Rivers Governor Rotimi Amaechi on Friday advocated a change in the nomenclature of the Almajiri school to check possible stigmatisation of potential students. The governor made the call at a special meeting on the Almajiri Education Programme chaired b...
The National Chairman of Labour Party, Mr Dan Nwanyanwu, said on Friday that the party was committed to deepening its hold on ethos of democracy through the conduct of free and fair congresses. Nwanyanwu made this known in Abuja&nbs...
The police in Lagos on Friday brought two men before the Ebute Metta Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing rail tracks worth N2 million. The accused, Mohammed Sadiq and Ibrahim Sule are standing trial on a two-count charge of felony and steal...
Hundreds of Palestinians on hunger strike in Israeli jails said on Friday they would shun vitamin supplements and prison clinics in an escalation of their mass protest against detention conditions. ``We swear we will not retreat. We are potential marty...
Alhaji Misbahu Idris, the State Commander of NDLEA in Sokoto State, said on Friday that the command arrested 13 suspects and impounded 443 kg of narcotics in less than two weeks. Idris said that the command had arrested 70 suspects, secured 15 co...
Alhaji Dayyabu Garga, the National Secretary, Petroleum Tanker Drivers, says the association will support the Federal Government to fight indiscriminate parking of articulated vehicles on major roads across the country. Garga told the News Agency...
House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs has summoned Mr Olugbenga Ashiru, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, to appear before it to clarify Nigeria’s relationship with other African countries. Ashiru is to appear before the comm...
A 28-year-old robbery suspect on Friday changed his plea from guilty to not guilty as a Yaba Magistrates’ Court was preparing to sentence him. The accused, Kehinde Ola, had pleaded guilty to the charge of robbery before the court on Tuesday follo...
The Commissioner of Water Resources in Kaduna State, Mr. Sunday Marshal Katung, in this interview with MIDAT JOSEPH, speaks on the effort of the state government to ensure that the citizens have access to clean water. Can you give us an insight i...
Governor Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso of Kano State is one man many people love to hate especially in contemporary politics of Nigeria. His greatest offence apparently is doing good and feeling good about it. Unknown to Engr. Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso...
Senate Committee on Federal Character and Inter-Governmental Affairs has recommended a cut in the price charged by the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) for new driver’s licence and vehicle number plates. The committee pegged the price for ne...
Senator Bukola Saraki is on the spot no doubt, but is he really hounded his supporters say? UCHENNA AWOM in this analysis weigh in to some of the conjectures Is it enough to say that Senator Bukola Saraki, former governor of Kwara State is on the...
The national vice chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South-South, Mr. Stephen Oru yesterday said that all the leadership of the party from the zone have resolved to relocate to Benin City, the Edo State capital in preparation for the...
The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) yesterday accused the president, Dr Goodluck Jonathan of not fulfilling the promises he made to Nigerians. The party in a statement signed by its national publicity secretary, Mr. Rotimi Fashakin said that the ...
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital passed a damning verdict on African leaders, saying they are responsible for much of the conflicts and underdevelopment tearing the continent apart. Jonathan who made the in...