Akwa Ibom spends N2.2bn on MDG projects
The Akwa Ibom State Government on Thursday said it spent N2.2bn to execute Millennium Development Goals projects in the state. The Special Assistant to Gov. Godswill Akpabio on MDGs, Mr Steve Akpan,...
View ArticleWe need FG’s support to build bridges, roads, Obiano says
The new Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Willie Obiano, on Thursday called on the Federal Government to support his administration to construct roads and bridges in the state. Obiano made the request at...
View ArticleBorno donates N500,000 each to families of slain policemen
The Borno State Emergency Relief Committee on Thursday presented N500,000 each to the families of five policemen killed in Tuesday’s suspected Boko Haram attack in Dalori, near Maiduguri. The Chairman...
View ArticleRivers crisis: Court acquits Chidi Lloyd of attempted murder
Mr. Chidi Lloyd, Majority Leader of the Rivers House of Assembly, was on Thursday discharged and acquitted by a High Court in Port Harcourt over a charge of attempted murder. Justice Ledan Nyordee, who...
View ArticleCBN: Sanusi declines FRC invitation
Suspended Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has declined the invitation to appear before the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRC) sitting in Lagos. In a...
View ArticleCourt bans tolls collection on Lekki-Ikoyi Bridge
A Federal High Court, Lagos has barred the Lagos State Government from further collecting of tolls from users of the Lekki-Ikoyi Suspension Bridge. Justice Saliu Saidu, in a judgment on Thursday...
View ArticleLagos to conduct competency test for teachers
The Lagos State Government on Wednesday said it would carry out an assessment of teachers in public primary and secondary schools to ascertain their skills and competence. The state’s Commissioner for...
View ArticleOutdated learning system: Educationist backs Ezekwesili
The President of Chrisgate Computer College, Lagos, Mr. Christopher Alabi, has supported the claim by a former Education Minister, Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili, that the nation’s education system is outdated....
View ArticleSierra Leone seeks Nigeria’s assistance to develop educational sector
The Sierra Leonean High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Henry Macaulay, on Thursday called on Nigerians to assist in developing the education sector in his country. Macaulay, represented by Mr. James...
View ArticleUBE: FG distributes 3m books to pupils
The Federal Government has distributed three million copies of MDGs branded free exercise books to indigent pupils across the country. The initiative, the Federal Government says, is to meet the...
View ArticleAdamawa farmers get CBN N886m loan
Central Bank of Nigeria has guaranteed more than N886m worth of loans for farmers in Adamawa, Alhaji Abba Baba, an assistant director with the bank, said. Baba told the News Agency of Nigeria in Yola...
View ArticleKukah calls for more scientific approach to fight against terrorism
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Rev. Mattew Hassam Kukah has called for a more intelligent and scientific approach towards the fight against Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria. Kukah made...
View ArticleCrude Swap: TALEVERAS debunks media report, warns against sensationalism,...
The management of TALEVERAS, one of the leading Nigerian oil merchants, has reacted ...
View ArticleFRCN’s probe is vicious witch-hunt—Sanusi
The suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Lamido Sanusi, says he is the target of a vicious witch-hunt and relentless victimization being prosecuted and fronted by the...
View ArticleAlleged N416m fraud: Fayose must face trial before governorship poll, court...
A move by the PDP candidate in the June 21 governorship election in Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, to have his trial for fraud shelved till after the poll, has hit the rocks. The Federal High Court...
View ArticleChime raises alarm over dearth of Judges
Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State has raised the alarm over the paucity of judges in the state, saying that the National Judicial Commission (NJC) must intervene to forestall a crisis situation in...
View ArticlePolicemen abduct The Sun editor
Policemen said to be from the Abia State Command on Friday stormed the Surulere, Lagos residence of Mr. Ebere Wabara, The Sun Associate Editor and Special Assistant, Media to Dr. Uzor Orji Kalu, and...
View ArticleNo Ebola Virus outbreak in Nigeria, Says Health Minister
The federal government yesterday dispelled fear about the Ebola virus, saying there is no outbreak of the infection in Nigeria. The virus is known to cause Ebola virus disease (EVD) in humans, with a...
View ArticleNational Confab: CAN faults Sultan’s assertion on delegates slant
The Christian Association of Nigeria has disagreed with the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, on the allegation that Muslims are marginalised in the composition of delegates at the ongoing...
View ArticleArmed soldiers raid Al-Mustapha’s residence
Armed men, believed to be soldiers, Friday evening, raided one of the residences of Major Hamza Al Mustapha (rtd), former Chief Security Officer to the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, located...
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