AS promised by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Ima Niboro that his principal would assent to the Freedom of Information Bill, FOI, as soon he receives the document from the National Assembly, President Goodluck Jonathan had since, Saturday, signed the bill into law.

Governor Babatude Fashola has commended Fidelity Bank Plc for supporting the Independent Power Project (IPP) in the state, urging other banks to emulate the bank in the quest to develop the country in general.

It was castigation galore for the Governor Olugbenga Administration of Governor Olugbenga Daniel Tuesday as the Ogun State House of Assembly resumed sitting after about 9 months break following its closure by the former Governor and cancelled all appointments, recruitments, promotions and upgrading done by the administration in the last three months.

GOVERNOR Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State has appointed Mr. Olusegun Ogunsanya as Chief of Staff and Alhaji Shuaib Afolabi Salisu as his deputy.

The House of Representatives on Tuesday rejected a bill for an Act to amend the Pension Reform Act, 2004.

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has emphasized that he is not prepared to leave his country despite the difficulties, a statement by the South African Presidency on President Jacob Zuma’s visit to the troubled country has said.

Abuja – An indigenous company, BUA Group, has embarked on the building of a $500 million cement  plant at Okpella community in Edo. The plant, when completed, would   produce 2.5 million tonnes of cement annually. The Executive Chairman of BUA Group, Alhaji Abdulsamad Rabiu, announced at the contract signing ceremony for the building of the […]

While battling with the challenge of human traffic, Okada ridding, limited parking space and street trading, market activities in majority ICT markets in Lagos state appear to have been in low ebb as a result incessant rain last week and Monday morning, Vanguard Hi_Tech findings can reveal.

The countries are: Botswana, Brazil, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Malta, Oman, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand (see, Commission on Growth and Development, 2008).

The Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) says it requires at least N70 billion to fix the nation’s roads.

Ten secondary school teachers are reported to have died of food poisoning, and several others hospitalised in Katsina.

Enugu – Pan-Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohaneze Ndigbo, has applauded President Goodluck Jonathan’s appointment of Sen. Pius Anyim Pius as Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF). So have some Enugu residents who described the appointment as a step in the right direction. Chief Nduka Eya, Secretary-General of Ohaneze Ndigbo on Tuesday in Enugu said  […]

Angry reactions have continued to trail what Imo people called “the senseless and unnecessary confrontation between the police and loyalists of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, in Owerri”.

THE leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has concluded arrangements to organize a two-day retreat for president Goodluck Jonathan, Vice President Namadi Sambo, Senate President David Mark, and the governors elected on its playform.

The Federal Government has said that for farmers to be empowered in the country, research in agriculture must be made to work for them.