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Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Prof Modupe Adelabu (middle), beaming with smile while Wife of the Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi (right)…

The Permanent Secretary of Water Resources Ministry, Baba Umar Faruk has called for stakeholders’ concerted efforts towards tackling the enormous…

The Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Alhaji Kabiru Tanimu Turaki has assured Nigerians that the Federal Ministry of…

The Senate Committee on Special Duties has again rated the Federal Ministry of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs high, on…

The Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson has signed into law a 2013 supplementary budget of N42.2bn after its passage…

As the nation warms up for the conduct of general elections in 2015, the Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake…

The Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson on Tuesday reiterated his administration’s commitment to zero tolerance for crime and criminality,…

Human Rights Watch on Friday called for Boko Haram to stop targeting ordinary Nigerians, claiming the banned Islamist group had abducted scores of women and girls and used children as young as 12 in fighting. The organisation also called on the Nigerian…

Report cites discrepancies between evidence of environmental damage from Nigeria spills and claims made by oil company

Most Nigerian farmers now abandon growing food and economic crops for cannabis in a bid to become instant millionaires, the country’s anti-narcotics agency said on Saturday. In a statement, Ahmadu Giade, the chairman of the Nigeria’s National Drug Law…