February 25, 2015 - Page 12

A NIGERIAN woman who has campaigned against Islamist extremists Boko Haram was on Tuesday awarded a Japanese peace prize worth $170,000. Esther Ibanga, a pastor and activist in Nigeria, has kept up

RESIDENTS of Ondo state are to receive free medical attention from the state government in collaboration with some federal medical bodies beginning from the 10th of March. According to a

*As Fashola explains ‘no work, no pay’ policy DOCTORS in Lagos public hospitals have insisted that all outstanding pay owed by the state government must be paid, otherwise a fresh industrial action

• Lauds executive-legislative cooperation Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole Tuesday assured the people of the state that the Ultra Modern Central Hospital in Benin City, currently under construction would be completed and

THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Osun State has said that it has distributed 72 per cent of the Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs). The INEC Public Relations Officer in the state,

THE Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) in Osun has said that the union will embark on three-day warning strike if its demands are not met by Thursday. The Chairman

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has said the tide has “definitely turned” against militant Islamists as regional forces recapture territory. His comments came hours after Boko Haram militants were blamed for killing 27 people

A CROSS section of Nigerians, on Wednesday, attributed the prevalence of violence during elections to lack of conscience on the part of the perpetrators. Speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN),

AS the 2015 general election draws closer, the Vice President, Mohammed Namadi Sambo has engaged Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftains and other top party faithful in grassroots mobilization campaign in the state