FG Distributes 80 Water Pumps, Rice Reapers to Farmers in Sokoto
The Federal Government has distributed 80 pieces of 3HP irrigation pumps, two rice reapers and two rice threshers to paddy rice farmers in Sokoto state. It also supported 103,265 dry season farmers...
View ArticleCommissioners not banned from talking to journalists -Kwara
The Kwara State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Tunji Moronfoye, has said the state governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has not banned commissioners in the state from granting interviews on issues...
View ArticleN20m fraud: Court asks ex-banker to open defence
An Ikeja High Court on Thursday dismissed a no-case submission filed by a former banker, Olutola Ojo, charged with N20m fraud. Ruling on the application filed by Ojo’s counsel, Mr N.O. Olagunju,...
View ArticleCourt restrains Police, DSS from arresting Sanusi, awards him N50m damages
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday issued a restraining order against the Police, Department of State Service or their privies from arresting the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of...
View ArticleCourt restrains Police, DSS from arresting Sanusi, awards him N50m damages
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday issued a restraining order against the Police ...
View ArticleRivers CJ: Agumagu drags NJC to court over suspension
The Chief Judge of Rivers State, Justice P.H.C. Agumagu, has sued the National Judicial Council (NJC) and three others over his suspension and threat to sack him as a judge. In a suit he filed at the...
View ArticleReps seek stiffer penalties for WAEC Exam cheats
A bill seeking to provide stiffer penalties against examination malpractice passed second reading at the House of Representatives on Thursday. It sought to amend the existing West African Examination...
View ArticlePoly, COE students threaten to storm national confab venue
The polytechnics and Colleges of Education students have threatened to take over the venue of the ongoing National Conference if the Federal Government failed to immediately resolve the prolonged...
View ArticleEdo teachers to shun proposed competency test
The chairman Edo State chapter of the Nigerian Union of Teachers, Mr. Mike Uhunmwangho, said on Thursday in Benin that its members would not sit for any competency test conducted by the state...
View ArticleFashola absorbs 1,775 probationary teachers for state schools
The Lagos State Government has reiterated its commitment to teachers’ excellence, just as it inducted 1,775 probationary teachers into the Post Primary Teaching Service. The newly employed teachers are...
View ArticleLagos rules out proficiency assessment for educators
The Lagos State Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Olayinka Oladunjoye, has said the Lagos State Government is not conducting any competency test for teachers in its primary and secondary schools. It was...
View ArticleKalu criticises composition of Confab delegates
A former Abia State governor, Orji Kalu, has criticised the composition of delegates at the ongoing National Conference in Abuja, describing it as a collection of old men who do not have the strength...
View ArticleFire caused by madman burns 30 stalls in Jigawa
Thirty stalls were burnt in Sule-Tankarkar Market in Sule-Tankarkar Local Government Area of Jigawa State on Friday. The Commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Corps in the state, Mr Muhammad Gidado,...
View ArticleZamfara records highest cases of malpractice in 2013 Nov/Dec- NECO
The National Examination Council (NECO) on Friday released the 2013 November/December examination results. The Registrar of NECO, Prof. Promise Okpalla, who announced this in Minna, said that out of...
View ArticleLufthansa to cancel 3,800 flights over pilots’ strike
German airline Lufthansa says it will cancel 3,800 flights this week because of a strike by pilots over pay and working conditions. The airline said 425,000 passengers would be affected by the...
View ArticleAerospace giant Boeing to cut 300 Australia jobs
Aerospace giant Boeing says it will cut 300 jobs in Australia, primarily fixed-term contractors, as its aircraft programmes mature in the country. “This was always our intention when the company’s...
View ArticleNCC blames poor telco services on multiple taxation
The Nigerian Communications Commission has attributed the problem of poor quality of telecommunication services to multiple taxation and regulations by governments at all levels. Speaking at the...
View ArticleGunmen attack mosque in Yobe, kill 20
Suspected Islamic militants opened fire in a mosque in northeastern Nigeria and gunned down at least 20 worshippers. Civil servant Musa Ibrahim said the gunmen struck before dawn Saturday as residents...
View ArticleOmisore wins Osun PDP gov primary
The Former Deputy Governor of Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, has won the Peoples Democratic Party governorship primary election to represent the party as its candidate in the August 9 governorship...
View ArticleJudgment: PDP to decide on defected Reps Wednesday
The Peoples Democratic Party will on Wednesday decide whether or not, it will insist on the removal of its House of Representatives members, who defected to the All Progressives Congress. The PDP...
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