THE Federal Government Wednesday approved the sum of N12.5 billion for different power projects across the country as part of its ongoing programme to revamp the power sector.

Nigeria Amateur Boxing Federation (NABF) president, Rotimi George-Taylor has explained why Nigerian boxers failed to perform at the recently concluded Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India

No fewer than 81,106 pregnant women have been screened for HIV/AIDS in Rivers State between 2005 and 2010.

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Professor Itse Sagay, has said the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, lacked the ability and political will to prosecute electoral offenders as assigned to it by the Electoral Acts.

GOVERNOR of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has called on indigines of the state to avoid praise singing, saying that it was more harmful to the government.

Imo State House of Assembly has, in a unanimous resolution, passed a vote of no confidence on the Minister of Interior, Capt. Emmanuel Iheanacho.

Officials of the Standards Organisations of Nigeria (SON) have sealed-off two warehouses located at Oshodi main market for marketing fake cables worth N400 million.

LEAP Africa, has prepared Nigerian entrepreneurs across the country to face the challenges of global competition ahead.
Speaking at the forum with the theme, “Preparing CEOs for the next 50 years – Global lessons for local businesses” , Vice Chairman of Tantalizers Nigeria Ltd., Mr. Folu Ayeni, said:

THE leadership of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) has condemned the recent attack on officers of the Tin-Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service saying that “the act was illegal and uncalled for”.

THE leadership of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) has condemned the recent attack on officers of the Tin-Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service saying that “the act was illegal and uncalled for”.

AHEAD of the primaries for 2011 elections, crisis is looming in some chapters of Abia State PDP as some stakeholders and aspirants have dumped the party, alleging exploitation and imposition of candidates by the leadership of the party in the state.

Continental Airlines has secured the approval of the Federal Government to operate flights between Lagos and Houston, Texas.

GOVERNOR Theodore Orji of Abia State has assured civil servants in the state that he will pay them the approved N18,000 new minimum wage.

FinBank PLC has unveiled a savings promotion designed to reward it customers and encourage savings habit
‘The FinSplash is a value-added promo designed to reward the teeming customers of the Bank and new ones for identifying with it. , for the next six months, we will be giving out over 100,000 instant gifts through this promo’’, said Susan Iroche, Managing Director/Chief Executive of the bank at the launching of the promotion.

Ebonyi Professionals have commended the federal government for its recent decision to establish six Federal Universities in each of the six geo-political zone, saying such effort would reposition the nation’s education sector for better productivity.