NIGERIA: Suntai is Doing Fine – Suswam
Benue State Governor, Mr. Gabriel Suswam, Tuesday said his Taraba State counterpart, Mr. Danbaba Suntai, who had been receiving medical attention abroad following the injuries he sustained in a plane...
NIGERIA: FG Needs N6.3tn to Fix Roads – Onolememen
The Minister of Works, Mike Onolememen, Tuesday stated that the country needed N6.3 trillion to fix roads in order to adequately support economic growth at the current rate and meet...
NIGERIA: Amaechi Urges IG to Redeploy Rivers Police Boss
Following the recent upsurge in insecurity and other criminal activities, including kidnapping in the state, Rivers State Governor , Mr. Chibuike Amaechi, Tuesday called on the Inspector-General of Police (IG),...
NIGERIA: Capital Punishment, Don’t Be Gagged, Anglican Primate Tells FG
The Primate, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh, Tuesday, decried the condemnations that trailed the execution of four condemned prisoners in Benin City by the Edo State...
NIGERIA: Again, Sahara Reporters Faults FG’s Transformation Agenda
There seems to be no end in sight in the debate over the state of the economy between the federal government and an online medium, Sahara Reporters, as the latter...
NIGERIA: FAAN, Akande Fight over Land at Lagos Airport
Not even the recent court judgment could tame the fierce battle between the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and AIC Limited, owned by Chief Harry Akande, over a piece...
NIGERIA: No PHCN Worker Will be Sacked Assures businessmen of safety of investments – Minister
The Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo,Tuesday said the federal government would not lay off workers of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) but severe them from public service...
Boko Haram: HRW Warns against Amnesty for Killers
Global watchdog, Human Rights Watch (HRW), has cautioned the federal government’s Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of Security Challenges in the North against granting amnesty to members of the...
NIGERIA: Shell Decries Rising Oil Spills in Rivers
Barely one week after Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) joint venture shut the Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP), one of the two major pipelines in the Eastern Niger...
NIGERIA: Middle Belt Endorses Jonathan for 2015
The Middle Belt Forum (MBF) Tuesday joined elders from the South-south and South-east in endorsing President Goodluck Jonathan for a second tenure in office. Second Republic Governor of Plateau State,...