Many retired military personnel from different parts of the country protested in Abuja on Wednesday against the non-payment and non-harmonisation of their pension arrears since 2010.
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The House of Representatives Committee on Education on Wednesday said it had invited the Minister of Education, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, and the Nigeria Medical Association to a meeting over the resumption date for schools.
The National Examinations Council, NECO, has released the June/ July 2014 results with fantastic improvement over the previous examinations conducted by the body, with 72.58 per cent credit pass in English Language and 69.49 per cent credit pass in Mathematics.
A 37-year-old man Yakubu Danladi was on Wednesday remanded in Prison custody by a Minna Magistrate Court for allegedly engaging in homosexuality with a minor.
The Judiciary in Delta State has been granted financial autonomy by the State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, thereby ensuring the complete independence of the third arm of government.
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has commended Chief Gabriel Igbinedion’s life of uncommon accomplishments.
The Director-General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Mr. Mike Omeri has canvassed for the withdrawal of academic certificates of proven corrupt public and private sector leaders to serve as deterrent to others in a bid to build a corrupt-free society.
There is no evidence that the order for the training of two staff in each school had been complied with by even the Federal Government itself, leaving that of the states in serious doubt
The son of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Lt. Col Adeboye Obasanjo who was shot in the ferocious Michika battle between the Nigerian military and Boko Haram has expressed eagerness to return to the battle front.
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria has called on the Federal Government to ignore the pressure from school owners, who have been trying to prevail on it to shift its position on school resumption.
The Jega Local Government Area of Kebbi State has received 130 people who fled from Boko Haram attacks in Borno State.
The Acting Governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, has appealed to the Military High Command to urgently come to the rescue of the people of the State, especially the residents of Madagali and Michika Local Government Areas that have been taking over by the insurgents, Boko Haram.
The Federal Government on Tuesday cautioned Nigerians against buying used cell phones and pre-registered SIM cards, saying that they might have been used by terrorists for untoward activities.
Senator Gyang Pwajok (PDP-Plateau) on Tuesday said the National Assembly would endorse the National Conference recommendation for the establishment of state police.
The Adamawa State Acting Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, on Tuesday commended officers and men of the Nigerian Army for their effort in containing insurgency in the state.
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Tuesday in Ndjamena called on all African countries to become more active participants in the digital revolution going on in the world.
The Transmission Company of Nigeria has apologized to the people of Maiduguri, Damboa, Biu and the environs in Borno State, North Eastern Nigeria for the power outage being experienced there since mid-July, 2014.
The Governor of the State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has described the death of President General, League of Imams and Alfas in Yorubaland, Edo and Delta states, and Chief Imam of Osogbo, Sheikh Mustafa Ajisafe as a big loss to the entire Muslim community in Osun and Nigeria.
No fewer than 20 police officers are still missing following the recent attack on the Police Mobile Training School in Gwoza, Borno State, by the Boko Haram sect.
The girls were captured by members of Boko Haram on February 14, 2014