…Says it won’t tolerate excuses from ministers The Federal Government (FG) has given reason for creating additional ministries pointing out that   the aim is to enhance specialization and increase productivity. Ajuri Ngelale, Senior Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, during an interview on Channels TV on Monday said when ministers’ focus on critical assignments it will result in efficiency and that would be in the best interest of the country. He said,...

 ….Blames AU, ECOWAS for silence Comrade Timi Frank, former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Sunday, condemned the alleged rigging of presidential election in Zimbabwe by the ruling ZANU-PF Party. Frank in a statement in Abuja, also accused the Heads of State and Governments of the African Union and indeed the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) of eerie silence in the face of electoral injustice being meted on...

As crisis in ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) deepens, Washington Usifo, chieftain of the party in Edo State has said that the state chairman of the party in Cross Rivers State, Barr. Alphonsus Ogar Eba is not bigger than the party. Usifo in an interview on Sunday said that Eba shouldn’t threaten the party that has given him a platform because of the position of national woman leader. Recall that the position of the national...

No fewer than 2,000 cases of human rights abuses and violations were recorded in Kwara state this year. Kwara State State Coordinator, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Jumoke Olaoye, disclosed this at the Biennial Convention of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR), Kwara State Chapter, held in Ilorin. She said the most of the human rights abuses recorded were child abandonment and wife battering. Chairman, Committee for the Defence of Human Rights,...

Over 300 structures constructed along waterways will be demolished by the Nasarawa State Government to prevent flooding. Alhaji Abubakar Mohammed, Chief Environmental Officer of the state disclosed this to newsmen after the monthly environmental sanitation in Lafia, the state capital. He said the state government had already directed residents of flood-prone areas in Lafia, Doma, Nasarawa Toto, and Awe local government areas to relocate to safer grounds in compliance with the recent prediction. “The state government...

Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has ordered investigation into the activities of a Chinese firm, Golden Tripod Limited (GTL), manufacturing vehicle parts including brake shoes along Ikot Ekpene road, and its immediate relocation to the Ibom Industrial Park in Itam, Itu local government area. The Governor gave the order while flagging off the construction of a 2.2Km Tabernacle Road project, off Ikot Ekpene road, traversing Itu and Uyo LGAs. The relocation order could...

The Taraba State Governor, Dr Agbu Kefas, has solicited the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) to establish an e-library and entrepreneurship training centres in higher education institutions across the state. The governor, who made the plea in Abuja on Friday during a visit to the Executive Secretary of TETFund, Sonny Echono, noted that the establishment of the centres would serve as a training spot for youths to become self-employed.” Governor Kefas while commending TETFund for...

The bodies of 20 deceased Nigerian Armed Forces personnel killed in action and in the recent crash of the Nigerian Air Force MI-171E Helicopter in Niger were laid to rest at the National Military Cemetery Abuja in line with military tradition. The burial ceremony of the deceased personnel is a mark of honour for their gallantry and sacrifice in defense of the nation. Some of the fallen heroes had since been buried in other locations,...