Two prominent Ijaw leaders took turns to tell northern politicians that there was no vacancy in Aso Rock as the race for 2015 Presidential elections is gathering momentum. A former Minister of Information, Chief Edwin Clark, and a former governor of Bayelsa state, Chief D.S.P. Alamieyeseigha, spoke yesterday at a forum organised by the Conference [...]
Secures more towns, villages Relaxes curfews in Maiduguri The Special Forces in the ongoing military action in the North-east said they have arrested about 120 Boko Haram members in Maiduguri, Borno state. A statement signed by the Director of Defence Information (DDI), Brigadier Chris Olukolade, indicated that the insurgents were arrested as they [...]
A 32-year-old civil servant, Ismaila Ahmed, has been arraigned before a Lokoja Chief Magistrate Court I for allegedly killing his younger brother, Iliyasu Ahmed, with charmed ring. The accused person, Ahmed of Inoziomi quarters in Adavi Local Government of Kogi, was charged with criminal conspiracy and culpable homicide not punishable with death contrary to sections [...]
In its bid to rid Kano of social vices and other immoral activities, the state government has announced a total ban on street begging throughout the state. Commander General of Kano Hisbah Board, Sheikh Aminu Ibraheem Daurawa, who made the announcement on behalf of Kano state Government, said the ban became necessary as over time [...]
A gang of armed robbers specialised in robbing residential homes in Maitama yesterday met their waterloo after a successful operation in a residential quartes, in Maitama district of Abuja. The robbers, who entered unnoticed, successfully disposed residents of No. 12 Anambra River Crescent off Nile Street, Maitama, of their property, including a laptop, IPad, mobile [...]
Senator Domingo Obende (ACN Edo North) has lamented the poor leadership foisted on Nigerians by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) saying that the party lacked the vision to drive the country to its desired destination. Obende, who was reacting to insinuations that the All Progressive Party (APC) might be reduced to rubbles over reaching a [...]
Board of the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) has announced the approval of an investment allocation formula to three Funds that make up the Sovereign Wealth Fund, namely the Future Generation Fund, the Nigeria Infrastructure Fund and the Stabilization Fund According to the chief executive officer of NSIA, Mr Uche Orji, the new guideline includes [...]
Federal government, through the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), has saved N572 billion in public procurement services since inception of the BPP about six years ago. Director General of BPP, Engineer Emeka Ezeh disclosed this yesterday in Abuja at the opening of the International Law Institute (ILI), Washington and BPP workshop for procurement officers. According [...]
Minister of Petroleum resources, Diezani Allison-Madueke has disclosed that Nigeria had obtained the commitment of the United Kingdom, (UK) and the United States of American,(US) in the fight against crude oil theft Nigeria Delivering a lecture entitled “The Future of African Energy in a Changing World” at St. Anthony’s College, Oxford University, England, she disclosed [...]
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