Synagogue: Lagos begins probe Oct. 13
The Lagos State Government has said the coroner it inaugurated to probe the circumstances surrounding the collapse of a six-storey building belonging to the Synagogue Church of All of Nations will...
View ArticlePope backs reform as Church begins review on family, marriage
Pope Francis on Sunday issued a strong signal of support for reform of the Catholic Church’s approach to marriage, cohabitation and divorce as bishops began a landmark review of teaching on the family....
View ArticleCommunity cries out to Chime over marginalisation
The people of Ohodo community in Enugu State has cried out to the Governor of Enugu State, Sullivan Chime for his prompt intervention over what they termed “deliberate political marginalisation” of the...
View ArticleAnambra mulls Town-hall meeting on Agriculture
Anambra State plans a high-level Townhall Meeting on agriculture to be hosted by the state government in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture. The planned meeting was one of the...
View ArticleAbia 2015: Abaribe insists on zoning
One of the contestants for the 2015 Abia governorship race, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe (Abia South), has insisted that the zoning arrangement put in place by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in the...
View ArticleCPs to issue tinted glass permit
The acting Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba, has decentralised the issuance of tinted glass permit to vehicles. The state commissioners of police have been mandated to issue the permit to...
View ArticleLawyers drag Fayose/PDP to Human Rights Commission •PDP writes CJN, alleges...
Lawyers to the litigants in the suit challenging the eligibility of the Ekiti State governor-elect, Ayo Fayose, have petitioned the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) over allegations of threats...
View ArticleFG to privatise airports, others soon —BPE
The Nigerian Federal Government has concluded plans to put up all the rehabilitated airports for privatisation. This hint was dropped by the Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE),...
View ArticleLessons of Eid-el-Kabir can build better society, says Gov. Gaidam
Governor Ibrahim Gaidam has called on Muslims in Yobe State and other parts of the country to imbibe the “reinvigorating and reassuring” lessons of the Eid-El-Kabır festival. In a statement made...
View ArticleSultan, Wamakko advocate creation of State Police
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Saad Abubakar III and Gov. Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto have advocated the creation of State Police in the country to tackel insurgency . The two leaders spoke in Sokoto on...
View ArticleJonathan in Lagos, meets privately with PDP aspirants
In a bid to wrest Lagos State from the control of the All Progressives Congress, President Goodluck Jonathan, on Sunday, held a close-door meeting with aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party. It was...
View Article185 churches razed in Borno, Adamawa captured towns
The Director of Catholic Social Communication of Maiduguri Diocese, Rev. Gideon Obasogie has said that two months after the capture of 11 towns in Borno and Adamawa states by Boko Haram, residents...
View ArticleNurse infected with Ebola in Spain
A Spanish nurse who treated an Ebola victim in Madrid has contracted the virus herself in the first case of contagion outside Africa, health officials say. The nurse tested positive for Ebola in two...
View ArticleAtiku urges FG to make Presidency less attractive to politicians
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on Monday appealed to the Federal Government to take necessary steps to make governance at the centre less attractive to politicians. Atiku stated this in Ado-Ekiti...
View ArticleU.S. exploiting W’Africa Ebola outbreak to establish military foothold
Under the guise of a humanitarian mission aimed at containing the spread of the Ebola virus, the Obama administration is exploiting the outbreak to establish a solid military footing on the African...
View ArticleEbola outbreak: Nurse infected in Spain
Spanish Health Minister Ana Mato has confirmed that a nurse who treated two victims of Ebola in Madrid has tested positive for the disease. The nurse is said to be the first person in the current...
View ArticleWaldorf Astoria sold to Chinese company for $1.95 billion
Conrad N. Hilton acquired the iconic luxury hotel 65 years ago and on Monday Hilton Worldwide (HLT) announced its sale to Anbang Insurance Group. Hilton will continue to operate the Waldorf for the...
View ArticleJonathan to join other leaders for LCBC summit in Niamey
President Goodluck Jonathan will Tuesday leave Abuja for Niamey, the Nigerien capital, to participate in an Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Lake Chad Basin Commission...
View ArticleBasin Authority to cultivate 10,000 hectares of rice, sugar cane in Kwara, Kogi
The Lower Niger River Basin Development Authority (LNRBDA) is to irrigate 10,000 hectares in Kwara and Kogi for the cultivation of rice and sugar cane. Mr Niyi Afolayan, LNRBDA Managing Director,...
View Article400 farmers benefit from growth enhancement support scheme in Bauchi
No fewer than 400 fish farmers have benefited from the Aquaculture Value Chain initiative of the Federal Government’s Growth Enhancement Support scheme (GES) in Bauchi. Alhaji Mohammed Yusuf, the...
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