Patience Jonathan’s mother dies in auto crash
THERE was anxiety in Port Harcourt on Monday as news of the death of Mrs. Iwari-Oba, the mother of the wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, spread in the Rivers State capital.
View ArticleNigerian legislators are highest paid in the world —The Economist
A report by The Economist magazine has revealed that Nigerian federal legislators with a basic salary of $189,500 per annum (N30.6m) are the highest paid lawmakers in the world.
View ArticleRivers Assembly crisis: Majority leader responds to Police invitation
The Majority Leader of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Chidi Lloyd, on Tuesday showed up at the Force Headquarters in Abuja, exactly seven days after he was invited by the police over the...
View ArticleAmaechi heads to court to stop alleged impeachment plot
GOVERNOR Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State has asked a Rivers State High Court, sitting in Port Harcourt, to restrain the Chief Judge of the state from constituting any panel to investigate any notice of...
View ArticleAirlines, passengers groan as fuel scarcity grounds flight operations
THOUSANDS of air travellers were, yesterday, stranded in Lagos and other airports across the country, following scarcity of Jet A1 commonly known as aviation fuel, crippling flight operations in most...
View ArticleChime expresses shock at tragic death of First Lady’s mother
Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State has expressed shock and sadness at the death of Mrs Charity Iwari-Oba, mother of the First Lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan, in a ghastly motor accident along the Port...
View ArticleMinna PHCN to disconnect houses under high tension wire
Management of Power Holding Company (PHCN) in Niger has warned residents and property owners under high tension wires in the district to relocate from such area or face service disconnection. Mr Paul...
View ArticleBash Ali walks out on Sports Minister
A meeting between Sports Minister Bolaji Abdullahi and cruiserweight boxer Bash Ali ended abruptly on Tuesday in Abuja with both sides giving contrasting views of what had happened. The meeting was...
View ArticleASUU Strike: CNPP urges FG to implement 2009 agreement
The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to implement the 2009 agreement with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to end the protracted...
View Article‘Ghana commits 31% of budget to education as against Nigeria’s 8%
The Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities has recommended necessary policy interventions to address the challenges of universities and other higher institutions in the country. Prof....
View ArticleChime’s wife donates N17million lift to old peoples home
The wife of the Enugu State Governor, Her Excellency, Mrs. Clara Chime has commissioned an elevator she installed at the cost of about seventeen million naira at the old people’s Home Awkunanaw Enugu...
View ArticleMuhammed Pate, Minister of State resigns
The Minister of State, Health, Dr. Muhammed Pate,voluntarily resigned from the cabinet of President Goodluck Jonathan with effect from Wednesday, President Jonathan who has since accepted the...
View ArticlePresident Jonathan extols Bayero’s uncommon Leadership qualities as Emir...
President Goodluck Jonathan has conveyed warm felicitations to the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero on the occasion of the monarch’s 83rdbirthday anniversary. In a congratulatory letter to the Emir,...
View ArticleSuswam briefs Jonathan on Nasarawa, Benue agreement to punish troublemakers
The Benue State Governor, Gabriel Suswam has assured that the crisis along the Benue-Nasarrawa border associated with fulani herdsmen will soon be a thing of the past. The Governor who was in the State...
View ArticleJonathan pegs augmentation at 15% of original contracts cost
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday handed down a directive to all members of Federal Executive Council to henceforth not bring any augmentation to council that is beyond 15 per cent of the original...
View ArticlePPPRA disputes Reuters’ claims on import allocations … Says story is...
Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, PPPRA, has declared reports published by Reuters regarding the third quarter allocations for fuel import as “misleading and grossly wrong.” The PPPRA...
View ArticleGlo launches N500m “Recharge to Stardom” promo – Offers N25m grand prize
As part of programmes lined up to mark its 10thanniversary on August 29, national telecoms operator, Globacom has launched a new N500 million promo aimed at rewarding its subscribers for their support...
View ArticleNigeria gets $400,000 loan from World Bank for water, sanitation
The World Bank has approved $400,000 million for Federal Government to develop water and sanitation programme.
View ArticleEmir to Plateau residents: Please show respect for human lives
The Emir of Wase, Alhaji Mohammed Sambo, has appealed to his subjects to regard human life as sacred and not to ever kill anyone for any reason.
View ArticleSouth-West states get new power stations
The Federal Government on Wednesday restated its determination to improve electricity generation and supply in the country just as new 1/15MVA 33/11KV sub-stations located at Owode Estate, Apata;...
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