The Senate has mandated its Committee on National Security and Intelligence to investigate the failed rescue operation that resulted in the death of a Briton and an Italian in Sokoto. The Committees on Defence and Army and Foreign Affairs were also man...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday hailed the Senate for rejecting the bill seeking that workers should vote before embarking on strike. The Senate on Tuesday disapproved the bill which sought to amend the labour law. In a statement signed ...
Mr Lawrence Alabi, the Port Manager, Rivers Port Complex, Port Harcourt, Rivers, on Wednesday apologised to the Rivers State Police Command over the damage to three of its gunboats. Alabi told reporters in Port Harcourt that the management of the...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday in Abuja that its Global Communication Network (GCN) facility would enhance effective and secure communication among Nigerian embassies worldwide. Mr Mohammed Danjaji, the Director of ICT in the ministr...
The House of Representatives Committee on Capital Market and Other Institutions, on Wednesday accused the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of irregularities in recruitment and regulatory processes. Rep. Herman Hembe (PDP-Benue), the Chairman of...
Bishop Vibert Lowe – who preached to the party-loving singer and her family at their local church in Barbados – says he is “praying” for the 24-year-old ‘S&M’ singer. The 64-year-old clergyman...
Oil supply from non-OPEC countries will grow less than expected in the first quarter of this year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Wednesday, leaving its global oil demand growth forecast unchanged. The agency, which advises industrialise...
The BBC has suffered a sophisticated cyber-attack following a campaign by Iranian authorities against its Persian service, director-general Mark Thompson said on Wednesday. Thompson also reported attempts to jam satellite feeds of the British Broadcast...
A bus carrying Belgian children home from a school ski trip crashed into the wall of a tunnel in the Valais region of Switzerland, killing 28 people, 22 of them children, police said on Wednesday. The bus, transporting 52 people, mostly school children...
Neo-crooner Bruno Mars is only the 10th man in the magazine’s history to grace the cover of Playboy. Mars appears on the cover of the April 2012 issue, which celebrates sex and music with Miss April, Raquel Pomplun. She is all...
Chelsea captain John Terry has dismissed claims that player power was to blame for the sacking of Andre Villas-Boas. Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny and former Blues boss Luiz Felipe Scolari have both been critical of the players at S...
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday sealed up the premises of the MTN Call Centre in Jos, citing the ``undue exploitatiion and shortchanging of staff''. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr Jibrin Bancir, Chairman, Plate...
The police in Katsina State have confirmed the discovery of two dead bodies in Jibia local government of the state as they make frantic efforts to track their killers The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Shehu Muhammad, told newsmen in...
Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, yesterday, announced the arrest of 15 suspected members of various cult groups in allegedly involved in the upsurge of violent clashes in the State owned Niger Delta University (NDU) and some parts of the State....
Prominent chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have endorsed the nomination form of Chief Mrs Remi Adiuku Bakare, who is bidding for the party’s National Auditor position at its forthcoming national convention. Adiuku, a former Commis...