Residents of Fugar in Etsako Central Local Government Area of Edo are currently facing hardship, as water scarcity hits the town and its environs. The correspondent who went round the town, reports that the scarcity is occasioned by the breakdown of th...
The Police in Akure on Tuesday arraigned a 28-year-old woman, Folashade Babatunde before an Akure Senior Magistrates' Court for allegedly pouring faeces on a female banker. The accused, a trade and HND student at Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo in Ondo...
The pop star is one of the many names considered for a movie about the late legend As producers scramble to complete a script for the Whitney Houston biopic, Rihanna has emerged as a contender for the lead role. It turns out that Me...
We apologize to Oracle Corporation, its subsidiary Oracle - Nigeria, and to our readers for the misunderstanding we caused by publishing an article titled “ Oracle Experience wins IDMN award”, on Tuesday February 7, 2012, in our newspaper o...
The Senior National Team of Nigeria, Super Eagles, remained in very high spirit on Tuesday, 24 hours to the 2013 African Cup of Nations qualifying match against the Amavubi Stars of Rwanda in Kigali. A delegation of players, technical and...
Imo Governor Owelle Rochas Okorocha, on Monday demanded the creation of additional states for the South-East to honour Chief Chukwuemeka Odumuegwu-Ojukwu. Okorocha made the call at a ceremony he organised to receive the remains of Ojukwu at the Heros&r...
The National Hajj Commission has begun preparations for the next pilgrimage to avoid problems encountered in the just concluded hajj operation, an official said in Abuja on Tuesday. Dr Saleh Okenwa, the Commissioner for Planning Research, Statistics In...
Pupils of Gomari Costain Primary School in Maiduguri woke up on Tuesday to discover that their school has been destroyed by fire. The school was razed by an overnight fire, believed to have been made by persons suspected to be members of the Boko Haram...
Nigeria will be unveiling a newly designed jersey by kit sponsors adidas when they face Rwanda in Kigali on Wednesday in their 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier. From agreements reached with the sportswear company, adidas will c...
Government offices and major markets in parts of Abia were on Tuesday shut in honour of the late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu whose remains were in Aba as part of his burial itinerary. Gov Theodore Orji had on Sunday declared Tuesday as a public hol...
Determined to fast-track the development of the state, Lagos State Government has said that it has earmarked N58.7billion for the execution of 156 new projects across the 57 Local Government and Local Council Development Areas of the state. The Chairma...
In a strict compliance with the directives of the acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammad Abubakar, the Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Police Force, have vacated all the road blocks within its command with the exception of those at ...
Police officers attached to the Homicide Department at Panti, Yaba, in Lagos State have discovered two decomposed corpses in an apartment in Lagos. The decomposed corpses were found in a three-bedroom apartment at 18, Aina Road, Agiliti, Mile 12 area o...
A Lagos High Court in Ikeja has rejected the an application by automobile spare parts dealers at the Aguiyi Ironsi International Trade Centre, Lagos, (popularly known as Ladipo Market), seeking for the reopening of the market. The&nbs...
The genuine intervention of the Dr Olusegun Mimiko’s administration in the health sector has yeilded positive result in the state. The success recorded by the governor snowballed into a celebration of rare achievements in Akure on Mon...