmed Abdulfatah’s plans to improve the economy through culture and tourism. Ahmad who disclosed this in Ilorin, the state capital, Sunday, during an advocacy visit to his office by …

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has said President Muhammadu Buhari must be held accountable for the violence and loss of lives in the highly violent elections. A statement on Sunday by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and , Lere Olayinka, Fayose said President Buhari was culpable in the …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, and his immediate predecessor and Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, Sunday morning, squared up against each other at the Mile 1, Diobu Police Station, in Port Harcourt, over the whereabouts of a collation officer who was allegedly abducted by the minister, Saturday. The collation officer, …

The forthcoming clash between Nigeria and Egypt gets into another gear of high expectation as two key players on both sides continue to excel in the same club. This is also as manager Arsene Wenger has continued to shower praises on Alex Iwobi and Mohamed Elneny. Following his superb performances …

Nigeria is on top of its security problems and Boko Haram has been hobbled and decimated ahead of elections in the oil-rich River State region, according to Information and Culture minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said in an interview with Al Jazeera, Saturday. Mohammed further said the army had significantly reduced …

Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), and its sister organization, the Trade Union Congress (TUC), weekend, said their members have been pushed to the wall by the policies and actions of Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, just as they warned that ‘enough is enough.’ The two labour bodies also directed Kaduna …

Ondo state Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko has cautioned against any law that will impede on the gains currently being recorded with the judicious use of the Social media. Speaking at a stakeholders’ forum on Information Communication Technology (ICT) in Akure at the weekend, Mimiko posited that the positive economic impact …

Barely two weeks after a five-storey building collapsed at the Lekki Gardens estate, in Lagos, which reportedly killed at least 34 persons, with several others injured, parts of a one-storey building, Saturday, collapsed in the Mile 12erea of the state, killing a 47-year-old woman. The building, whose balcony had already …

Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Rivers, Mr Aneidi Ikoiwak, has announced the cancellation of legislative rerun elections in four Local Government Areas of Rivers due to irregularities. Ikoiwak told newsmen in Port Harcourt, Saturday, that the affected local governments were Gokana, Khana, Andoni, Eleme, Bonny, Etche, Asari Toru and Abua/Odual …

Police Command in Rivers has confirmed that one person died while 12 others were arrested during Saturday’s legislative rerun elections in the state. The Public Relations Officer of the command, DSP Ahmad Muhammad, said in Port Harcourt, Saturday, that it received report about the death of one person in Eleme, …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that INEC was not prepared for the re-run elections in the State, noting that the challenges that greeted the elections would have been avoided if the commission had prepared for the re-run elections. He regretted that some areas in the state do …

Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has said that the Army will adjust deployment of troops as part of measures to end the killings in Agatu communities in Benue. Buratai, who said this during his visit to a military tactical operational base, near Otukpo in Benue, expressed confidence …

BILKIS BAKARE Armed with a Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) prescription paper, 56 year old Kehinde Olatubosun, a drug addict and an indigene of Oyo State, recently confessed to making about N300, 000 monthly from unsuspecting Lagos residents through begging. Begging is an age long activity prominent in urban …

Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has made an appeal to the Federal Government not to endorse the ECOWAS- EU Economic Partnership Trade Agreement in its present form as both parties are not at par developmentally, and also argues that succumbing to EU’S pressure for its endorsement would amount to economic …

Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, has inaugurated an 11-member Special Task Force on Identification and Recovery of Government Property. The panel is to recover government property illegally acquired by private individuals, communities and corporate organizations within and outside the state. The task force has two weeks to submit its interim …

Former Vice President and chieftain of All Progressives Congress, APC, Atiku Abubakar, receives a delegation of members of the House of Representatives from the North East geo-political zone led by Hon Mohammed Tahir Monguno who came to brief him on building a coalition for the proposed North East Development Commission …

The Federal Ministry of Finance on Friday confirmed the indefinite suspension of the Executive Secretary/Director General of The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD), Mrs. Nellie Mayshak and three other senior staff of the directorate. Mayshak was placed on suspension by the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun and a director …

Nigeria and the Doha-based international broadcaster Al Jazeera are to collaborate in the area of capacity building for journalists in the government-owned media organizations, especially the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA). This followed a request made by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, to Al Jazeera to collaborate …

In order to improve accountability, the Federal Ministry of Finance has disclosed that it has taken steps to strengthen and increase the capacity of the Post-Mortem sub-Committee of the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC). This was sequel to the approval at the last FAAC meeting that three independent and experienced …

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“The most critical challenge for Nigeria today is the curtailment of food importation to conserve foreign exchange and wheat is a strategic crop owing to the huge economic value for the country”, President Muhammadu Buhari has stated. The President further lamented that currently, the country spends about $4. 6 billion …

English football side, Arsenal Ladies have completed the signing of Nigeria international markswoman, Asisat Oshoala. The 21 year-old striker spent the 2015 season with Liverpool where she became the first player from Africa to feature in the Women’s Super League. She scored three goals in 12 league appearances for the …