Thirty-three persons have been confirmed dead in Yobe State following an outbreak of a killer disease many suspect to be cholera. The state commissioner for Health, Hajiya Fatsuma Talba, who confirmed the incident to newsmen in her office in Damaturu, ...
The Borno State police command yesterday confirmed the killing of the chairman, caretaker committee of Kukawa local government council, Alhaji Lawan Yarami,The Commissioner of Police, Mr Simeon Midenda, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maidugur...
The authorities of Niger State Polytechnic, Zungeru, has announced the expulsion of 62 students for alleged involvement in examination malpractice.The rector, Alhaji Mohammed Gamaye, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Zungeru yesterday that the s...
As Nigerian joins the rest of the moslem world in celebrating the Eid-el-Fitri marking the end of the Ramadan fasting , the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Aminu Tambuwal has urged Nigerians to eschew violence even as he decried the terror...
The Acting Governor of Niger State, Mr. Ahmed Musa Ibeto has urged Muslims to sustain the ideals of the month of Ramadan beyond the Ramadan period and use Id-El Fitr to pray for solution to the nation’s security challenges.Ibeto who spoke through...
Peace took flight from Jos, the capital of Plateau State, again yesterday. A clash between people claiming to be Muslims and Christians left no fewer than 22 people dead and about 50 others injured.The clash took place around Jakwano, Maternity Gada Bi...
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has been posting conflicting results of the 2011 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE) it just released, LEADERSHIP investigations reveal.Candidates are in a state of confusion as they have ...
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday, urged the acting chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Dahiru Musdapher, to do all he can to restore the confidence of Nigerians in the judiciary, while promising that his administration would be committed to th...
President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered security services in the country to fashion out and execute more intelligence measures to counter terrorism measures in conjunction with security operatives of other countries to fight terrorists in the country. ...