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The N4.07 trillion 2010 Federal budget laid before the National Assembly last week has been read a second time in the Senate with completion of debate on general principles of the bill by senators.
Some 500 million smallholder farmers across the world are currently under severe weather attack which is already ravaging crops, killing livestock and washing away farmlands.
I was not surprised at the vexatious article, Alapa: What a true opposition should be, published in the November 27, 2009, edition of Daily Trust, because of the antecedents of Paul Udenyi, its author.
Hundreds of people living with HIV/AIDS yesterday stormed the Yar'adua center, venue of this year's event marking the World AIDS Day in Abuja, calling for the resignation of the Director General of NACA Professor John Idoko.
Security operatives from the State Security Services (SSS), Economic and the Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) yesterday called on the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) to stop rationing electricity at Federal Housing Authority (FHA) Phase 1 Karu because of the presence of the three security agencies in the area.
Nigeria representative, Kano Pillars basketball team on Monday recorded a slim victory over ASPAC at the ongoing the Zone 3 Fiba-Africa Club elimination for men in Cotonou, Benin Republic.
Worried by the frightening gap in the country's housing deficit, Real Estate Development Association of Nigeria (REDAN) has called on the Federal Government to step up a Housing Policy Implementation Monitoring Committee to drive the current mass housing programme.
About 2,244 adverts were exposed in the media between January and June 2009 without pre-exposure approval, the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON) has said.
An Abuja Area Court judge was recently informed of how one Private David John of Mogadishu Cantonment lost his leg in an accident.Prosecutor Amby Ayuba told the court that a tipper driver, Tony Onobuwa, allegedly drove his truck recklessly on November 15 along Murtala Muhammad Way and rammed into an unregistered motorcycle ridden by the soldier.
The advent of democracy in May 1999 brought with it great expectation that there would be a dramatic improvement in the living standards of our people. But over a decade of democratic rule and enormous revenue at the disposal of governments at various levels, the vast majority of our people have continued to wallow in poverty and misery while unemployment and under-employment remained unacceptably ...
Standard Chartered Bank is boosting bilateral trade between Africa and Asian by launching its Nigerian Malaysian Trade Corridor.The initiative was part of a seminar held in Lagos in conjunction with the Nigeria-Malaysian Business Council as part of the bank's Africa SME Month with the theme "Optimizing Global Opportunities For SMEs: International Trade With Malaysia."
The Food Agricultural Organization (FAO) said agricultural practices are responsible for 14 percent greenhouse gas emissions globally.According to FAO media report yesterday, agriculture does not only suffer from the negative impacts of climate change but it is also a contributor to the crisis and this need to be included in the global climate financing mechanism under discussion in Denmark.
The National Assembly will spend about N9.4 billion next year on various foreign trips lawmakers, officials of the management and the National Assembly Service Commission, the 2010 budget has shown.
JIGAWA State chairman of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), Alhaji Mustapha Ishiaku Ringim, his deputy Alhaji Muhammad Atine and the party's publicity secretary Alhaji Munir Uba Gumel were sacked from their respective positions.
The chances of putting the deplorable Lafia-Doma-Abuja Road on the national budget in 2010 are high as a discussion between the minister for Works, Housing and Urban Development, Dr. Hassan Mohammed Lawal and his host, Governor Aliyu Akwe Doma of Nasarawa State renewed federal commitment on the road.
Angry Nigerian pilgrims who opposed the return of the luggage weighing policy yesterday attacked the leader of the Federal Government delegation to this year's hajj in Saudi Arabia, Senator Mahmud Kanti Bello, for insisting that pilgrims' luggage must be weighed before being transported to Nigeria.
A 19-year-old boy has been sentenced to four months imprisonment by an Area Court for stealing from two ladies apartments. The accused, Odinaka Nnaji was jailed for jointly breaking into Roseline Okocha and Halima Umar's apartments at Area 'F' Nyanya, Abuja, and stealing three bags containing items.
Muyideen Olaitan has for the second emerged the winner of the Ikeja Golf Club Championship in a keen contest over the weekend at the club's golf course.
The fuel situation in most filling stations in Abuja worsened yesterday, leaving commuters stranded in bus stops in the morning as a result of high transport fares.
Former Minority Leader of the Senate, Senator Lawali Shuaibu, has urged President Umaru Yar'adua to 'have pity' on Nigerians and step down to allow Vice President Goodluck Jonathan take over the reins of power.
Couples intending to get married in Bauchi State are to undergo compulsory HIV/AIDS test. This is part of the government's efforts to control the spread of the disease in the state, Commissioner for Health, Samaila Tella, has said.
Nigerian engineers have been recognised as having a central role to play in achieving a balanced economic development for Nigerian in the provision of basic infrastructure, roads, housing, water, electricity so as to ensure huge success of this administration.
The Nembe community in Bayelsa State and Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) have jointly commissioned 12 different development projects executed by the community under the Global Memorandum of Understanding (GMoU) initiative.
The Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) has agreed to partner with National Universities Commission (NUC) to ensure that engineering programmes run in the Nigerian universities meet International standards and operate on the adequacy of the necessary facilities in order to make engineering graduates meet the challenges of modern time.
A 25-year-old business lady was recently arraigned before an Area Court for alleged breach of trust, which is contrary to Section 312 of the Penal Code Law.
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