The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Madueke’s convoy, on Wednesday night killed a staff of the Nigerian Pilot Newspaper, James Momoh, in Abuja. It was gathered that the minister’s convoy hit the deceased, on a bridge near the L...
President Goodluck Jonathan last night held a meeting with the governors of the 19 Northern states. Briefing newsmen at the end of the meeting, Niger State Governor, Babangida Aliyu said the meeting discussed issues related to insecurity, flooding and ...
The Inspector General of Police, IGP Mohammed Abubakar, has said that the Nigeria Police would not be cowed into abandoning their duty of protecting lives and property. Abubakar gave the assurance yesterday during the disbursement of N69 million famili...
A Federal High court sitting in Abuja will today decide whether or not to stop the House of Representatives from going ahead with impeachment proceedings against President Goodluck Jonathan over 2012 budget implementation. Justice Gab...
Former president Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday blamed ‘inadequate education in the North’ among other factors for the Boko Haram insurgency. He also cited failure of leadership and unemployment among the internal remote causes of the insurgen...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, arraigned Mr. Abdullahi Mohammed (alias Dan Hadeja), 72, before Justice Abubakar Tijjani of the Federal High Court II, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on a one count charge of obtaining the...
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday expressed confidence in the country’s ability to overcome its present security challenges and emerge as a very strong, united, stable and economically progressive nation. Jonathan, who expressed this hope at ...
Thousand of Nigerian Christian and Muslim youths yesterday condemned the ‘blasphemy’ film against the Prophet Muhammad (SWA), even as they appealed to all Nigerians to remain law abiding. The youths, under the umbrella body of Christi...
Unidentified gunmen, yesterday, launched an attack on MTN, Airtel and Visafone masts in Zaria area of Kaduna State and Mubi in Adamawa. In Zaria, the gunmen riding on three separate motorcycles set ablaze the three masts belonging to the three te...
The Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah, has been lauded over the remodelling of Kaduna and Kano Hajj terminals into a world class facility. Former Director of Aviation Security and Safety, Federal Airports Authority (FAAN), Captain Balarabe Us...
Amid controversy trailing the concession of Lagos Ibadan expressway to Bi-Courtney Highway Services, the Minister of Works, Mike Onolememen, yesterday said that the federal government would henceforth enforce the concession agreement. The minister, who...
The zonal commanding officer, Zone 8 of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Mr. Kehinde Adeleye, yesterday said most road accidents were caused by human factors due to impatience and ignorance on the part of drivers. Adeleye who stated this duri...
The Niger state government is to rake at least N1.1 billion from the planned sale of the legislative and commissioners quarters in the state capital, Minna, whose bidding and technical evaluation has commenced. The state Commissioner for Lands and Hous...
Following discoveries by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) of some fraudsters who parade themselves as Officers of the Corps requesting members of the public to send recharge cards to them supposedly to be used to assist victims of road crash has st...
An Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Thursday remanded in Ikoyi Prison a 34-year-old bricklayer, Abiodun Otaoroju, charged with the murder of his 41-day-old son. The defendant is facing a two-count charge of murder and administering obnoxi...