Flood: Farmers abandon community in Edo
Farmers in Udaba community, near Fugar in Etsako Central Local Government Area of Edo, have abandoned their farms in search of safer lands for fear of floods. Farmers in the area were among the...
View ArticleMark mourns Sen.Ewherido
The Senate President, Sen. David Mark, on Sunday expressed sorrow over the death of Sen. Pius Ewherido (DPP-Delta). Ewherido, 51, who represented Delta Central Senatorial district, died on Sunday at...
View ArticlePresident Jonathan condoles the family of late Senator Ewherido
President Goodluck Jonathan has received with shock and sadness, news of the passing away of Senator Akpor Pius Ewherido today at the National Hospital in Abuja. On behalf of himself and all members of...
View ArticleForeign investors shun Diamond Bank’s $550m bonds
Diamond Bank’s quest of raising fresh funds amounting to $550million from international market may have hit the rocks as foreign investors have shown no interest in buying into it. The debt was part of...
View ArticleObi decries accumulation of unneeded wealth, to retire from politics 2014
“I wonder why one person should own a house in Ikoyi, Asokoro, Dubai and he is not using them for anything, people accumulate what they don’t need, it is madness, the level of greed in Nigeria is...
View ArticleC’River, PenCom to build 2,000 houses for workers
The Cross River State Government has disclosed plans to partner the National Pension Commission for the provision of additional 2,000 housing units for civil servants in the state.
View ArticleNUPENG begins strike over alleged anti-labour policies
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), at the weekend announced plans to begin a three-day warning strike today over alleged unfair labour practices by oil multinationals such...
View ArticleWike, Opara betrayed me – Amaechi
Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has described the Minister of State for Education, Mr. Nyesom Wike, as “too small and insignificant to discuss.”
View ArticleAtiku blames leaders on state of PDP in Southwest
Former Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has accused national and zonal leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Southwest of betrayal over the fate of the party in the zone.
View ArticleGunmen free 175 prisoners in Akure jailbreak
There was pandemonium in the early hours of Sunday when gunmen, numbering about 30, invaded the Olokuta Medium Security Prisons in Akure, Ondo State capital, and set about 175 inmates free.
View ArticleNCS refutes cancer claims by Globalscan boss
THE Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has described as untrue the statement by Globalscan boss, Mr Udechukwu that Nigeria risked the outbreak of cancer in the country’s ports and borders if scanners...
View ArticleOndo Jail break: Poilce recapture 54 inmates
POLICE authorities in Ondo state Monday said that 54 of the 175 prisoners that escaped in a jail break on Sunday have been re arrested and returned to the prison custody. This is coming as it described...
View ArticlePresident Jonathan warns MDAS over recurrence of devastating floods
President Goodluck Jonathan Monday in Abuja ordered heads of all federal government ministries, departments and agencies whose functions are relevant to flood prevention and control to ensure that...
View ArticleWe have done well in capacity building, education – Dikko
For his commitment in taking the Nigeria Customs Service to the next level, the Comptroller General, Alhaji Dikko Inde Abdullahi, CFR, was recently given an award by the Bulgaria Alumni Association. He...
View ArticleElectricity: TCN restores power supply to Kebbi, Sokoto, Niger Republic
The Transmission Company of Nigeria on Monday said it had restored power supply to Kebbi and Sokoto states as well as Niamey in Niger Republic on a temporary basis.
View ArticleThisday editor, 42 others shortlisted for SAN
The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee has short-listed 43 lawyers for interview, preparatory to their elevation to Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN).
View ArticleWorld Bank approves $300m for Nigeria to boost food production
The Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank has approved two International Development Association credits for Nigeria totaling $300m to boost agriculture, food security and nutrition of the...
View ArticleNUPENG strike: Fuel scarcity hits Abuja, Minna residents
However, the Secretary-General, Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria, Mr. Obafemi Olawore, said the strike might lead to slight scarcity in Lagos if people embarked on panic buying of petrol from...
View ArticleCash-less policy begins in Abuja, five other states
The cash-less policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria, which aims at reducing the dominance of cash in the economy, commenced on Monday in Abuja and five other states: Rivers, Kano, Anambra, Ogun and Abia,
View ArticleASUU embarks on indefinite strike
The National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Dr. Isa Fagge, said in Lagos on Monday that lecturers in public universities have begun an indefinite strike over Federal...
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