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Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Fashola has urged National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members posted to the state to accept postings to various areas of primary assignment in good faith.
Director-General, Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), Prof. Osita Eze has described climate change and its bad effects as the most daunting challenges of the present world.
As a way of resolving the war of supremacy in the National Assembly over joint session on budget presentation, Senator Bode Olajumoke has advised the federal lawmakers to approach the Supreme Court rather than disgracing the country.
Former Nigerian envoy to Spain and one time national chairman of Alliance for Democracy (AD), Ambassador Mamman Yusuf and three others were yesterday arraigned before a High Court sitting in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), over alleged misappropriation of N300million belonging to Aso Radio and Television, Abuja.
General Overseer of The Lord's Chosen Charismatic Revival Church, Pastor Lazarus Muoka has said no nation could record any meaningful development without God.
Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola advised journalists in the country to always endeavour to balance their stories in the course of discharging their duty as the watchdog of the society.
An Abuja High Court yesterday okayed charges of conspiracy and criminal breach of trust against the managing director of Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation [NDIC], Ganiyu Ogunleye and five others over alleged scam in N166 million bank credits.
President Umaru Yar'Adua yesterday said the 2010 budget will focus on five critical sectors: Infrastructure, human capital development, land reform and food, security and the Niger Delta.
Sports Minister/Chairman National Sports Commission, Sani Ndanusa, said yesterday that he was ready to offer himself for probe for his activities during the just ended FIFA Under-17 World Cup Nigeria 2009.
SACKED Managing Director of Oceanic Bank Plc, Mrs. Cecilia Ibru, has filed a suit before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, challenging her removal as the Chief Executive of the bank by the Central Bank, CBN, accusing the Governor, Mallam Sanusi Lamido of plotting to sell Oceanic bank to his friends under the guise of core investors.
Sports Minister and Chairman, National Sports Commission, Engineer Sani Ndanus, has expressed fears that if nothing was done fast to reposition the Olympic Sports in the country Nigeria may not achieve the target of being one of the top 20 sporting nations of the world by the year 2020 even as he disclosed that the revised national sports policy as endorsed by the National Council on Sports was ...
Abia State chapter of Conference of Political Parties (CNPP), has condemned the non-inclusion of Abia and Imo states in the Federal Government amnesty programme for repentant militants," saying that it was a deliberate ploy to marginalized the people of the two states.
A cross section of Anambra State elders, mainly from Awka, yesterday appealed to the state Governor, Mr Peter Obi to sign into law the bill for the establishment of the Awka Capital Development Authority, passed two weeks ago by the State House of Assembly.
CHAIRMAN of Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State, Mr. Godwin Ebosa, has stressed the need for all tiers of government across the country to tackle polio virus.
Nwabufo Obienu doubled as vice chairman of then Nigeria Football Association and coordinator of the Eagles during the qualification for 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup.
IN a dire need to revamp the grooming ground for the country's football talents which generated so much passion in the past, the Lagos State Government has partnered the Guaranty Trust (GT) Bank to bring back the glory days of the Lagos Principals Cup soccer championship.
EDO State governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has said that about N200 million was wasted by previous administrations on the review of Laws of Bendel State.
The Esionwun family of Delta State have asked a Federal High Court sitting in Asaba to dismiss a suit filed by one of their kinsmen, Augustine Jemeriegbe Ayavoro against Chevron Nig. Ltd and Ugborodo Community Trust on the ground that he (Augustine) lacks the authority of the family to file his suit.
AT the closure of the 2009 Abuja Carnival yesterday, Vice President of Nigeria, Dr Jonathan Goodluck prescribed the development of the culture sector as the basis for speedy socio-economic and political growth of the country.
Rivers State police command has announced a N2 million reward for anyone who could come up with information that would lead to the arrest of killers of former member of the State House of Assembly, Mr. Charles Nsiegbe.
FORMER Delta State governor, Chief James Ibori, has identified fiscal federalism and the amnesty programme as the most urgent political challenges confronting the Federal Government and the Niger Delta people.
The Investment and Securities Tribunal (IST) has adjudicated on 300 cases with a monetary value of N100billion, in the last 6 years.
Nigerians in Diasporas remitted $10 billion in 2008, indicating a 10 per cent increase to amount remitted in 2007, says a World Bank report.
Minister of Information and Communication, Professor Dora Akunyili, has said Nigerians will never be treated like criminals again abroad after the showdown the country had with Sony Incorporation over the damaging advertisement that was eventually withdrawn.
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