Performance contract agreement not punitive – Obada
Minister of State for Defence Mrs. Olusola Obada, has said the Peformance Contract Agreement introduced by President Goodluck Jonathan is not punitive. According to her, the agreement is to ensure the...
View Article‘No vacancies in para-military agencies’
Ministry of Interior has said there is no vacancies in the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Federal Fire Service, Nigeria Immigration Service, and the Nigeria Prisons Service. It said neither...
View ArticleI’ll testify in Ibori’s $15m bribe suit– Clark
Prominent Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, on Thursday, said he would appear before any court to testify in the alleged $15m bribe offered the former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes...
View ArticleAkpabio seeks nominee as Assembly accepts Ekere’s resignation
Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly has accepted the letter of resignation from the Deputy Governor, Mr. Nsima Ekere, just as Governor Godswill Akpabio, seeks a nominee to fill the vacant post. Speaker...
View ArticleAmosun canvasses people’s participation in budget
Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, has described the participation of the electorate in decision-making process as a basic ingredient of democracy. He noted that the symbiotic relationship between...
View ArticlePresidential aide preaches ethics for devt
Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Ethics and Values, Dr. Sarah Jubril, has urged governors, lawmakers and non-governmental organisations to endeavour to comply with the nation’s...
View ArticleBoko Haram wants talks …picks Buhari as mediator, Saudi Arabia venue …demands...
THE violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, on Thursday indicated its readiness to end its campaign of violence but on the conditions that ex-Borno State Governor Modu Sheriff was arrested and peace...
View ArticleOil feud: Jonathan, Amaechi, Kalabari elders to meet
President Goodluck Jonathan, may have invited Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, over the lingering oil wells feud between Rivers and Bayelsa states. Jonathan’s intervention in the dispute is...
View ArticleDrama as Oronsaye, Oti reject Ribadu probe report
There was a mild drama on Friday as two members of the petroleum sector probe panel headed by former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, raised objections to...
View ArticleTrailer kills Ondo LG boss, injures three others
A trailer on Thursday night crushed the Caretaker Chairman of Akoko. South-West Local Government, Ope Adefarati, and injured three others in Iwaro-Oka area of the state. In the incident, which occured...
View ArticleRibadu report: Oronsaye foul cry, an embarrassment —Groups
Opposition parties and civil society groups have described the uproar over the report by the Nuhu Ribadu-led Petroleum Revenue Special Task force as an “international embarrassment.” They said it was...
View ArticleRelease our members now, MASSOB tells police
The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra on Saturday asked the police to immediately and unconditionally release three of their principal officers being detained at the...
View ArticleFayose escapes as hoodlums attack driver in Ekiti
Former Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State on Saturday escaped an attack by hoodlums who trailed his vehicle to Ilupeju-Ekiti in Oye Local Government Area of the state. The driver of the former...
View ArticleRight teaching of Christianity
The Primate, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), the Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh, has admonished Christians to live right. Okoh said, “Christians should stand up for right teaching of the word, because...
View ArticleRemi Lagos dies of cancer
Popular Nigerian designer, Remi Osholake, of Remi Lagos is dead. Reports claimed that Osholake died from Uterine Cancer (Endometrial Cancer) in the United Kingdom on Saturday. She was reportedly...
View ArticleCommodities Exchange to become world class
President Goodluck Jonathan has said works to transform the Abuja Securities and Commodities Exchange into a world class exchange have reached advanced stage. He made the statement in Lagos on Saturday...
View ArticleCommission urges equal opportunities for Nigerians
The Federal Character Commission has said its principle guiding recruitment into the country’s public service supports equal opportunity and healthy competition. This was contained in a statement...
View ArticleMDGs: Minister seeks private sector cooperation
Minister of Health, Prof. Oyebuchi Chukwu, has said there is a need for the private sector contribution to the realisation of the Millennium Development Goal by 2015. He said this on Saturday in Abuja...
View ArticleSodje celebrates son’s birth with FA Cup goal
Nigerian defender, Efe Sodje, celebrated the birth of his son on Friday with a stunning goal for Bury in Saturday’s 1-0 defeat of Exeter in the English FA Cup. Sodje had told our correspondent on...
View ArticleAWC: Falcons, Ivory Coast clash
Champions Super Falcons of Nigeria will play Ivory Coast on Sunday at the Estadio de Malabo in a final Group B game at the ongoing African Women Championship in Equatorial Guinea. Both teams arrived in...
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