Prof. Emmanuel Oladapo, a lecturer at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, says poor environmental performance is hindering sustainable development in Nigeria Oladapo noted in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Saturday that a lo...
The Police in Gombe have commenced investigations into Friday’s killing of a ward head in Gombe metropolis by gunmen. Mr Ahmad Muhammad, the Police Public Relations Officer of the command, revealed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gomb...
Gov. Kashim Shettima of Borno has expressed shock over last week’s killing of Alhaji Adamu Ahmadu, the Comptroller of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) in charge of Yobe and Borno. Ahmadu was killed on Tuesday at his residence in Potiskum, Yobe,...
The Director-General of NYSC, Brig.-Gen. Nnamdi Affia, has advised corps members to uphold the ideals for which the scheme was established. Affia gave the advice on Saturday when he visited the NYSC Orientation Camp in Umunya, Oyi Local Government Area...
The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Dr. Eugene Juwah spoke to journalists on the recent transformation taking place in the nation’s telecommunication industry. NGOZI OBOH who attended the meeting reports. It is...
A car laden with explosives detonated outside of the St. Finbar's Catholic church, Rayfield, Jos on Sunday, killing at least three people and injuring others. The Associated Press reports that the suicide bomber was apparently stopped bef...
Give it to her, Omotola Jalade-Ekehinde, the one whose fans do passionately call “Omosexy” is always a delight to press guys, especially the grapevines. But of recent Omotola did find the story that she is on a “nine months course,&rd...
Empress Njamah is not only your kind of girl; she is also a talented actress that has been in the industry for years. But like all celebrities, she has paid a lot of price for her celebrity’s status. The recent one being the allegation that she a...
Lady Gaga has become the first Twitter user to amass 20 million followers. The singer tops the microblogging site’s most popular list ahead of fellow pop stars Justin Bieber (18 million), Katy Perry (15.7 million) and Shakira (14.5 million). Gaga...
Justin Bieber now has one fewer snake to hold on a daily basis -- because the legless reptile-turned-fashion accessory he carried around at the VMAs last year has found a new home ... in a Minnesota zoo . A rep for the Rad Zoo in Owatonna, MN tells TMZ...
A police inspector, Ahamba Njoku, has been shot dead by robbers in Aba, the commercial hub of Abia, the police said. Police Public Relations Officer in Abia, Mr Geoffrey Ogbonna, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Aba yesterd...
The wife of one of the guards who held a Briton and an Italian hostage in northern Nigeria said yesterday that the two men were taken into a toilet and shot dead during a failed attempt to rescue them by British and Nigerian forces. The wife, who gave ...
Mr Anyatang Livinus, like every young person in his childhood, was full of hopes and aspirations of making success out of life. His ideal dream was to become a medical doctor. The young intelligent Livinus nursed&nbs...
Nature knows no pause in progress and development, and attaches her curse on all inactions –Johann Wolfgang von Goethe In this piece Chizoba Ogbeche, examines the benefits of the National Retreat On Women Development, Peace and National Transform...
We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a commodity to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect-Aldo Leopold The monthly environmental sanitation exercise aimed at keeping the surround...