Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade has disclosed that the building of a second power plant project embarked upon by his administration will be commissioned next year. He explained that the 26 megawatts gas-fired power plant project at Tinapa Leisure ...

Funding hitches may have caused a delay in the rehabilitation of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, which was shut down by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on August 24 this year. Minister for Aviation, Hardi Siriki who ...

Yuguda, Abubakar indicted as govt invites EFCC, ICPC to probe N321b allocations The 21-man panel of inquiry set up by Bauchi State Governor Bala Muhammed to investigate the two previous administrations of former governors Isa Yuguda and Mohammad Abubakar has ...

The Senate has alerted the nation to escalating insecurity on the Bonny-Port-Harcourt waterways where activities of sea pirates had led to the abductions, killings and raping of Nigerian women and girls using water transportation. It charged security agencies to step ...

National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole has declared that the party’s candidate, David Lyon, will emerge victorious in the November 16 Bayelsa State gubernatorial election. Speaking during the Bayelsa APC stakeholders and aggrieved governorship aspirants meeting ...

The United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has declared more communities in Boki Council Area of Cross River State Open Defecation Free (ODF). Secretary to the State Government, Tina Agbor, who was represented by the Director of Administration, Governor’s Office, Bassey Esege, ...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has underscored the need for a vibrant commodities ecosystem to aid diversification from oil to non-oil sectors and boost the nation’s revenues and foreign exchange (Forex) earnings. Speaking at a Roundtable on Nigerian Commodities Trading Ecosystem ...

AN estimated 38,250 jobs in the agriculture sector are to be created through the $129.17 million Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises Programme in the Niger Delta (LIFE-ND) initiated by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in partnership with the International Fund ...

Gunmen have abducted six students and two teachers from a private secondary school in Kaduna. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the state command, DSP Yakubu Sabo, who confirmed the incident, said the force was on the trail of ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has clarified that the deductions on some banks’ Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) were not a fine but a punitive measure for their failure to abide by the regulator’s directive on the new lending regime ...