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  • November 26
  • Leadership Nigeria: FG Approves New Pay Structure For Medical Workers

    The federal government has approved the implementation of a Consolidated Health Salary Structure (CONHESS) for medical health workers in federal medical agencies.

  • Leadership Nigeria: FG to Buy 116 Cars From PAN

    The Federal Executive Council yesterday approved contract for the procurement of 116 cars of Peugeot brand from the Peugeot Automobile Nigeria Limited in the sum of N504, 191, 362.50.

  • Leadership Nigeria: Adebayor Confident Man City Will Improve

    Manchester City and Togolese striker, Emmanuel Adebayor is not overly concerned by his side's current run of draws, and expects them to start winning again soon.

  • Leadership Nigeria: Eid El-Kabir - Bankole Urges Citizens to Be Steadfast

    In the spirit of the Eid-El-Kabir celebration, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Dimeji Bankole, has charged muslim faithful to concentrate on their steadfastness to God rather than gaining pleasures of this world and losing Aljannah.

  • Leadership Nigeria: Tennis Federation Calls for Retraction of Ndanusa's Disqualification

    The Nigeria Tennis Federation has called on the Nigeria Olympic Committee to immediately retract to the disqualification of their candidate, Engr. Sani Ndanusa in the race for the forthcoming NOC election.

  • Leadership Nigeria: I Will Return Home December - El-Rufai

    Former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, has indicated his intention to return to Nigeria in December, a decision he described as one against the consistent warnings by his friends, family members and political associates.

  • Leadership Nigeria: NGO Urges National Assembly to Probe Police Minister

    A non-governmental organisation, Network on Police Reform in Nigeria (NOPRIN), has appealed to the National Assembly to probe the inability of the Minister of Police Affairs, Ibrahim Lame, to account for N3.5 billion meant for strategic crime prevention projects in seven cities in Nigeria.

  • Leadership Nigeria: Niger Govt Lists Gains of Public Private Patnership

    The Governor of Niger State, Dr. Muazu Babangida Aliyu, has declared that the Public Private Partnership initiative is thriving and yielding results in Niger State.

  • Leadership Nigeria: Group Challenges Jonathan On Stable Electricity

    A rights group, Civil Rights Congress (CRC), has challenged Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan's recent declaration as reported in the media that Nigerians will no longer use generators for their industrial and private power needs come next year, adding that it will give the VP N1 million if it becomes a reality.

  • Leadership Nigeria: Cassakero Project Targets 10,000 Ethanol Refineries in 36 States

    The cassakero project has targeted the installation of 10,000 small scale bio-ethanol refineries in the 36 states of Nigeria including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), over the next four years from December 2009 to December 2013 to produce the daily ethanol cooking fuel requirement for 4 million families.

  • Leadership Nigeria: Union Bank, Intercontinental, UBA, Worst Performers - Poll

    An opinion poll conducted by RMS Group, a multinational market research agency, has shown that Union Bank plc., Intercontinental Bank plc. and United Bank for Africa (UBA), are Nigeria's worst performing banks in 2009.

  • Leadership Nigeria: Era of Godfatherism is Gone - PDP

    The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has said that self-styled leaders who have held the party hostage will soon be kicked out of its fold.

  • Leadership Nigeria: NPHCDA Boosts Midwives Service Scheme With ICT

    The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Galaxy Backbone, an ICT firm, for ICT connectivity for the effective implementation and monitoring of Midwives Service Scheme (MSS).

  • Leadership Nigeria: 2010 Budget - National Assembly Gives Nod For Capital Spending Before Passage

    The National Assembly has indicated its willingness to allow capital spending to continue through to the first quarter of the coming year.

  • Leadership Nigeria: Hajj - Today is Arafat Day

    Over four million pilgrims will gather today to observe one of the most significant rites of Hajj, Arafat, which is very important in the life of every pilgrim who wishes to have a complete and acceptable Hajj.

  • Leadership Nigeria: Bankole Gives Committees Two Weeks to Submit Report

    Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Dimeji Bankole, yesterday gave a two-week ultimatum to all standing committees of the House to turn in reports on the 2010 Appropriation Bill even as the Bill passed second reading.

  • Leadership Nigeria: Legislator Asks Govt to Probe Accommodation Problem in Mecca

    A member of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Harsanu Guyaba, has called on the state government to probe the scarcity of accommodation being faced by pilgrims from the state at this year's Hajj.

  • Daily Trust Nigeria: Stakeholders Call For Restriction of Heavy Duty Vehicles

    Stakeholders in traffic management and administration, Mararaba-Nyanya axis, yesterday called for the restriction of heavy duty vehicles on the Abuja-Keffi highway at Kugbo and Nyanya axis.

  • Daily Trust Nigeria: 'Lagos Assembly Not Aware of Plans for New Councils'

    Mr Adeyemi Ikuforiji, Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly has said that the House is not aware of plans to create new local council development areas in Lagos.

  • Daily Trust Nigeria: 'Shekarau is the Person to Unite The Nation' [interview]

    Alhaji Shehu Yusuf Kura, a journalist-turned-politician is a leading member of the Shekarau Political Action Committee (SHEPAC), the group that is working to ensure that Kano State governor Ibrahim Shekarau flies the flag of All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) in the 2011 presidential elections. In this interview with Daily Trust, Kura speaks on SHEPAC and the ongoing electoral reforms, among many ...

  • Daily Trust Nigeria: Kogi State Government Require N12.8 Billion to Curb Ecological Problems

    The Kogi State government has said it will need about N12.8 billion to curb the ecological problems confronting the state.This was disclosed last Thursday by the team leader of Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) Mr. Ignatius Ahmodu, in Lokoja, while stating the reason for the presence of the team in the state.

  • Daily Trust Nigeria: FG to Reposition Education Sector For Efficiency, Says Minister

    Federal Government is determined to reposition the education sector to ensure that it plays the pivotal role of human capital development needed for the attainment of socio-economic and political growth in the country, Minister of State for Education Hajiya Aishatu Jibril Dukku has said.

  • Daily Trust Nigeria: Man Arraigned Over N.5 Million Fraud

    The police recently arraigned a middle-aged man before an Abuja magistrate court for allegedly defrauding one Eze Udenyi of N548, 000.Ugochhukwu Dick was accused of conniving with others now at large to defraud the complainant of the said money sometimes this year.

  • Daily Trust Nigeria: Galadima Wades Into Ndanusa, NOC Rift

    As tension continues between the sports ministry and Nigeria Olympic Committee, ahead of the December 15 elections into the NOC board, patron of the body, Alhaji Ibrahim Galadima has called for quick intervention by the federal government.

  • Daily Trust Nigeria: Manager Wants Owerri Airport Rehabilitation

    As the 2009 yuletide season approaches when most people in the Eastern part of the country will be travelling for end of the year celebrations, Airport Manager of Sam Mbakwe Airport, Owerri, Orjiako Mgbemene has called for the development of the latter to meet impending challenges.




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