Gwale Local Government Area in Kano State has distributed 2,000 goats to indigent people, as part of its efforts to alleviate poverty in the area. The council Chairman, Abbas Sani, disclosed this at Gwale on Friday during a community session … read more
Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has said the Nigerian Federal Government deliberately misinformed the government and people of Ghana through Nigerian Commission in Ghana about the Niger Delta struggle. The group alleged that the Nigerian High … read more
Nigeria has asked the United Kingdom to extradite the former chief of one of the banks rescued in a $4 billion bailout last year so he can face graft charges at home, the anti-corruption police said on Friday. Erastus Akingbola, … read more
The Federal Government, in an effort to underscore its commitment in reduction of maternal and child mortality rate in the country yesterday flagged off phase 1 field ambulances distribution to 16 states. Three of each out of the 48 ambulances … read more
The rising wave of communal clashes, including the recent Jos crises in Plateau State, has significantly increased the population of Nigerians living as refugees in the country to 1.6 million. This latest number obtained in Abuja at the National Commission … read more
The European Commission is seeking to dismantle the drug cartels that use West Africa as a courier channel to funnel illicit drugs to Europe. According to Mitchell Ofoyeju, spokesman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), a team of … read more
Unknown gunmen on Friday afternoon, 9 July 10, in Uvwie council area of Delta State abducted Mr. Rilwanu Momodu, the Senior Community Engagement Officer of Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL, to an unknown destination. He was alleged to have been kidnapped … read more
Former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, is not leaving anything to chance in his aspiration to be President in 2011, as he deploys strategists into conducting surveys to test his popularity. The former Nigerian leader has also been moving from … read more
The Lagos State government has paid N1.7 billion compensation to those whose houses and landed properties were demolished along the Lagos-Badagry Expressway currently undergoing reconstruction. Land Bureau Permanent Secretary, Mr. Gbanga Ashafa, disclosed this at a briefing at the state … read more
The Minister of National Planning, Dr Shamsudden Usman, said in Abuja, on Thursday, that four development partners had donated 80 million dollars in support of the country’s democratic governance and development. Usman, who is also the deputy chairman of the … read more