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The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has again reiterated his desire for a military led patrol of the Nigeria maritime domain to curb the rising incidences of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. The DG maintained that the rising issues of …

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has called for the support of the private sector for the ongoing efforts to re-position the creative industries so they can contribute more to national development. “We are calling on the private sector to partner with us to sponsor, in a …

As the current administration winds down in Edo state, the people are beside themselves, singing “thank you” to the governor, Comrade Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole, for a job well done. For obvious reasons, the only exception are members of the opposition who seem to see nothing good in all the amazing …

Federal Government is considering the establishment of a commercial unit, Division or Department in addition to the Public Private Partnership (PPP) Unit as one of the common services in Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of the Federal Government ina bid to introduce enterprise culture and commercial orientation in the Federal …

Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, has explained that its decision to invite a physically-challenged Nigerian for further discussion with the Minister, Sen. Chris Ngige, was in furtherance of the passionate and compassionate commitment of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to not only take along every segment of the Nigerian …

President of the Spanish football league, La Liga, Javier Tebas, has said his board’s delegation to Nigeria not only came to teach, but also share experience with stakeholders of the Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL). Tebas who expressed delight at the prospects of sharing experiences with the NPFL, further noted …

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has condoled with the management and staff of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the death of the agency’s former Managing Director, Dr. Nwabu Mgbemena. In a statement issued in Lagos on Tuesday, the Minister paid tribute to Dr. Mgbemena, …

Irked by the growing wave of communal conflicts and other clashes in some parts of the country, the Federal Government has ordered all security agencies in the country to crush and deter all crises that have the potential to breach the peace and national stability. While it restated that its …

Concerned by the untold suffering as well as hazards emanating from the activities of black marketers, especially those who sell petroleum products inside plastic containers/jerry-cans, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Solomon E. Arase, has directed all Zonal Assistant Inspectors-General of Police and FCT/State Commands’ Commissioners of Police to arrest anybody …

Federal Government has disclosed plans to terminate appointments of teachers who are without basic teaching qualifications in all segments of the educational system, from primary through to the tertiary levels. Minister of State for Education, Prof. Anthony Anwukah at a parley with journalists on his 65th birthday decried the deterioration …

All Progressives Congress (APC) senator representing Kaduna Central, Senator Shehu Sani, has declared his opposition to decisions by the Federal Government to explore nuclear energy as a option in addressing the problems in the electricity sector. Sani who was speaking while flagging off his electricity project, tagged: ‘Let there be …

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has approached its joint venture partners and proposed to pay disputed arrears of between $8 billion and $10 billion, saying that oil production shortfalls “could cripple” the industry if left unaddressed. A letter from the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, to …

Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC), which is the operator of the SPDC joint venture, divested interest in three onshore leases and a major pipeline in 2015. The company, which made this disclosure in its 2015 Sustainability Report released recently, said that the company’s performance metrics for Nigeria …

Lagos State government has disclosed that it would save 2,200 houses from demolition, while no fewer than 800 structures may have to give way for the construction of the proposed 4th Mainland Bridge which its Memorandum of Understanding would be signed with investors next month. Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, …

Following the news of the death of six medical professional in a fatal motor accident along Kaduna road, Sunday, medical workers in the Ekiti State health sector as well as other government-owned hospitals in the state staged a lockdown on the health facilities. Major health institutions in Ekiti State, including …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that the Peoples democratic Party (PDP) will take over the reins of governance in 2019 because, according to him, ‘Nigerians have discovered that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is a political party founded in deceit.’ Speaking in Dutse, Jigawa State, Monday, during …

The Lagos State Government on Monday announced plans to upgrade the network of roads in Ikeja to improve and boost the economic stature of the seat of Government to world class standard and to reduce traffic gridlock around the corridor to the barest minimum. This is just as it revealed …

Nigeria alone accounts for over 40 percent of the estimated total malaria deaths globally, a situation that is not only alarming, but must be tackled for any meaningful development to occur, Sokoto state Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has said. Speaking in Sokoto Monday during events marking this year’s World Malaria …

Former National Security Adviser (NSA) Col. Mohammed Sambo Dasuki rtd has approached the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, praying it to set aside the judgment of an Abuja High Court which declined to void his arrest and detention by the Federal Government since December last year in spite of existing …

Former Head of State and Chairman Nigeria Prays, General Yakubu Gowon (rtd) says Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu state is truly God-sent for the people of the state in view of his general disposition to people-oriented governance exemplified in the numerous achievements he has recorded within a short time in …

The Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Nigeria Police Command has arrested a man, who claimed to be a driver of commercial bus in Lagos, popularly known as Danfo driver, Ademola Ibrahim for illegally removing the rails both under and above the Eko Bridge. Ibrahim was said to have conspired …

The Independent Corrupt Practices Commission(ICPC) last week published the names of 23 states and their disbursement pattern of the bailout fund and singled Abia State and two other states out as good models in the disbursement and management of the fund. Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Godwin Adindu, …

The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has mourned the death, in an auto crash, of six medical doctors from Ekiti State and their driver, describing the development as devastating and deeply saddening. The doctors died in an accident along the Abuja-Kaduna road on Sunday, on their way …