The loans-to-deposit ratio fell by 1.4 percentage points to 86.6 per cent from the level in the preceding quarter, and was 6.6 percentage points above the prescribed minimum target of 80.0 per cent.”

…blames corruption on inflation of contract By Chris Ochayi ABUJA—Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Michael Kaase Aondoakaa yesterday enjoined stakeholders in the public service to uphold the virtues of transparency and honesty in the transaction of government businesses in order to restore the lost values in the country. Chief Aondoakaa who […]

By Taye Obateru Jos — A health centre in Langtang North Local Government Area of Plateau State is almost turning into a snake bite treatment centre, recording over 300 cases of snake bites monthly. According to statistics from Comprehensive Health Centre Zamko owned by the Jos University Teaching Hospital, over half of patients on admission […]

By AbdulSalam Muhammad KANO — The Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs in Nigeria has demanded a brand new constitution that would bequeath to the nation true federalism. The Council’s position came on the heel of proposed amendments exercise by the National Assembly on the 1999 constitution. Secretary-General of the Council, Alhaji Lateef Adegbite, who spoke […]

By Chioma Obinna and Chinyere Amalu ABUJA —Following  the World Health Organization’s advice for countries to be vigilant and strengthen their disease surveillance to ensure prompt detection, Minister of Health, Professor Babatunde Osotimehin has tasked the media to sustain the high level of awareness about the A(H1N1) Influenza among the citizenry of the country. Osotimehin […]

By Tony Edike ENUGU—MINISTER of Information and Communication, Prof Dora Akunyili has called on religious leaders in the country to participate actively in the ongoing campaign by the Federal Government to instill a renewed spirit of patriotism in Nigerians through attitudinal change. Akunyili who made the appeal while delivering a lecture at the 14th Synod […]

By Emmanuel Aziken Abuja—Prominent politicians from Imo State, including Governor Ikedim Ohakim and National Assembly members from the State were yesterday locked in a meeting, designed to chart a new political direction for the Governor and his supporters. Vanguard learnt yesterday, that the meeting was upon the full reconciliation of former Governor Achike Udenwa and […]

By Isiaka Oyibo LOKOJA — ANGRY commercial motorcyclists, popularly known as Okada riders, yesterday, invaded the Kogi State Command of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), and chased some of the officials out while others were beaten up. The commercial motorcyclists, said to be about 100 in number, were  said to have destroyed no fewer […]

By Chris Ochayi ABUJA—The Federal Council of the Nigeria Civil Service Union (NCSU) has decried the continued negligence of the nation’s power sector by the administration, warning that the country’s economy is suffering and might collapse if urgent step is not taken to address the sector. The trade union, which noted this drift in a […]

By Emma Amaize & Ola Ajayi WARRI — THE price of crude oil, yesterday, rose above the $70 per barrel mark as militants in the early hours of the day bombed an offshore platform of the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) located at Forcados in Delta State and purportedly sank a gunboat carrying between 20-23 […]