Month: December 2013

Nigeria has reduced its food imports by 40 per cent and increased its local production of rice, cassava, sorghum, cotton and cocoa from 25 to 56 per cent in the...

There were reports of intensive fighting Sunday between the Nigerian security forces and suspected members of Boko Haram Islamic insurgents at Alafa Village, a strategic town close to Bama, Borno...

As a way of addressing the challenges and tardiness of the Nigeria’s educational system, former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar, Sunday renewed his call for an education summit in the country with...

Minister of State for Finance, Alhaji Yerima Ngama, said yesterday that the federal government had okayed a five-year special intervention package to quicken the socio-economic development of states in the...

Determined to ensure that no internal rancour splits its ranks, the reconciliation committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) headed by the former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji...

One month after the demise of Deji of Akure, late Oba Adebiyi Adesida, his first daughter, Princess Adetutu Adesida-Dike, has been installed as the Regent of the town till the...

The Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee (LPPC) has released new guidelines for the conferment of the rank of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) on deserving lawyers.   A copy of the...

President Goodluck Jonathan Sunday called on Nigerians to ensure that they collectively work hard and break ethnic and religious barriers for a better tomorrow.   The president, speaking at a...

Ebonyi State Governor,  Chief Martin Elechi, has denied the statement credited to him where he allegedly dismissed the forthcoming national conference, describing it as “a big joke, waste of time,...

The Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Chairman, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Hon. Kingsley Kuku, has advised the beneficiaries of the amnesty programme to continue to ensure...