An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State today admitted former governor of Oyo State Otunba Adebayo Alao- Akala, and two of his associates, Senator Hosea Agboola, a former Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs and...
The maiden presidential retreat with the private sectors, initially scheduled for Obudu Ranch Resort, Calabar, was moved to Abuja to ensure air safety of the participants, President Goodluck Jonathan has said. Declaring the retreat open on Thurs...
Gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect, on Wednesday shot dead a police constable after robbing a bank in Damboa, about 100 kilometres from Maiduguri. Eyewitnesses told newsmen that the gunmen invaded the bank in a convoy of about...
Libyan government fighters have captured Muammar Gaddafi's son Mo'tassim as he tried to escape the battle-torn city of Sirte, National Transitional Council (NTC) officials said. The capture of the deposed leader's national security a...
Following the significant raise in the benchmark interest rate, the naira firmed up at the official Wholesale Dutch Auction System (WDAS) window yesterday, closing at N150 to the dollar compared to N156.91 at the previous auction. The Central Bank of N...
The Seme Border Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said that it generated N635. 9 million revenue in the month of September, 2011. Area Comptroller of Customs, Alhaji Sadiq Sahabi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Seme yesterd...
The Catholic Archbishop of Ibadan, Rev Dr Felix Alaba Job has advised the federal government to suspend immediately the proposed removal of oil subsidy. This was just as he said that instead it should reduce the cost of governance by slashing the...
The former Director-General of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), Mr Ben Egbuna, has advocated for a special salary scale for the media in the country due to the nature of the profession. Speaking in Iwo yesterday as guest speaker a...
The Kwara State government is to spend N25 billion on provision of infrastructural facilities at the new Government Reserved Area (GRA), Budo Oso village, in Ilorin, the state capital. The director general Bureau of Lands, Ilorin, Mr. Tope Daramola, wh...
Youths in Angwan Rogo, Angwan Rukuba and Jenta Ademu, all in Jos North local government of Plateau State, have given the management of the University of Jos a condition that would curb the recurring violence in the institution’s neighbourho...
Nasarawa State government Umaru Al-Makura has advised students to imbibe the virtues of ethical conduct and respect for rules and regulations to be able to excel in their academic careers. Addressing students of Government Science School, Lafia, when h...
President Goodluck Jonathan, the nation’s economic management team and some leaders of the private sector will begin a two-day retreat today in Abuja. The retreat, which was to be held at the Obudu Cattle Ranch Resort in Obanliku local government...
First Civilian Governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, and the septuagenarian designer of the Nigerian Flag, Pa Akinkunmi Taiwo, have been tipped as winners of the first Continent of Africa Heroes award. Put together by Fame Afriquee Internatio...
The committee charged with the review of the Constitution of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) commenced sitting yesterday with enforcement of party discipline and mode of electing its officers and candidates topping the agenda. The mode of elec...
The peace of Efon-Alaaye in Efon Local Government Area of Ekiti State, was on yesterday shattered when a woman believed to be insane destroyed no fewer than 20 vehicles.The woman, identified as Olubu Alaure, was said to have woken up around 4.30 am, to...