Month: June 2013

 West African states Tuesday opened its seventh regional consultation on disaster management in Abuja, with a resolve to work towards developing regional framework on disaster emergency management. The aim of ...

In an unprecedented move, the United States monday posted up to $23 million in rewards to help track down five leaders of militant groups accused of spreading terror in West...

In its latest offensive against Boko Haram, the federal government has decided to officially declare the Islamic sect a "terrorist organisation", a designation it has shied away from labelling the...

The federal government has challenged opposition political parties and other critics of the government to a national debate over President Goodluck Jonathan's mid-term report. Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku,...

The federal government may re-introduce toll gates on federal highways by the third quarter of this year, Minister of Works, Mike Onolememen, has said. Speaking monday  at the 2013 ministerial...

A fresh outbreak of violence in Plateau State has claimed the lives of no fewer than six persons in Gwande village in Bokkos Local Government Area. THISDAY gathered monday that...

As Nigeria looks ahead to the 2015 elections, leading political parties have been urged to encourage more women to run for elective positions by removing barriers impeding their effective participation...

The Inspector General of Police, Mr Mohammed Abubakar,  monday assured the public  that the police would soon make public  the report of investigation into the killing of 49 policemen in...

The federal government monday  signed a Memorandum of Understanding ( MoU) with the United States' General Electric Company (Transportation) to assemble 200 locomotives in Nigeria. Minister of Transport, Senator Idris...