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Skye Bank Plc and the British Council have gone into partnership in the area of human capital and manpower development with the objective of developing the skills and competences needed for nation building and economic empowerment.
A senior military officer, Lt. Col. U.A Zoaka, at the weekend lost his life in a ghastly motor accident that occurred at Gari -Sabo village, near Kwali, along the Abuja-Lokoja highway.
Chairman of UnityKapital Assurance Plc Mallam Falalu Bello has challenged management of the insurance company to hit a billion naira profit mark by next year.
Each pilgrim to this year's hajj from Jigawa State will be fed free by the state government throughout the 40-day stay in the holy land and the meals per pilgrim throughout the period will cost government N32,000, state Pilgrims' Welfare Board's Executive Secretary Alhaji Suleiman Usman said at a press conference in Mecca yesterday.
All is now set for the launching of the Glo Broad Access service which offers the convergence of advanced voice, advanced data and advanced video on one single wired line.
Peugeot Automobile Nigerian (PAN) Limited, Kaduna, will from next year stop running on generator when power situation in the country improves, Vice president Goodluck Jonathan has said.
An investigation in Kano metropolis reveals that motorcyclists have special dislike for the crash helmet. Daily Trust finds out why.
As the hamattan weather bites harder in Kano, many residents of the city now use masks to protect their faces from the harsh climate.
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo ignored due process in the sale of Federal Government houses during his administration, Senate Committee on Housing declared yesterday.
The Sokoto State chapter of the All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANP) yesterday said it has endorsed the Kano State governor Malam Ibrahim Shekarau as the party's presidential candidate for the 2011 elections.
The Action Congress candidate in the 2007 Osun State governorship election, Chief Rauf Aregbesola has been re-arraigned on a six-count charge of criminal conspiracy, forgery and use of forged documents at the Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Oshogbo, the Osun State capital.
Unemployment is an issue that has bedeviled Nigeria for a long time and had generated a lot of research in this country. Nevertheless, it is still one of the most pivotal social epidemics facing Nigeria because of rising rates of unemployment in Nigeria.
Alhaji Ahmed Shuaibu was gubernatorial candidate of the Action Congress in Bauchi in the 2007 general elections. He defected to the PDP along with Governor Isa Yuguda early this year. What was the purpose? In this interview, the politician addresses some burning political issues including what he sees as Yuguda's undoing in a changing political context.
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said it would probe other financial institutions such as mortgage firms and discount houses.
We must acknowledge that over the last several years, there have been increasing criticisms of press behaviour, some of it legitimate, others orchestrated and designed to weaken the media institution by powerful interests that are uncomfortable with a vibrant press beaming its searchlight on their questionable activities.
Due to the gravity of the crises facing our educational system, I am giving up my page today to the following speech given at Zamani College Kaduna 2009 Annual Prize Giving Day. I believe the issues deserve serious debate.
The Chairman of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) Chief Edwin Ume-Ezeoke has criticised the ruling Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) for its failure to compel its members at the National Assembly to reach an agreement on the venue for the budget presentation.
The price of rams in major animal markets in the Federal Capital Territory has increased by over 20 per cent compared to the cost last year.
The Sokoto State branch of the Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) has called off its over two week old strike. This was conveyed through a communiqué issued at the end of its meeting in Sokoto yesterday.
An-old-time politician and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain in Kano State, Alhaji Lili Gabari, has described Governor Ibrahim Shekarau's statement on President Umaru Musa Yar'adua over the budget fiasco between the two chambers of the National Assembly as a sign of political "immaturity and lack of knowledge."
73% of the population of the country do not have modern toilet facilities, the National Demographic Health Survey (NDHS) by the Nigeria Population Commission (NPopC), has shown. The survey shows that only 27% of Nigerians have an improved toilet facilities as people who do not have either defecate outside or have toilet facilities that do not meet the laid down requirements.
President Yar'Adua, will join members of the Senate and other honourable members at a roundtable to assess the level of Nigeria's preparedness towards the international negotiations in Copenhagen.
Debtors owing recently bailed out banks have fourteen days to pay up or risk arrest.
An Abuja Chief Magistrate Court yesterday discharged the Chairman of the Police Equipment Foundation (PEF), Chief Kenny Martins and three other accused persons standing trial for allegedly defrauding an American company of $97.3 million.
Residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) at the weekend criticized the latest deadline policy on the operation of commercial motorcyclists outside the city centre.
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