Former Turkish armed forces commander Gen. Ilker Basbug failed to appear among defendants in a mass trial over suspected coup conspiracies, witnesses said. Basbug absence may be an apparent protest at the merging of his case with other coup investigati...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday fixed May 9 for ruling on a bail application filed by Dr Sani Shuaibu, charged with diverting N439 million pension funds. Shuaibu, a former Director of Pension Administration in the Office of the Head of Service ...
The House of Representatives has queried the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), over the nomination of four of its members to its council by the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC). The House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee on Capital Market m...
With the rising claims of the efficacy of herbal medicines across the country, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it can only guarantee the safety of such drugs but not their efficacy. Mr Abubakar Jimoh, the ...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday in Abuja called on traditional rulers to preserve cultural values as they made effort to check insecurity in their domains. Jonathan made the call at the opening ceremony of a two-day workshop on Culture, Peace and...
The Lagos State government has sacked all striking medical doctors in the state. This is following the doctors’ refusal to end their strike, which has lasted for over two weeks. The doctors proceeded on an indefinite strike on April 24 after they...
A dismissed police officer, Iremirem Daniel, was on Monday docked before an Apapa Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly wearing the Nigeria Police uniform. Daniel, 45, of Maza Maza area of Lagos, is standing trial on a two-count charge o...
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, said on Monday in Lagos that the army structure would be expanded to effectively counter terror attacks in the country. Ihejirika, who made the statement at the opening ceremony of the semina...
Trading activities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Monday ended on a downward trend after several weeks of consistent growth. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this was as a result of the drop recorded in the market indices by 0.42 ...
The Federal Ministry of Water Resources says it is collaborating with the Federal Ministry of Power and a private firm, Transmitto, to evacuate power from hydro-power stations at Kashimbilla dam and others. The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) is ...
A former President of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) has urged the Federal Government to resuscitate palm oil industry to diversify the economy. Dr Simon Okolo told the News Agency of Nigeria...
The PDP in Edo on Monday described the death of Mr Olaitan Oyerinde, the Principal Private Secretary to Gov. Adams Oshiomhole as “wicked surprise and huge loss to the state.’’ This was contained in a statement signed by its Publicity ...
Some financial experts on Monday expressed worry over the regular delay in releasing budgetary allocations to the federal ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs). They said, in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lago...
The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has called on South Africa to unite behind the goal of reducing violence against children to zero in the world. “South Africa’s levels of violence against children are ...
In what appears to be dissatisfaction over the recent guilty verdict pronounced against him by an International Court sitting in The Hague over allegation of war crimes, former Liberian leader, Mr. Charles Taylor has made an appeal as well engaged a ne...