The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) says 108 persons died in road accidents in Plateau last year, while 1,488 others suffered severe injuries. A statistics made available by FRSC, said the number of deaths increased by four as against the104 reco...
Outgoing President Ali Saleh apologised for “any shortcoming” in his 33-year rule before leaving Yemen for the U.S. on Sunday, paving way for a transfer of power after a year of unrest. “God willing, I will leave for (medical) treatme...
A pharmacist, Mr Ernest Udensi on Monday urged the federal and state governments to intensify exploitation of alternative healthcare to provide cheaper services. “Government should exploit the potential of unorthodox medical treatment in providin...
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Plateau said on Monday that it would invite the Economic Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) to investigate the activities of its suspended Chairman, Mr Amos Gizo. “Gizo has refused to hadover relevant docume...
Alhaji Abdullahi Danchina, Bauchi CPC gubernatorial aspirant, has advised the Federal Government to pay more attention to the exploration of solid minerals deposits across the country. Danchina, who is the Managing Director, Solid Unit Nigeria Ltd, a J...
Monday Odigie, the Assistant Coach of Rangers International FC of Enugu, has assured the club's fans that it will soon return to its winning ways in spite of current challenges. Odigie told newsmen on Sunday after his team defeated Kaduna United FC...
Cote D’Ivoire yesterday started their 2012 Africa Cup of Nations title challenge with a slim victory over Sudan in Malabo. The Ivorians won 1-0. A Didier Drogba header on 39 minutes was all that separated the two sides at the end of regulation ti...
Dr Felix Igwe, the Chairman of ASUU, River State University of Science and Technology (RSUST), Port Harcourt, says the national body of the union is not in a hurry to suspend its seven-week-old strike. Commenting on the speculation that the union may s...
Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke, has condoled with the families and relations of those who lost their lives and sustained injuries in the blasts that took place in Kano and Bayelsa States at the weekend. A statement by Governor’s ...
Bayelsa State Governor, Chief Timipre Sylva, has commiserated with the families of victims of weekends’ attacks in Kano and prayed that God would stand by them. The Governor, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Doifie Ola, symp...
Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambers, Secretary General, African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP-Group) on Sunday endorsed the candidature of Nigeria’s Aisha Abdullahi, for the post of Commissioner for Political Affairs of the AU Commission. Chamb...
The National Campaign Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2012 gubernatorial election in Bayelsa State, under the chairmanship of Vice President Namadi Sambo, has said that it postponed the party’s campaign take-off in the sta...
As the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) prepares for its state congress, Sen Abdullahi Adamu led faction, has passed a vote of no confidence on the present party executive in Nasarawa. The faction called “PDP Concern Forum” wants the ex...
The Chairman of Bwari Area Council in the FCT, Mr Peter Yohanna, has solicited the cooperation of traditional rulers in the area in tackling the current security challenges. Yohanna made the appeal on Monday in Bwari, after a meeting with the tradition...
The country’s interbank lending rates; the rate at which banks lend funds to one another rose last Friday to an average of 14.25 per cent from 14 per cent on Tuesday as foreign exchange purchases and other dealings drained liquidity from the syst...