Gunmen on Monday kidnapped the mother of a lawmaker, Rep. Abudu Balogun, (ACN-Ogun) in Ijebu Water Side in Ogun State. It was learnt that the lawmaker`s mother, Alhaja Obedatu Balogun, was abducted at about 9:30 p.m. at her residence in Ita...
The Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar, has appealed to political and religious leaders to use religion as a tool to foster harmonious coexistence and national development in the country. Abubakar, who made the appeal in Bida, Niger, on Tuesday said: ``...
Gov. Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State on Tuesday called on the INEC to adopt staggered elections to prevent malpractice in future elections in Nigeria. Mimiko made the call in Akure while receiving his Certificate of Return from Prof. Lai Olurode, INEC Na...
President Goodluck Jonathan said on Tuesday that his administration would put structures in place that would enable all Nigerians to have access to financial services and funds. Jonathan spoke when he received the UN Special Envoy for Financial Inclusi...
Republican leaders in the U.S. Congress expressed surprise and doubt on Tuesday about President Barack Obama's comment in debate with Republican challenger Mitt Romney that the automatic spending cuts set for the new year ``will not happen. ’...
The burial of Sheila, the widow of the late social critic and educationist, Dr Tai Solarin, is slated for Nov. 9. A burial progrmme made available to newsmen on Monday in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun, said her remains would arrive Ikenne-Remo on Nov. 8 ...
Nigerian drugs will henceforth bear scratch cards to reveal their identification numbers, NAFDAC said on Tuesday in Ibadan. The agency said the numbers would provide users with information on the authenticity of drugs. This was disclosed by the N...
The Minister of Aviation, Ms Stella Oduah, on Tuesday in Abuja said there was no terrorist attack on an Arik Air flight from Maiduguri to Abuja. Oduah made this known in a statement by her Special Adviser on Media, Mr Joe Obi. ``The rumour making the r...
The Group Managing Director of NNPC, Mr Andrew Yakubu, said on Tuesday that the Federal Government was keying into Nigeria’s abundant hydrocarbon resources to fast track socio-economic development of the nation. A statement issued by the acting G...
The Head of the BBC, George Entwistle, on Tuesday denied helping to cover up a sex scandal involving one of his former stars. He, however, accepted that the British Corporation had been damaged by a crisis that had shaken public trust in a national ins...
Gov. Kashim Shettima of Borno has expressed reservation with the quality of work in some sections of the proposed campus of the state university in Maiduguri. Shettima made the observation on Tuesday when he paid an unscheduled visit to the campus...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said on Tuesday that it would reappraise its operations to determine why it lost the just concluded Ondo state governorship election. The National Secretary, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, stated this in Abuja while...
A youth activist and member, National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) Jolly Emmanuel on Tuesday suggested the staggering of national elections for free and fair polls. Emmanuel told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt that the elect...
The Special Court Martial convened by the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Quorra on Tuesday sentenced an Able Seaman, Ogbu Jonathan, to three years imprisonment for receiving a stolen vehicle. Jonathan had pleaded not guilty to a two-count charge of absence f...
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday issued a general amnesty, state-run television reported, and the opposition dismissed the decision as a sham. The amnesty applies to all offences committed before Oct. 23, except for ``terrorist crimes&r...