FG sets up 9 cottage industries in Oyo •Akinjide gives each N.5m
The Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Chief Jumoke Akinjide, has lifted nine cooperative groups of farmers in Oyo State with N4.5 million commitment funds for the establishment...
View ArticleWhy we defy Jonathan’s campaign directive – Clark
First Republic Minister of Information, Chief Edwin Clark, on Monday said he and some groups decided to start campaigning for President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election in 2015 despite his directive to...
View ArticleAirtel Introduces Single Recharge Card for Voice and Data
Leading telecommunications operator, Airtel Nigeria, has introduced a dual-purpose single recharge card for both voice and data services on the network that will allow customers to recharge for both...
View Article“Jonah Jang Is An Impostor” – Kwankwaso
Kano State Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso has vowed in very clear terms that the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) leadership will not succumb to the pressure from President Goodluck Jonathan and the PDP to...
View ArticleLEDAP faults Jonathan on signing of death warrants
A group, Legal Defence and Assistance Project, has faulted President Goodluck Jonathan’s call on governors to sign convicts’ death warrants. The LEDAP’s National Coordinator, Chino Obiagwu, in a...
View ArticleWar on terrorism: Jonathan calls for more international co-operation
Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja on Tuesday called for greater global co-operation and co-ordination in the war against terrorism. Jonathan made the call while receiving the new ambassadors...
View ArticleShagari, Obasanjo were entitled to two terms, Jonathan deserves it too – Clark
Ahead of the 2015 presidential election, Political Elders from the South-South and Middle Belt regions, under the auspices of Congress for Equality and Change, Monday called on President Goodluck...
View ArticleImmigration officer arrested for burning 12 year-old girl with electric iron
An official of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Kwara State Command, Mr Yemi Afolayan has been arrested for allegedly inflicting body injuries, with hot electric iron on a 12 year-old girl, Favour...
View ArticleNWC members beg Jonathan for appointments
Out-of-favour members of the National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party on Tuesday night begged President Goodluck Jonathan to reward them with political appointments. The eight...
View ArticleNine PDP govs voted for Amaechi – Lamido
Jigawa Sate Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, on Tuesday said nine Peoples Democratic Party governors voted for the incumbent chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, at the June 4...
View ArticleJonathan, Buhari, others grace Tinubu mother’s Fidau
President Goodluck Jonathan, represented by Minister of Trade and Investment, Olusegun Aganga, and former Head of State, Maj.-Gen. Muhammed Buhari (retd.), were among eminent Nigerians that graced the...
View ArticleFayemi seeks 10-yr-ban for election riggers
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has called for a 10-year-ban or more on public office holders found by the courts to have rigged themselves into power, noting that until same was done, cheats...
View ArticleTraffic law difficult to enforce —LASTMA
Lagos State Traffic Management Authority has said it is very difficult to enforce the state’s traffic law because most of motorists are heady. The Director, Legal Services, Mrs. Margeret Adewale, said...
View ArticleOil workers protest failed Eleme-Onne link road
By JIMITOTA ONOYUME PORT HARCOURT—Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG and Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN have handed both the federal...
View ArticleOnly Woods, Tyres Demarcate Nigeria’s Border – Minister Abba Moro
The federal government yesterday attributed its inability to curb illegal migration into the country on the porousness of the borders, which he said are barricaded only with woods and tyres. The...
View ArticleGovernors: Tukur must go
Governors are insisting that Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman Bamanga Tukur must go. Alhaji Tukur’s election has been upheld by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), but some...
View ArticleBoko Haram renewed killings: JTF bans use of Thuraya phones in Borno
Following the renewed killings by members of the Boko Haram insurgents in Borno and Yobe states, the Joint Task Force on Operation Restore Order in Borno state has declared an immediate ban on the use...
View ArticleUpdate: How ex-Lagos deputy governor duped man of N130mn, police say; declare...
Sinatu Ojikutu, former deputy governor of Lagos State, admitted to have defrauded a land buyer off N130 million. A former deputy governor of Lagos State, Sinatu Ojikutu, and her son, Samson, allegedly...
View ArticlePDP in dilemma over govs who ‘betrayed’ Jang
The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party is in a dilemma on what to do to governors who refused to vote for Governor Jonah Jang during the Nigeria Governors’ Forum election. Investigations by our...
View ArticlePresident Jonathan approves appointment of new director of Petroleum resources
President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointment of Mr. George Abiodun Osahon as the new Director of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR). Mr. Osahon who has over 30 years experience in...
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