Nigeria’s militant group MEND threatened Saturday to attack South Africa’s investments, including telecoms firm MTN, in the Niger Delta, because of the terror trial of its leader in Johannesburg. “Our decision to attack South African...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, says the active participation of everyone is needed for democracy to thrive in a pluralised society. Tambuwal said this in Abuja on Saturday at the 2012 Nigerian Muslims and De...
Traders at the Alaba International Market have appealed to the Lagos State Government to widen the road network leading to the market. The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the market, Mr Felix Akpunonu, made the appe...
Activities resumed fully on Saturday at the general hospitals and the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) as doctors called off a three-day warning strike in Lagos. A correspondent of News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who visited some hospital...
The Kebbi Government on Friday rescinded its decision to pay the N18,000 new minimum wage to workers in the state. The Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Sani Kangiwa, told newsmen in Birnin Kebbi that the government would now pa...
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has called on the Federal Government to restore sanity to the association, saying that many states had started sabotaging its operation. Mr Michael Olukoya, the President of the union, made the call on Friday ...
President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the re-appointment of Prof. Promise Okpala as Registrar of the National Examination Council (NECO) for the second term. A statement signed by Sen. Anyim Pius Anyim, the Secretary to the Government of...
Mines and Steel Development Minister Mohammed Sada says the quality of Maiganga coal deposit in Akko Local Government Area of Gombe State is good for power generation Sada told newsmen on Friday that ``the quality has been already proven to be good en...
“I believe Madrid could lose La Liga, because Barcelona is also fighting and we have not won anything. We have never said that we had won it already. Our rivals also have a lot to play for and we cannot solely live off being eight or 10 points ah...
Syrian forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad shelled the battered city of Homs on Saturday, opposition activists said, the first bombings since a ceasefire began two days ago. The UN Security Council is tentatively scheduled to vote on a Western-A...
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) on Friday advocated for the second stanza of national anthem to replace the regular prayer made by the two religious bodies in public places. Mr Mike Omeri, director general of the agency, made this call in...
The security situation in the country has assumed another dimension, with gun-wielding men firing at hapless Nigerians who were travelling home on Good Friday, WINIFRED OGBEBO reports. But for God’s intervention, some travellers who were going ho...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday said Nigeria would overcome its daunting security and development challenges with unwavering faith in God and renewed commitment to national cause. Jonathan stated this at the second Presidential National Prayer ...
Mr Osita Chidoka, the Corps Marshal and Chief Executive of the FRSC, has identified indiscipline on the part of motorists as a major cause of road accidents in the country. Chidoka, who made the remark on Saturday in Abuja during the FRSC’s month...
Afghanistan's government on Saturday appointed Salahuddin Rabbani, the son of slain statesman Burhanuddin Rabbani, to replace his father and lead the country's High Peace Council charged with reaching out to Taliban insurgents. Former President...