The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday closed its case against a Lagos-based businessman, George Nwokonko, standing trial for allegedly defrauding a German of 150,000 U.S. dollars. Nwokonko (52) of ...
The Nigeria Governors` Forum (NGF) has pleaded with Nigerians to show greater understanding on the present insecurity in the country as steps are being taken to address the situation. The forum,which consists of the 36 elected gov...
The Minister for Information, Mr Labaran Maku, has advocated the reflection of messages of peace in the film industry to address the country's current security challenges. Maku made the call at the closing ceremony of the four-day Zuma film fe...
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has invited EFFCand ICPC to investigate its activities and to prosecute officials found to be involved in corruption. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and Independent Corrupt ...
The National Secretary, Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) Sen. Lawal Shuaibu, on Thursday called for the rehabilitation of cultists as a way to curb the menace in the country. Shuaibu, who said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nige...
Mental stress can literally be heart-breaking for women – leading them to be more likely than men to suffer coronary problems, a study claims. The findings could help explain why women are more likely than men to be hit by coronary symptoms after...
Forget arduous gym sessions and endless calorie counting. There may be a much more relaxing way to slim, research suggests – grabbing some extra shut-eye. A ‘sleep diet’ could be the best solution if you have a genetic tendency to pil...
Thousands of deaths have been prevented in hospitals because medical staff are being more diligent about washing their hands, a study has claimed. The high-profile Clean Your Hands campaign to encourage doctors and nurses to use soap and water or alcoh...
Lake Chad is the only sizeable surface freshwater reservoir in the Sahel zone. Climatic factors, its uncontrolled use for irrigated farming, and high population pressure have caused the lake to shrink to 10 per cent of its original surface area over th...
The Director-General, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Niger State, Joshua Bawa, in this interview with ABU NMODU, says, among other things, that the tremendous political will from Governor Muazu Babangida Aliyu, has put the off...
Hardly had President Goodluck Jonathan recovered from the verbal misfiring by his National Security Adviser recently, indicting the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of fuelling the Boko Haram menace, when suspected mastermind of the 2010 Independe...
The senate has set a September deadline for the executive to submit details of the 2013 budget.This it said was in a bid to forestall perennial late annual budget passage by the national assembly, chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriation, Sena...
A feeling of anger, trepidation and confusion now pervades Amaewula village in Umuezeoka, Ezza North Local Government Area and Ebonyi State in general, following the tragic news of the murder of a former permanent secretary, Chief Cletus Nwezza by susp...
Following the flag-off of campaign of the Action Congress of Nigeria, (ACN), in the Edo Central Senatorial District (a zone believed to be a strong hold of the opposition PDP) the party’s leaders in the area have concluded that the zone would fal...
Nigeria Development and Finance Forum (NDFF) 2012 will provide the platform to track one year of market policy and social sector reforms in Nigeria under the Administration of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.