Leonardo DiCaprio has topped the list of Hollywood's highest paid actors for the first time. He earned £47million from box office hits Inception and Shutter Island, from which he picked up a slice of the profits. The 36-year-old heart-...
The administration of Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, says it is introducing austerity measures in its bid to pay the N18,000 minimum wage and further deliver democracy dividends. GEORGE OKOJIE examines the circumstances that demand such sev...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), requesting it to urgently seek adequate damages and compensation from multinational corporations who have been found guilty...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has disclosed that the sale and consumption of water packaged in non-biodegradable packs, popularly called pure water, will soon be banned in the FCT. This was disclosed by the deputy director, Abuja ...
Former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Muhammadu Uwais has canvassed the payment of grants to political parties by the Federal Government. This, he said, will assist the parties in offsetting their electoral and other bills. Uwais told the News Agenc...
Eight lecturers of the Niger State College of Education, Minna have been suspended and two others dismissed over sexual harassment and sale of handouts. The Provost, Prof. Faruq Haruna Rasheed told the State Governor, Dr Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu wh...
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Department of Development Control has accused the Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS) and the Nigeria Security and Civil defence Corps (NSCDC) of alleged involvement in the sale of land without allocation from appropriate ...
About 50 passengers were feared dead Tuesday, after an unidentified luxury bus and truck ran over them at Zariagi, on the Okene-Lokoja road, Kogi State. The victims were said to be travelling from Lagos to Abuja when their bus was stopped by rob...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has stated that the commission currently has at least 1,500 cases of graft allegations pending in various courts nationwide. The figure, our investigations revealed, covers cases inherited from Nuhu R...
Technology; often used as the generic term to encompass all the technologies people develop and use in their lives (from the internet, mobile phones, to electrical appliances and aircraft) and a wide array of things we take for granted in today’s...
The Bayelsa State governor, Chief Timipre Sylva yesterday queried the rationale behind the demand by the state workers for the implementation of the N18,000 minimum wage, even as he said that the services they offered were not commensurate with wages p...
Over 500 personnel of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), who will form the nucleus of the Civil Defence Armed Squad, are presently being subjected to three months of intensive training in arms and weapons handling at the Prisons Arm...
The crisis-ridden Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State yesterday in Ibadan announced the expulsion of senators Lekan Balogun, Teslim Folarin and six other chieftains of the party for anti-party activities which led to the dismal performance of t...
The controversy generated by the match between Nigeria and Argentina is yet to abate with the news that the centre referee of the encounter, Ibrahim Chaibou, a Nigerien cannot be found. It was reported that as the match was ongoing, the betting pattern...
Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of Kano State and professional golfers, have commended the Dangote Cement company for sponsoring the just concluded Emir of Kano (Open) Pro-Am golf tournament. Speaking at the closing ceremony, the governor described Dango...