Anambra State received what looked like a warning signal from floods on Sunday when a short fence demarcating the entry and exit way of the government house from a canteen situated inside the government house was pulled down by flood with water enterin...
Two former ministers, Chief Dapo Sarumi and Prince Adeseye Ogunlewe are currently embroiled in a battle of wit over their attempts to control the soul of the Lagos State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Both men have commenced moves to reposi...
Another round of shooting between two rival cult groups in Bayelsa State yesterday provoked tension in the state capital and led to the killing of a traffic warden and another unidentified youth. The new round of shooting among the cult groups is comin...
The United Nations’ Peace commission set up to help Cameroon and Nigeria resolve their border dispute has urged both countries to expedite action on the issue of demarcation of affected areas. At a recent two-day meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, the Ca...
Anambra State Association Women of Washington DC (ASAWW) has promised to extend its Scholarship Scheme to the less privileged students of Anambra State to enable them complete their dreams of higher education through funding of University education and...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday told an Abuja High Court that the Clerk of the National Assembly, Salisu Maikasuwa and his counterpart in the House of Representatives, Mr. Sanni Omolori, were neck deep in the alleged N38 b...
The war of words over President Goodluck Jonathan’s transformation agenda took a different turn yesterday, as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), took a swipe at the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), describing its advice on the agenda as unsolic...
A House of Representatives member from Ekiti State, Hon Bamidele Faparusi, has assured Nigerians that the single tenure of six-years being proposed by President Goodluck Jonathan will not see the light of day if it is designed to give soft landing to t...
Contrary to media reports, the House of Representatives has denied that it was planning a legislation that would provide for population control in Nigeria. Speaking on the issue, Hon Jerry Manwe (PDP, Taraba) stated that they were rather occupied with ...
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday swore in Prof. Nwanze Okidegbe as his Chief Economic Adviser. Before his appointment, Okidegbe was a Senior Consultant with the World Bank and United Nations’ Development Programme. The president also swore i...
Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola (SAN) yesterday said that the state deserved a special status in view of its unique position and being a commercial capital of the country. Fashola said this in Lagos when he played host to a delegation of biparti...
In a show of bravery, a man identified as Mr. Adekola yesterday overpowered a gang of robbers who attacked him at his Lugbe Zone 5 residence in the early hours of yesterday and dispossessed them of their weapons. Two armed robbers were dispossessed of ...
The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) has urged both the private and public sectors to work together to achieve a common goal in the transport sector. Its President, Alhaji Najeem Yasin, made the call yesterday in Abuja at the handing ov...
The Delta State Government has attracted more than $16 billion worth of investment in its export free zone expected to create over 500,000 jobs. The State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, said in Warri yesterday that investors from Saudi Arabia and Indi...