Nigeria drops in UN e-governance rating index
A United Nations e-Government Survey for 2012, says Nigeria has dropped in e-government global development index. According to the report, Nigeria dropped from 0.2687 in 2010 to 0.2676 in 2012, which...
View ArticleCourt orders Rivers House Leader, Lloyd, to remain in custody
A Rivers State High Court, sitting in Port Harcourt, yesterday ordered that the Rivers State House of Assembly, Mr. Chidi Lloyd, should be remanded in prison custody.
View ArticleConsultations: We’ve no hidden agenda – 5 Northern governors insist
The five governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who have been consulting on the state of the party and the nation, yesterday, dismissed speculations that they were after President Goodluck...
View ArticleIPMAN flaws claims of kerosene scarcity in the market ….. Lauds PPMC over...
The national body of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has expressed concern and displeasures over raised of false alarm of kerosene scarcity by some mischievous...
View ArticleEd-il-Fitri: Chime preaches peace, national unity
Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu state has urged Nigerians to use the occasion of the Ed-il-Fitri celebrations to rededicate themselves to values and virtues that would promote peace and unity among...
View ArticleHolidaying ministers force President to postpone FEC meeting
The Federal Executive Council meeting did not hold today as usual. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, said it was suspended because some Muslim cabinet...
View ArticleCrude oil theft: Shell recants, says it lost $250m not $700m
Shell Nigeria, Wednesday, denied claims that its parent company, Royal Dutch Shell, lost $700 million (N112 billion) in second quarter 2013, due to crude theft and other sundry issues in Nigeria,...
View ArticleWAEC releases May/June 2013 examination results
The WAEC on Wednesday released the full results of 1,543,683 candidates who sat for its May/June 2013 Secondary School Certificate Examination. The number represents 91.38 per cent of 1,689,188...
View ArticleRCCG ordains 2,000 assistant pastors
ON the second day of its 61st annual convention at the Redemption Camp on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, responded to challenges of rapid expansion by the...
View ArticlePolice Sergeant dismissed for demanding N25,000 from motorist in Lagos
The orderly room trial on a Police Sergeant, Chris Omeleze, attached to the Lagos State Motor Traffic Division,MTD caught on video demanding for bribe from a motorists Tuesday, was concluded...
View ArticleFCT, States’ external debts grows to $2.6b
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and the 36 states of the federation are indebted to foreign creditors to the tune of $2.641 billion as at June 30, 2013.
View ArticleAnglican Primate warns against handing over Boko Haram members to ICC
Primate of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh, Wednesday advised the Federal Government to reject any move by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to take over the...
View ArticleRivers Assembly leader regains freedom on N40m bail
The Majority Leader of Rivers State House of Assembly, Chidi Lloyd, who is facing a six-count charge of conspiracy and attempted murder before a Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, was...
View ArticleLagos deports children, destitute to Osun
The Osun State Government, yesterday, said it received 46 additional destitute including two children evacuated from Lagos State.
View ArticleThere was no request by Jonathan to break fast with me- IBB
Ex-President Ibrahim Babangida yesterday said there was no time President Goodluck Jonathan requested for a breakfast session with him in Minna as part of the concluding Ramadan festival.
View ArticleWar against terror: JTF arrests lawyer, doctor in Borno, Yobe
Operatives of the Joint Task Force are detaining two professionals, a medical doctor and a lawyer, allegedly for their roles in the prevailing violence in the area.
View ArticleRTEAN advocates for Transport Bank
The Road Transport Employers’ Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) yesterday called on the Federal Government to establish Transport Bank that could give transporters free interest loans or friendly interest...
View ArticleProtest erupts in Kuje Prisons over alleged VIP treatment of Lebanese terror...
A protest broke out at the Kuje Prisons near Abuja on Thursday over alleged preferential treatment of three Lebanese inmates by officials of the facility.
View ArticleNDLEA arrests bricklayer with 2.07kg of cocaine
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday arrested a 46-year-old bricklayer from Anambra, who attempted to smuggle 2.07kg of cocaine into the country. A statement by the Spokesman of...
View ArticleFlood kills nine-year-old girl, destroys 14 houses in Bauchi
Flooding recorded in the first week of August, has claimed one life and damaged no fewer than 14 houses in Bauchi metropolis, an official has said. Malam Inuwa Bello, the Head of Emergency Operations,...
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