Nigeria has placed an advertisement on the Eastern Rail lines, a component of the $12 billion Port Harcourt to Maiduguri railway. Transport minister Rotimi Amaechi said that work is in progress as “everything is being done systematically; we cannot do all the projects at the same time’’. “Currently, we are following due process for the

Mr Donald Duke, Presidential candidate of Social Democratic Party (SDP), has promised that the retirement age for civil servants would be extended to 70 years if elected president in 2019. Duke, represented by Mr Precious Elekima, the Governorship candidate of the party in Rivers, made the promise on Monday in Port Harcourt, at the flag-off

Former President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Nasir Isa; President of ASUU, Biodun Ogunyemi and the Vice President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, at a news conference The meeting between the Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Monday in Abuja has ended without any agreement. Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, ASUU

Just four months after Apple Inc breached the $1 trillion mark, the iPhone maker has all but lost its lead as Wall Street’s most valuable company and is on the verge of being replaced by Microsoft Corp. Buoyed by a broad rebound in U.S. stocks on Monday, Microsoft jumped 3.11 percent to $106.28, pushing its

, Musiliu Smith   President Muhammadu Buhari has approved an enhanced salary structure for the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and given assurance that his administration will continue paying attention to the welfare and operational needs of the force. Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in a statement on Monday, said

Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Chapter, on Monday appealed to the Federal Government to address the exodus of their colleagues from the country. Dr Michael Olanrewaju, President of the Association made the appeal at a press conference held in Abuja to herald a week-long activities of the 2018 anniversary of the

Femi Adesina, Abuja: President Muhammadu Buhari has stressed that if anyone is displeased with the way and manner anything has been done, and feels deprived of his/her rights, then such a person is at liberty to approach the courts for redress. Reacting to the position of the All Progressives Congress (APC) which recently forbade members

  Gov. Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi has approved the purchase of official vehicles for district and village heads in the 21 Local Government Areas (LGA) of the state. The state Chairman of All Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON), Alhaji Shehu Marshal, disclosed this while briefing newsmen after a closed door meeting between the governor and

The Kebbi State Government has started the cultivation 47,000 hectares of cassava as raw material for the production of ethanol bio-fuel production in the state, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. NAN reports that the Kebbi State government and Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) had on Nov. 23, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)

  Activities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) ended the week on Friday on a negative note with the crucial indices dropping by 0.96 per cent following profit taking. Specifically,  the market capitalisation shed N111 billion or 0.96 per cent to close at N11.565 trillion  against N11.676 trillion on Thursday. Also, the All-Share Index which

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions, Sen. Rafiu Adebayo, has expressed the committees commitment to accelerate the amendment of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) Act, 2006. Alhaji Umaru Ibrahim, NDIC’s Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, said this in a statement signed by the Head, Communication and Public Affairs of the

Nuclear technology experts on Friday urged African countries to accelerate development of Nuclear Power Plants(NPP) and other technologies to  reduce  energy deficit  and speed up  development of  the continent. The experts made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigerian (NAN) in Tomsk, Russia. They said it was cheery, African countries were

Today, Nigeria will be celebrating The Life and Times of Evan Enwerem in a book written by Jimmy Imo, title MATURE – The Remarkable Life of MATURE(Evan Enwerem). History is one of the most important subjects you get to study at school, and no better place can it be learnt except through books are written about

The 2018 Ministry of Interior Games (MIGA) on Sunday, kicked off in Kaduna with a complimentary Polo Tournament organised for the Minister of Interior, Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (Rtd). The tournament is titled “Polo Peace Tournament”. A statement by the Public Relations Officer, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS),  Mr Sunday James in Abuja says the tournament was organised by NIS

Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos: Both Air Force and Lagos Police Command debunk story of terrorist attack By Doris Esa & Moses Omorogieva The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) and Lagos Police Command on Sunday debunked rumours that the Murtala Mohammed Airport (MMIA) in Ikeja, Lagos was under a terrorist attack. The two security agencies made separate

Women in Politics Forum (WPF), has called for restructuring of Political Parties and the electoral cycle, to give a voice to women in politics. Ebere Ifendu, President, WPF, told our correspondent in Abuja that women were perceived in various Nigerian societies, as second class citizens and mere objects of developmental and governance process. According to her,

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday presided over a meeting of security chiefs at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, as part of the ongoing efforts to engage military and intelligence community towards addressing Boko Haram insurgency. Confirming this development in a tweet in Abuja on Sunday, the President’s aide on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, said all the

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), on Saturday, reiterated its commitment to safety of passengers on Nigerian roads across the country before, during and after the Christmas period. Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, FRSC Corps Marshal, said this in Yenagoa during the inauguration of its Operation Zero 2018 Christmas/New Year Safety campaign tagged, “Safe driving, Safe arrival”.

The Nigerian Army on Saturday warns against circulation of fake video footage released by Boko Haram insurgents’ purported attack on a military base at Metele, Borno. The army in a Facebook post expressed concern over indiscriminate circulation of series of fake video footage on social media platforms, an action which creates fear and unrest in

The Wife of Kebbi State Governor, Hajiya Aisha Bagudu, has advised parents to enjoin their children to desist from violence ahead of the 2019 general election. MRS Bagudu made this call on Sunday in Birnin Kebbi during a lecture organised by MALLPAI Foundation on ”continues peaceful coexistence in Kebbi State during the campaign and after