he Jigawa Government on Friday inaugurated a 12-member Arts and Multimedia Censorship Board. The state’s Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Babandi Ibrahim, who inaugurated the board, said the committee was to regulate and censor th...
A strong quake centred off northeastern Japan shook buildings as far away as Tokyo on Friday and triggered a one-metre tsunami in an area devastated by last year's Fukushima disaster, but there were no reports of deaths or serious damage. The quake...
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) said on Friday that 101 ships were expected to arrive at the various terminals in Lagos ports between Dec. 7 and Dec. 31. The NPA daily publication, ``Shipping Position’’, made available to newsmen in Lago...
Gov. Liyel Imoke of Cross River on Friday started a two-month accumulated leave. This is contained in a statement issued on Friday in Calabar by Mr Christian Ita, Chief Press Secretary and Special Assistant on Media to the governor, and made avail...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja on Thursday announced the de-registration of 27 political parties. The announcement is contained in a statement signed by the Commission's Secretary, Abdulahi Kaugama, in Abuja. Accordin...
Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN) has intensified the clean up of the Atlantic shoreline in Akwa Ibom contaminated by the Nov. 9, oil spill emanating from its operations. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that additional 100 oil spill personnel ...
Residents in the southern Philippines began to bury their dead on Friday, as rescue workers continued scouring remote areas for possible survivors of Typhoon Bopha, the country's strongest storm this year. The storm killed 418 people and left ...
Ghanaians choose on Friday who will run one of Africa's most stable democracies as a surge in oil revenues promises to boost development and economic growth. Ghana has earned a reputation as an oasis of stability and progress in West Africa, a part...
Ejike Mbogu, a member of a deadly gang of six that has been terrorizing Lagos and Ogun States, has told the police how they wasted 10 policemen who dared to stand in their way. Ejike who is the number two man in the gang, spoke on behalf of other membe...
The House of Representatives yesterday declared that it will have no dealings with the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) under its incumbent Director-General, Arunma Oteh. Fielding questions from newsmen on the state of affairs of the, House vis-a...
Niger State Governor Muazu Babangida Aliyu has attributed the rot in Nigeria’s educational system to lack of synergy between school administrators and parents. Aliyu, who made the comment while inaugurating a committee on the establis...
The national leaders of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) converged on Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital, yesterday to seek the support of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in a bid to realise their drive for a mega merger of all opposition ...
Director and Country Representative, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Joseph Ngu has said that 3.1 million Nigerians currently live with the HIV virus. He also said that of this, 67 percent Nigerian youth accou...
Edo State Governor, Adams Oshomohle, has said that the prescription of staff sack in the civil service by the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, as a way to cut down on the high cost of governance in the country was w...
A meeting by the House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions to deliberate on a petition received from the Managing Director of Capital Oil and Gas, Mr. Ifeanyi Patrick Uba over the non-payment of his N20 billion fuel subsidy claims was, yes...