Against the backdrop of abject poverty and hunger ravaging the African continent, the Israeli Embassy in Nigeria has agreed to partner with a Nigerian pressure group, Success Family Values Initiative (SFVI), to tackle the trend. The Israe...
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) has stressed the need for Nigeria to join the rest of the world in phasing out the consumption of hydro-chloro-fluoro-carbons (HCFCs). This was contained in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja ...
The United Nations human rights office (OHCHR) has appealed to Member States to give generously to an important fund that has given grants to fund initiatives that help victims of slavery transform their lives for over 20 years. The UN Vo...
Member representing Kanam, Kanke and Pankshin federal constituency of Plateau State in the national assembly, Hon. Emmanuel Goa’r has faulted the posture of the federal government towards the insecurity in the country, saying without addre...
Gombe State government has released over N4 billion for the construction of 23 kilometre network of roads linking three Local Government areas of the State; Ture-Sabon Layi-Awak-Dogon Ruwa in Kaltungo Local Government and Billiri-Gujuba-Ta...
A Bureau de Change operator at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Alhaji Isiaka Tahir, on Friday accused four policemen, members of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of stealing about N5m from him. Tahir said the act occ...
Ogun State governor, Senator. Ibikunle Amosun yesterday inaugurated a panel that would scrutinise land deals under former Governor Gbenga Daniel’s administration, just as he said that his administration would pay high premium on land, sayi...
Nigeria and other members of the United Nations Security Council have agreed to deploy a mission to Libya to support the North African country’s transitional authorities in their reconstruction efforts after the end of the conflict,geared ...
Renewed acts of kidnapping have been reported by men suspected to be members of a suspected ritual gang in Asaba. The men, leadership Sunday understand, are allegedly based in Ibusa and are ‘well equipped’ with char...
Barely 24 hours after stating the three conditions that must be met before there could be ceasefire over Boko Haram’ hostilities, following a discussion between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the family of the late Boko Haram leade...
The participation of President Goodluck Jonathan in the 2011 election in disregard of his party’s constitution that allows for power to rotate between the north and the south may have made some top northern leaders within the Peoples...
A bill that would have empowered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’ efforts to seize assets acquired by individuals through corrupt means, and to establish an agency to manage same has been buried by the National Assembly since ...
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday ordered the National Universities Commission NUC to bring an end to violence which he said has reduced the quality of degrees from most universities. The president who gave this order yesterday during...
The Niger State governor, Babangida Aliyu, has stressed that contrary to reports in the media, the state governors were not against the Sovereign Wealth Fund. According to him, the method of implementation was the problem. The governor also urge...