The future of any society is rightly built around youth. Therefore, it is not unusual to hear the saying that the future lies in their hands or that they are the leaders of tomorrow. Most youths, even with this aphorism, seems to be apprehensive over t...
National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members have been described as catalysts for harmony, peace and development and must be cherished and protected. The Director General, DG, of the scheme, Brigadier General Nnamdi Okore-Affia said this while add...
A charity outfit is hoping to double the number of lives saved by encouraging its donors to spit. Currently blood samples are used to determine bone marrow type for potential matches, which means a trip to the doctors. But from July 1, this year, the l...
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture’s Ambassador, Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that Africa needs to rethink its food import burden and consider local content options, such as the inclusion of cassava flour in wheat ...
The Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal commenced its inaugural sitting in Lokoja yesterday on a sour note, following a clash between the supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) and the Action Congress of Nigeria(ACN). The ...
A 25-year-old bricklayer, Sarafa Sule of No 6 Ita-Amodu area of Ilorin, was yesterday remanded in prison custody for allegedly raping a 10-year-old girl. The accused, who was arraigned before an Ilorin Magistrates’ court on a one-count charge of ...
After spending over three weeks on how to find its bearing on the Professor Steven Ugba versus Governor Gabriel Suswam case which the Supreme Court said should be heard on its merit, the reconstituted governorship election petition tribunal is again fa...
The Governor of Niger state, Dr Muazu Babangida Aliyu has urged security agencies and the people to be more proactive in order to overcome the problems of insecurity in the country. Governor Aliyu told members of the senior course 36, Syndicate 6 of th...
Ahead of the Sokoto State governorship election, slated for March 10, 2012, there is anxiety over the detention of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) state chairman, Alhaji Ibrahim Milgoma, and two of his party executive members. They are held ...
The Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) and Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) under the leadership of His Eminence, the Sultan, Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has again condemned the killings and wanton de...
A special prayer for continued peaceful co-existence in Kano was offered yesterday at the City Central Mosque.The prayer session was attended by Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso, the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, top government officials, eminent scholars a...
I am sad and troubled for our nation. I just cannot sleep when I consider the amount of innocent blood that has been spilt in the 24 hours before I wrote this piece. Kano, Bayelsa, Bauchi....it goes on and on. So much blood, so much hate, so much divis...
The Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), yesterday assured residents of the state of the preparedness of his administration to rehabilitate existing roads and construct new ones in 2012 fiscal year. Fashola said this at a ceremony to ma...
For the Peoples Democratic Party to regain its lost glory in the South-West, the National Vice Chairman of the party (South-West), Alh. Tajudeen Oladipo, has stressed the need for more sacrifice from members. Oladipo made his position known at the open...
The Minister of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation, Mr Edem Duke, has described Friday's multiple bomb blasts in parts of Kano as alarming. Duke said in Calabar on Monday during an interaction with newsmen that the explosions which reportedl...