More than 20 bombs hit cities and towns across Iraq on Thursday, killing at least 36 and wounding almost 150, police and hospital sources said. The blasts have raised fears of sectarian strife in a country whose authorities are keen to show they can no...
Gov. Jonah Jang of Plateau has carried out a minor cabinet reshuffle with Alhaji Abdulhammed Gamzaki, the former Commissioner for Special Duties, assigned to the Ministry of Transport. The Commissioner for Information, Mr Abraham Yiljap, who anno...
Gov. Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe State has denied involvement in the fuel subsidy scam as reported in some national newspapers. Dankwambo made the denial in Gombe on Thursday while assenting to the fiscal responsibility Law recently passed by the State ...
The House of Representatives on Thursday directed its Housing and Finance, as well as Banking and Currency to conduct a public hearing to ascertain contributors to the National Housing Fund. The committees are to ascertain the amount they have contribu...
Mr Aliou Dia, the UN Regional Programme Specialist on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in Eastern, Southern and West Africa, says Nigeria is a role model for disaster management in the region. He said this in Abuja on Thursday at an interactive session wi...
They were reported to have split last month after a year of dating. But yesterday Eva Longoria, 37, and Eduardo Cruz, 27, showed that their romance is very much back on as they enjoyed a tender PDA on a day out at the zoo in Los Angeles. Desperate Hous...
President Goodluck Jonathan said on Thursday that Nigeria was safe for foreign investors and called for Western assistance to combat Boko Haram. "We are building up our security infrastructure. I can say we are on top of this problem," Jonath...
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday gave ruling in favour of the National Environmental Standards Regulations and Enforcement Agency (NESREA) in a case brought against the agency by Petfaith International Ltd. NESREA had confiscated ivory work ...
The Chief Justice of Nigeria Justice Dahiru Musdapher, contrary to speculations, has not resigned his appointment, LEADERSHIP gathered. A statement by his media adviser, Mohammed Adamu noted that, “The CJN had, on 11th April, 2012, written to the...
In spite of its challenges, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has made noteworthy progress, a former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, said on Thursday in Lagos. ``In spite of the initial slow take-off, the pace of activities ...
Gov. Umaru Almakura of Nasarawa State on Thursday signed the state’s 2012 Appropriation Bill of more than N104 billion into law. The governor, while signing the budget at the Government House in Lafia, pledged that his administration would adhere...
International organisations condemned a wave of arrests by Mali's military rulers which extended into a third day on Wednesday in spite of an agreement by the junta to restore constitutional order. The West African state has been in crisis since a ...
Alhaji Abdullahi Hassan, the Chairman of Sokoto North Local Government Council in Sokoto State, said that the council detected 1,115 ghost workers on its payroll. Hassan told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Sokoto that the ghost staff w...
The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has described the conviction of former governor of Delta State, James Ibori in a London court as a landmark in the global fight against corruption. A statement by Mr Daniel Bekele, Africa Director at HRW in Lagos, sai...
President Goodluck Jonathan has condoled with retired Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Alfa Belgore, on the death of his wife, Fatima. In a statement on Thursday by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati, Jonathan...