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A former Vice President of World Bank, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, has described the plan by the federal government to establish a national carrier, Nigeria Air, using public funds as a waste of resources. Ezekwesili, who spoke on an African Independent Television (AIT) programme Monday, said government’s plan to fund the …

The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association on Tuesday warned the President of Senate, Bukola Saraki, to resign his position immediately or be forced to do so. The national coordinator of the association in Benue State, Alhaji Garus Gololo, gave the warning in an interview in Makurdi. Gololo said Saraki had …

The new wage structure is still a long way to go, going by indications from Minister of Labour and Employment Chris Ngige. According to him, governors, the most critical group in the process, are yet to submit their proposal on a new wage system. The minister told reporters in Anambra …

A Member of the House of Representatives, Beni Lar (Langtang North/South), has advised the PDP not to change its name. Lar, who said such move could be counter-productive, added that it might not advance the course of the party as being adduced in some quarters. Speaking with newsmen in Jos, …

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has urged Nigerians to resist the temptation of voting for those who will return the country to throes of massive looting, come 2019 elections. Mohammed made the appeal yesterday in a Sallah message delivered at a media briefing at his home …

The governor of Ebonyi state, Engr. David Umahi, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to fight corruption in such a manner that every Nigerian will feel the impact of the anti-graft war. The governor made this known at the Government House in Abakaliki on Tuesday when he received Muslim faithfuls …

By Esther Onyegbula Policemen attached to the Ogun state police command have has arrested three men for vandalising the mast of the telecommunication company in atan ota area of Ado Ota local government area of Ogun state. The three suspects namely kehinde Yahaya,(36) Akeem Adetona (36) and Taofeek Olalere (36) …

President Muhammadu Buhari said, yesterday, that his faith in National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, remained unshaken. The President, who spoke in Daura while receiving corps members serving in the town, said it was better to know about the country than for people to be state-inclined. President Buhari is currently spending …

The Rivers State Police Command has denied any involvement in the violence and ballot snatching that led to the suspension of last Saturday’s by-election into Port Harcourt State Constituency III. Briefing journalists monday at the headquarters of the Command in Port Harcourt, the state Commissioner of Police, Zaki Ahmed, said …

The Presidential Committee on Victim Support Fund has set aside N700 million to rebuild institutions destroyed in the perennial attacks by suspected herdsmen in Benue State. This was disclosed monday by the Executive Director of the Fund, Prof. Sunday Ochoche in Gbajimba, the headquarters of Guma Local Government Area (LGA) …