Bayero lauds FG on appointment of women
Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, has commended the Federal Government for appointing more women into key positions, noting that the participation of more women in governance and decision-making will facilitate even development and fast-track the attainment of set objectives.
USAID, others pledge $82m lifeline to fight malaria
The United States Agency for International Development, USAID, and other multi-national collaborators have pledged $82 million towards the fight against scourge of malaria in the country.
Petroleum deregulation: Timely initiative to save economy
IT is reasonable to argue that the current subsidy being put on petroleum products, especially Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) or petrol should be allowed to remain. This is because every economy, like most proponents of the subsidy retention policy had rightly argued, provides subsidy to its citizenry in one way or the other. For instance, the United States of America (USA) and Europe, where hunger has been conquered, massive subsidy is placed on agriculture and its produce. This is why food in these countries are cheap and affordable to both the poor and the rich.
Court rules on Ndume’s bail application, today
Having spent the weekend at Kuje Prison, Senator Mohammed Ndume, accused of complicity in sponsorship of the Boko Haram Islamic sect, will today, know the fate of a bail application he tendered before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il dies at 69
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has died aged 69 of a heart attack, state media announced Monday, plunging the nuclear-armed, famine-ridden and deeply isolated nation into a second dynastic succession.
We lost 3 members, many still ready to die – Boko Haram
The Boko Haram sect yesterday confirmed that three of its members were killed by their own bombs in Saturday’s explosion in Shuwari, Maiduguri.
Stolen Imo children re-unite with parents
It has been endless celebration for the family of Mr. and Mrs. Remigius Ikwuazu since they were reunited with their stolen children— three-year-old Ugomma and one and a half years old Munachi.
Abia orders sex workers off streets
ABIA State Government has aordered that prostitutes be chased away from the streets of Umuahia, the capital city.
Task force kills 2 suspected robbers in Warri
TWO armed bandits were shot dead, weekend, during a gun battle with men of the Anti-Kidnapping Task Force of Delta Waterways Security Committee, DWSC, Warri, Delta State.
Nigerians must resist subsidy removal- Bakare
VICE-PRESIDENTIAL candidate of Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has called on Nigerians to resist Federal Government’s plan to remove fuel subsidy.
1 killed, another injured as car plunges into lagoon
ONE person was killed and another fatally injured in an auto crash on the Third Mainland Bridge, yesterday.
