Minister of Labour and Productivity, Prince Adetokunbo Kayode yesterday expressed condolence to the Government and people of Ondo State over the demise of three officials of the Government House Press Crew who died in an auto crash while on official trip with Governor Olusegun Mimiko.

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has warned members of the public to be wary of individuals who pose as agents working for the corps in its recruitment exercise, saying such individuals were bad elements in the society who use such means to extort unsuspecting applicants.

Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) has filed an application before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, urging the court to change the name of Virgin Nigeria Airways to Nigerian Eagle Airlines Limited.

Operatives at the Lagos State Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) have smashed a five-man robbery gang which specialised in snatching cars and selling same at give away prices within and outside the country.

AS predicted by some political analysts, the state congress for the selection of the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra State for the 2010 election ran into a hitch and subsequently the primaries that could have led to the emergence of the party’s governorship candidate was suspended.

Section 11 of Electoral Act 2006, makes the following provisions on Voters’ Register:

NIGERIA is jocularly referred to as a     country of 150 million people, with everyone deeming himself qualified to coach the national football team, the Eagles, who have fallen on hard times, in the same manner that other layers of the game that many Nigerians follow with passion are suffering. The suffuse of ideas, the […]

OVER 450 ex-militants in Edo State went on rampage yesterday in Benin City over what they described as the Federal Government’s alleged refusal to absorb and rehabilitate them and pay their allowances.

AGGRIEVED workers of BUA Cement Factory, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, who are protesting the death of one of their colleagues in questionable circumstances while working in the factory, have shut down the operations of the company.

The upward swing in the share value of majority of the listed equities on the Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE), continued, Tuesday, as the market value appreciated by N10.5 billion.

Students of Caleb International College, Lagos, who sat for the May/June Secondary School Certificate Examinations organized by West African Examinations Council (WAEC) put up a superlative performance as they recorded close to 100% in all the core subjects especially English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology, as shown by the results recently released.

One of Nigeria’s leading private secondary schools, Westminster College, Lagos, is commencing a university foundation programme in collaboration with the University of Buckingham, UK, starting this October 2009, for which it has taken admission drive to the South-South geo-political zone with Warri as the main centre.

The protracted infighting at the Nigeria French Language Village (NFLV), Ajara, Badagry, an inter-university centre for French studies, between the Director-General, Professor Sam Aje-led management and academic staff has taken a frightening dimension when an investigation panel set up to look into the dispute was allegedly prevented from sitting on arrival.

By Abayomi Adeshida ABUJA — Governor Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe State  has approved the disbursement of over half a billion naira to the state’s local government councils action plan for transforming rural communities in the 17 area councils in the state. According to a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja by the Governor’s Director […]

By AbdulSalam Muhammad KANO —THE Kano State government has declared that its investment on Information and Communication Technology is a radical step designed to reposition the age long entrepreneurial spirit of her citizens. Governor Ibrahim Shekarau who made the justification during a national workshop on strategy for promoting entrepreneurial skill through training in technical and […]