Tag: News Agency Of Nigeria
Lagosians Abandon Ferry Services
Patronage of ferry services in the Ikorodu part of Lagos State has reduced following the receding of the flood that…
Minister Promises To Sanitise Agric Ministry
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Prof. Sheik Abdullah, has promised to sanitise the ministry to ensure efficiency and…
Delegation Of Ekiti Assembly On Tour Of Germany
A delegation of the Ekiti State House of Assembly on Sunday left Nigeria on a six-day legislative tour of Germany,…
NYSC Deploys 1,800 Corps Members To Ekiti
About 1,800 corps members have been deployed to Ekiti State to participate in the batch “C†orientation exercise, scheduled to…
Probe Delay In Installation Of Prepaid Metres, Consumers Task FG
Electricity consumers have urged the Federal Government to investigate the delay in the supply of pre-paid meters by the Power…
Lagos Police Foil 3 Robbery Attempts, Arrest 2 Suspects
The Lagos State police command says it foiled three armed robbery operations in different parts of the state at the…
Menace Of Touts Worries Airport Users
The activities of touts at the Murtala Muhammed Airport Lagos (MMA) has become a source of concern to airport users, …
2010 Hajj: Sultan Warns Airlines
Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar lll, the Sultan of Sokoto has warned that the Federal Government would deal with any air carrier…
Lagos Gets 100 New Refuse Trucks
Adegboyega Adepitan, President, Association of Waste Managers of Nigeria (AWAN), on Thursday said that Lagos State Government has acquired 100…
MAN Decries Multiple Taxation On Industries
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has decried the multiple taxations imposed on industries by the three tiers of government.…
1,518 Leave For Hajj In Ogun
A total of 1518 intending pilgrims from Ogun State have been airlifted for this year’s Hajj, said Mrs. Tayo Yusuf,…
Phone Snatching On The Increase, As Xmas Approaches
With barely two months to Christmas, many residents of Lagos Metropolis have cried out over rising incidence of handset snatching…
Hair Dresser, 3 Others Face Murder Charge
An Ado-Ekiti Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday ordered that a female hairdresser and three others be remanded in Ado-Ekiti prison for…
Police Arrest 3 For Arson
The police yesterday, arrested three suspects over Monday evening’s fire at Old Motor Spare Parts Market, Obosi, Anambra, popularly called…
Second-Hand Clothing Business Booms In Lagos
Two months to Christmas, secondhand clothes business, popularly known as ‘bend-down boutique,’ is booming in Lagos Metropolis. Operators of the…
Traditional Rulers Implicated In Kidnapping
Two traditional rulers and one serving Local Government Transitional Committee Chairman have been indicted by security reports on kidnapping and…
Pregnant Women Lament Doctors’ Strike In Lagos
Some pregnant women on Sunday urged Lagos State Government to meet the demands of striking doctors to enable them get…
I’m In The Clouds, Says Uti, BBA Winner
The winner of the 200,000-dollar (about N30 Million) Big Brother Africa 2010, Uti Nwachuckwu of Nigeria has said that he…
Call Off Strike Now, OOU Students Tell Lecturers
Final year students of Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, have appealed to ASUU to call off its three…
Welcome To Stallion’s Seven Brands
The long-time industry veteran (including some boring years in Alliance Autos) has been hired to be the M.D of Stallion’s…
Driver Docked Over Cheating
A 58-year old driver, Stanley Agera, on Wednesday appeared before an Abuja Magistrate’s Court charged with criminal breach of trust…
Akwa Ibom Vasity Gets NUC’s Nod
The National Universities Commission (NUC) on Tuesday granted licence of operation to the Akwa Ibom State University of Science and…
4 PDP Men Seeks Guber Ticket In Yobe
The Chairman of the PDP in Yobe, Alhaji Abbagana Tata, says four aspirants have so far purchased forms to contest…
Artisans Plead With PHCN
Artisans in Delta have called on the Federal Government to urgently tackle the worsening power problem in the country to…
Customers Besiege Microfinance Banks
Customers of microfinance banks on Tuesday in Abuja besieged the banks and expressed concern at the closure of the banks,…
Police Arrest 6 Over Crisis
Police in Delta have arrested six persons in connection with the crisis in Ekpan community in Uvwie Local Government Area…
Robbers Kill Three At Seme Border
A gang of robbers on Monday killed three persons at Kpoibi village, near Seme Border, the News Agency of Nigeria…
Hawkers Increase Price Of ‘Pure Water’
Water vendors and hawkers in Lagos have raised their prices as a result of power outages, a check by the…
Importance Of Town Hall Meetings Stressed
Former Chairman of Federal Housing Authority, Mr. Fortune Ebie, has charged Delta State Government to institutionalise town hall meetings to…
7 Disabled Aspire For Councillorship, State Assembly
No fewer than nine persons living with disabilities are aspiring for various elective positions in the forthcoming 2011 elections in…