Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle of Zamfara State has suspended with immediate effect the Emir of Maru, Alhaji Abubakar Chika Ibrahim, and the District Head of Kanoma, Alhaji Ahmad Lawal. A statement by the Director General, Government House Press Affairs, Alhaji ...

The Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Initiative (SEEDi) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to speed up the constitution of his next Federal Executive Council (FEC). According to the non-profit organisation, the nation’s economy faces a myriad of challenges impacting ...

Everyday, over one million new cases of curable Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) are recorded among 15 to 49 years population, a World Health Organisation (WHO) research reveals. The figure amounts to over 376 million new cases annually of four infections, ...

Former Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, has accused the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole of allegedly balkanising the party through its last primaries to scuttle the ambitions of stalwarts like him. Addressing reporters in ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has revoked four oil mining and one prospecting licences. The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), which communicated the decision in a statement, said the revocation came on the backdrop of alleged non-compliance with statutory regulatory obligations. The ...

Railway workers under the aegis of Nigeria Union of Railway Workers (NUR) have tasked the Federal Government to review the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) under the supervision of the Ministry of Transportation. NUR wants government to legislate the corporation through ...

AN Associate Professor of Environmental Management, Dr. Tony Okoye, has identified industrial wastes and emissions from vehicles as major causes of environmental pollution in Nigeria. Okoye, who is a lecturer in the Department of Environmental Management, Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU), ...

Experts in the construction industry have proffered solutions to delay in projects delivery in the country. Highlighting the solutions at a forum in Lagos, first Vice President of the Nigerian Institute of Building (NIB), Kunle Awobodu, blamed the situation on ...

Following the degrading situation in some areas of Owerri, Imo State Governor Emeka Ihedioha has directed the suspension of all dredging activities within the metropolis. The governor has also ordered immediate re-opening of Douglas Road, which was closed by immediate ...

The Edo State All Progressives Congress (APC) has distanced itself from the Edo APC stakeholders, which called for resignation of its National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole. State Publicity Secretary of APC, Chris Azebamwen, who disclosed this in a statement, said the ...