A 65-year old widower has threatened to take legal action to compel the Federal Roads Safety Commission (FRSC) to pay his late wife’s death benefits. Mr. Abraham Agwo, was the husband of late Mrs. Matilda N Agwo (nee Uzowuru), an FRSC officer who...
Three prominent opposition members resigned from the Syrian National Council on Tuesday, saying they have given up on trying to make the group a more effective. “We are resigning because our effort to make the group a more effective player in the...
Former Ekiti State Governor Segun Oni has filed an appeal before the Supreme Court, asking it to set aside the judgments of the Court of Appeal in Ilorin and Ado Ekiti which nullified his election and upheld the election of Governor Kayode Fayemi. The ...
Imo Commissioner of Police, Mr Mohammad Abubakar, has assured that the state police command would arrest the kidnappers of former Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Chief Goddy Dikeocha. Abubakar who gave the assurance on Tuesday in Owerri told jo...
As the Osun State congress of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) remains four days away, five of the leading Chairmanship aspirants have stepped down for the consensus candidate, Honourable Kayode Idowu. The aspirants in a joint statement ye...
The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Capital Market and other Institutions, Herman Hembe, has said the failure of the capital market saw over N20 trillion of investors' funds going down the drain, stressing th...
The naira appreciated from near a month low on speculation it will be supported as stronger oil prices outweighed an increase in petrol import orders. The currency strengthened 0.3 per cent to 157.85 per dollar on the interbank market as of 5:48 ...
The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has put its planned strike on hold following the intervention of government and all other stakeholders in the industry, a statement issued by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (...
Transactions on the floor of the Nigerian stock market yesterday sustained bullish rally as investors continued to take position in the blue chip companies. Consequently, the market capitalisation of equities appreciated by N43 billion as market ...
Economic growth in Nigeria declined marginally in 2011 compared to 2010, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) have shown. Data from the NBS yesterday indicate that the economy, measured by the Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP), grew by 7.3...
The United Kingdom (UK) has confirmed that Italy’s intelligence services were told that two hostages had been located, but were not specifically warned a raid to release them was imminent. UK Defence Minister, Phillip Hammond, used a House of Com...
Senate Leader, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba (SAN) yesterday attributed the delay for the review of the 1999 Constitution on the non-provision of funds for it in the 2011 budget. Ndoma-Egba made the clarification when national officers of the Nigerian Bar ...
A 17-year old man, Ifeanyi Chukwu Agah, has been found guilty of unnatural tendencies. The Upper Area Court, Mararaba, Nasarawa State, presided over by Judge Abdullahi Mairiga, on Monday, found the accused person guilty of having sexual relations...
The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), yesterday, at its national headquarters in Abuja stated that the federal government was not sincere in managing the security challenges in the country. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Engr Rotim...
Students of University of Jos, yesterday, took to the streets to protest the stabbing of two female mates at Naraguta Hall by some youths around the area. The protest march which took the students around Bauchi and Zaria Roads led to the blockage of th...