Polio: Anambra to immunise one million children
Anambra government says it has targeted over one million children for oral polio vaccination during the National Immunisation Plus Days scheduled for March 1 to 4. The Commissioner for Health, Dr...
View ArticleEkiti empowers 108 people living with HIV/AIDs
Wife of the Ekiti State Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi, has distributed empowerment materials worth over N5million to 108 People Living with HIV/AIDs in the state. The governor’s wife, who is also the...
View ArticleLagos shuts four firms over N31.7m tax evasion
The Lagos State Inland Revenue Service has closed four companies for failing to remit N31.7 million personal income tax of workers into the state government’s account. Mrs Folasade Coker-Afolayan, the...
View ArticleINEC writes National Assembly, demands new salary structure
The Independent National Electoral Commission has written to the National Assembly, demanding a new and separate salary structure for its staff before the 2015 general elections. The commission however...
View ArticleUNDP to raise $26m to rebuild CAR communities
The UN Development Programme on Thursday launched a two-year $26 million initiative to promote peace-building and social cohesion in the Central African Republic. The UNDP Resident Representative in...
View ArticleMissing $20bn saga: EFCC stalls NNPC probe, awaits forensic audit of accounts
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday said it was waiting for the forensic audit of the NNPC accounts, before it will commence investigation into the alleged unremitted funds....
View ArticlePolice, NDLEA to partner on crime prevention in Ekiti
The Ekiti Police Command said on Friday it would partner with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency to curb crime in the state. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Felix Uyanna, said this when he paid a...
View ArticleCentenary celebration: Video, shows Nigeria as indivisible says Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday at the centenary celebrations in Abuja said the video tribute show captured the strong existence of Nigeria as one strong, united and indivisible nation. The...
View ArticleG-8 clears coast for Uduaghan’s senatorial bid
Things have started working for good for the senatorial ambition of the Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan. Eight Local Government Areas in Uduaghan’ss Delta South Senatorial District,...
View ArticleYobe: Civil servants declare Monday holiday in unity schools
The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria has declared Monday, March 3, a Day of Mourning and work free day in the 104 Federal Unity Colleges throughout the country. The decision was in...
View ArticleExpert warns Nigerians against noise pollution
Dr Olawale Ogundiran, an ear, nose and throat specialist, said on Friday that more Nigerians were being exposed to hearing complications due to noise pollution. Ogundiran, an audiologist at Ladoke...
View ArticleASUP Strike: FG asks Governing Councils to beg lecturers
….says Government to pay CONTISS 15 in two installments in 2014 The Federal Government Friday, urged chairmen of Governing Councils of Federal Polytechnics to prevail on striking Polytechnic staff...
View ArticleSouth West compiles agenda for national confab
Regional autonomy, parliamentary system of government, state police, new constitution, taxation system/fiscal federalism and status of Lagos topped the list of Yoruba Agenda for the forthcoming...
View ArticleAPC ask Jonathan to Shelve Kwara Campaign Rally in Honour of Murdered Yobe...
The Kwara state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has berated President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over Jonathan’s planned campaign visit to Kwara state on...
View ArticleLawmaker calls for indigenous meter manufacturer support
To encourage indigenous meter manufacturer in Nigeria, a member of the house committee of power at the National Assembly, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa has urged the ministry of power and the new management...
View ArticlePolice arrest 7 for alleged murder in Minna
The Police command in Niger said on Saturday that it had arrested seven persons, suspected to have killed one Safiyanu Zakari, a member of a cult gang. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Mr...
View ArticleMany feared dead as explosions rock football viewing centre in
An unexpected twin explosions, Saturday evening, rocked a football viewing centre in Ajilari ward, Jere Council area of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital killing several football fans. The Improvised...
View ArticleNigerians must unite to defeat extremism, terrorism – Sultan
The Sultan of Sokoto, Ahaji Sa’ad Abubukar ,has urged traditional rulers and other Nigerians to unite to collectively fight extremism and terrorism. Abubakar made the appeal on Saturday in Jos, when...
View ArticleEnugu PDP Dismisses Ex-Gov Nnamani’s Return to Party
The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Agbani ward, Nkanu local government area of Enugu state Saturday dismissed reports that former governor of the state, Senator Chimaraoke...
View ArticleKWSG Solicits for Peaceful Conduct as Jonathan Visits
As preparation heightens for President Goodluck Jonathan visit to Kwara State to receive some defectors from other political parties into Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday , Governor, Alhaji...
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