The Federal government has declared Friday, April 3 and Monday, April 6 as public holidays to mark this year’s Good Friday and Easter Monday celebrations. Minister of Interior, Mr. Abba Moro, made this known, on Tuesday, in Abuja. In a statement, signed on his behalf, the Permanent
Former Head of State and Chairman of National Peace Committee on 2015, General Abdulsalam Abubakar, has commended President Goodluck Jonathan for accepting the outcome of Saturday’s presidential election. He told State House correspondents, after a meeting, on Tuesday, with Jonathan, at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, in Abuja, that his committee was pleasantly
The Federal High court sitting in Abuja has dismissed a suit seeking to restrain the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from using the Smart Card Reader Machines for the presidential election holding Saturday, March 28. In a ruling this afternoon, the presiding Judge, Justice Ademola Adeniyi turned down the request for an interim order […]
The Commissioner of Police in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Mr Wilson Inalegwu on Friday said security personnel would be deployed to the 1,886 polling units in the FCT during Saturday’s election. Mr Inalegwu disclosd this when security forces involved in the election gathered for final rehearsal for deployment. Inalegwu is the chairman of the […]
Fire has gutted the federal high court sitting in Abuja. Officials of the federal fire service have been alerted to come to the scene. The cause of the fire is still unknown and it is said to case serous holdup along Maitama, Abuja. He fire is said to be massive. Details later.
The New Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Chief Kenneth Kobani has assumed duty at the Headquarters of the Ministry in Abuja, pledging to give priority attention in line with the ministry’s mandate to growing the economy through promotion of non-oil and industrial sectors. On arrival the Kobani was received by the Permanent […]
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on Monday, said the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja would soon be certified by the authority. The authority’s Director General, Capt. Muhktar Usman, said this during a media chat with aviation correspondents in Lagos. Usman pointed out that safety and
Arik Air, West and Central Africa’s largest carrier is extending its Abuja-Accra service to Dakar, Senegal from March 24, 2015. Similarly, the Lagos-Dakar service will be strengthened to six weekly flights with a new thrice weekly Lagos-Accra-Dakar service. The Abuja-Accra-Dakar service which was first introduced in February 2014 was suspended in the wake of the […]
Less than one week to the rescheduled Presidential and National Assembly elections, close to one hundred per cent of registered voters in Kaduna State have collected their Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVC), Daily Times checks revealed. Similarly, while about 30,000 ad-hoc staff have been engaged and trained preparatory to the elections, delivery of card readers including […]
Over 1000 youth used as thugs and for snatching of ballot boxes lost their lives during the 2011 general elections across the country, Peace Ambassador Agency said at the weekend. Speaking during its 2015 Peace Summit in Abuja, President, Peace Agency, Ambassador Kingsley Amafibe, said statistics available to them shows that people who died during […]
The APC Presidential Campaign Organisation (APCPCO) had deplored the frequent resort to violence to deal with perceived grievances by the people. Reacting to the incident at Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State, where dozens, mainly women and children were killed in cold blood by suspected herdsmen, the APC Presidential said in a […]
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday nominated Amiru Sanusi as a justice of the supreme court of Nigeria. In a letter read by the Senate President, David Mark, on the floor of the senate, the president asked the upper chamber to approve the appointment of Sanusi. “In conformity with Section 231 (2) of the 1999 constitution […]
The duo of MTV VJ, Ehiz and actress,Sharon Ezeamaka will host three exciting editions of ‘On Tour WithShuga’ festivals in Lagos, Abuja and Calabar on May 2, May 9 and May 16 respectively.The tour, a new outreach campaign for MTVShuga to further motivate young people on the need to know theirstatus, is sponsored by MTV Base, MTV Staying Alive Foundation and Elton […]
Nigeria’s former Minister of Defence, Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (retd), met behind closed-doors with President Goodluck Jonathan at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Wednesday. The private meeting which lasted for about 15 minutes, was held inside the President Jonathan’s private residence within the early hours of the day. When the president and the former army […]
