The FCT Chairman of ACN, Mr. Sunny Monidafie, on Sunday in Abuja urged Nigerians to be supportive to opposition parties toward change in 2011. Speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Monidafie said that opposition parties could not do anything except the people changed their mindset to effect change in the country. “It is [...]
Gunmen have killed a policeman and a security guard attached to Assemblyman Kasim Ayilara of Oyo State House of Assembly. They were killed in a suspected assassination attempt on the life of the legislator in Ibadan on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learned that the gun- wielding men stormed Ayilara’s house at Bembo, [...]
Mr. Funmibi Olawoyin, the FCT Sector Commander of FRSC, has confirmed the death of one person in the ongoing fitness exercise for applicants seeking recruitment into the corps. Olawoyin told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Thursday that the applicant, who died on the first day of the exercise, slumped and died [...]
Six officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday raided the premises of the Child Rights and Rehabilitation Network (CRARN) and arrested the Centre’s administrator. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the children at the centre numbering more than 250 resisted the EFCC officials and blocked the entrance with their [...]
The Chairman of Resident Doctors at the Enugu State University of Science and Technology Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Dr. Okechukwu Ogbodo, said that doctors at the hospital did not observe the NLC strike. Ogbodo told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Wednesday that doctors were not part of the ongoing NLC strike because [...]
Barely a week to the Eid-il-Kabir festivity, prices of rams, foodstuffs and clothing have risen in major markets in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondents report that the cheapest ram at the ram market on Liberty Stadium Road cost N12,000, while a big ram cost N60,000. Justifying the increase, a [...]
Bank customers in Nasarawa State have resorted to the use of Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) for funds on Wednesday as banks also joined in the nationwide NLC strike. A check by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lafia showed that all the banks in the state capital were closed as customers were seen queuing [...]
