The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has seized three oil tankers loaded with fuel lifted from a vandalised NNPC oil pipeline in Kogi. A statement in Abuja by the Corps' Public Relations Officer, Mr Emmanuel Okeh, and made availabl...
The United Kingdom Prosecutor that is currently trying the former governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori for multiple frauds on Monday indicted the former Chieftain of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), stressing that he stylishly defrauded...
The University of Abuja Chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to call an indefinite strike over the comments of the university’s Vice Chancellor, Prof James Adelabu. In a statement, signed by Dr Clement C...
Dare Amoo, a 45-year-old driver from Idigba Compound in Oke-Ose, Ilorin East Local Government Area of Kwara, on Sunday committed suicide by hanging. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the deceased, a father of six, told his wife after the ear...
Three people were said to have been injured on Sunday night when a miniature bomb exploded at Sabon Gari in Fagge Local Government area of Kano, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Mr Williams Okey, a resident of the area, told NAN in Kano ...
Nigeria are desperately shopping for a new venue for a 2014 World Cup qualifying tie in June following a deadly bomb attack in Kaduna. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have all but agreed to stage a World Cup qualifier at home agains...
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Minister of Finance and World Bank presidential candidate on Monday in Abuja conceded that the U.S., candidate for the post would win. Okonjo-Iweala’s comments came few hours before the 25-man executive board of direct...
Scores of supporters of former Delta state governor James Ibori and some Nigerian journalists were on Monday barred from the London's Southwark Crown Court room where he was to be sentenced after pleading guilty to money laundering. The News Agency...
Star actress Stephanie Okereke is reportedly planning a superlative wedding when she walks down the aisle with her fiancée Linus Idahosa on April 21, 2012 in Paris, France. Though the couple have been guarding closely details about the w...
An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) allegedly placed under a car has exploded, and destroyed 3 cars in Kano. The incident took place near a beer palour along Aitken Road, off New road in Sabon Gari, Kano. According to an eye witness ...
This weekend's elimination episode of American Idol was so shocking that Jennifer Lopez couldn't help but scream 'This is crazy!' The season's frontrunner, 16-year-old Jessica Sanchez, received the lowest number of votes and w...
Pakistan is food sufficient and produces more wheat than the entire Africa. In this interview with RUTH YAMTA, the Acting High Commissioner of Pakistan in Nigeria, Ahmed Ali Sirohey, shares his country’s successes in agriculture and textile indus...
All eyes would beam on the Senate Committee on Aviation today as it commences probe on the anti-competive practices allegedly perpetrated by foreign airlines within nation’s aviation sector. The public hearing which will hold at the Senate would ...
Nigeria’s main focus during this year’s edition of the Arabian Travel Market is to woo investors from around the world to invest in the tourism sub-sector of the economy, the Director-General, NTDC, Otunba Segun Runsewe, has said. Nigeria w...
The epileptic power supply currently being experienced in some parts of the country, particularly in Lagos State is to witness an improvement by the end of this month. Two power plants Egbin and Olorunsogo which are the major power sources to Lagos and...