President Barack Obama of the US has invited four African leaders to join the G8 leaders' summit at Camp David later this month for a session on food security, the White House said. Those invited to participate are Benin's President Yayi Boni, ...
The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) says it is too early to fault the media on the non-use of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act. Mr Gbenga Onayiga, the NUJ National Vice President, Zone H, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Friday...
The House of Representatives committee on Land Transport has expressed satisfaction with the N2.4 billion rail rehabilitation project in the North Central part of the country. Dr Sokonte Davies, the Committee’s Chairman, who led other members on ...
Sen. Olusola Adeyeye on Friday called on the Federal Government to explore all possible means, including concession to the aggrieved in the interest of peace. Adeyeye, who made the call in an interview with newsmen in Osogbo, stressed the need for the ...
Stakeholders in the housing development on Thursday sought collaboration with the Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) in fighting the influx of substandard building materials to the markets The request was made during the ``Material Session Day&rsqu...
An Ikeja High Court in Lagos on Friday granted bail to John Okeke, a Pentecostal archbishop, who allegedly stole property of his church members valued at N7 million. Okeke, founder of God's Pentecostal Ministry World Wide, Iba in Lagos, is facing a...
Bishop Ephraim Ikeakor, Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Amichi in Anambra, has charged the nation’s judiciary to join meaningfully in the fight against corruption for sustainable development. Ikeakor gave the charge on Friday in Onitsha, Anambr...
The Plateau Government Friday banned the operation of motorcycles in Jos and Bukuru metropolis, citing the security situation in the state capital as a reason for the action. The Commissioner for Information, Mr Abraham Yiljap, announced the ban at a n...
A report that a car laden with explosive devices had been abandoned at AP Plaza, Wuse II, Abuja, caused panic in the area on Friday. Workers in the building and those of a new generation bank located beside it were evacuated and the area cordoned off b...
The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola, on Friday apologised to Lagos residents over the hardship arising from the ongoing strike by doctors in the employ of the state. Addressing some Lagos residents who stormed his office in protest against t...
The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) on Friday called for the prosecution of all marketers allegedly involved in the oil subsidy fraud. Mr David Ugolor, the Executive Director of ANEEJ, made this known in an interview with th...
A 35-year-old man, Prosper Oguchi, was on Friday arraigned before an Apapa Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly having unnatural carnal knowledge of 11-year-old boy. Oguchi of no fixed address is facing a one-count charge of unnatural c...
Comrade Olaitan Oyerinde, the Principal Private Secretary to Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, was Thursday night trailed by gunmen and shot dead at his residence in Benin.A statement from the Special Adviser on media affairs to the governor, Tony ...
It may not be the most handsome of creatures. But this mouse – or more specifically its bristly tuft of hair – could hold the remedy for baldness and going grey, scientists claim. They have worked out how to use stem cells to create pigment...
Dr. Sam Amadi, the chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), in this interview with JULIET ALOHAN, speaks on the age-long corruption that has bedeviled the electricity industry and the findings of the probe committee set up by ...