People are dying daily from road traffic accidents, yet it’s not getting enough attention from the authorities. Dr Christopher Uyinmwen Otabor is an orthopaedic surgeon and the Special Assistant to the Senior Adviser to the President on Millenniu...
Assistant Inspector General of Police, John Ibe is dead. Ibe who hails from Nasarawa State died of an undisclosed illness in Jos. The AIG was one of those recently promoted. Until his promotion, he was Commissioner of Police, Educatio...
The Kaduna State Government has appealed to the Nigerian Football Association (NFA) to maintain Kaduna as venue for the hosting of Super Eagles World Cup and Nations Cup qualifiers. The 2014 World Cup and 2013 second leg Af...
Foreign Ministers of the seven-nation ECOWAS Contact Group on Guinea Bissau are meeting with the country's political stakeholders on Sunday in Banjul, says ECOWAS spokesman, Sunday Ugoh. The contact group are Nigeria, Benin, Cape Verde,...
An early morning attack during catholic mass in the heart of Bayero University Kano has left at least 18 people dead. Among the victims of the attack are Professors Jerome Ayodele of the Chemistry Department and Andrew Leo of Library Science ...
Chief Victor Umeh, the National Chairman of APGA, has called for the arrest and prosecution of members of Anambra Task Force on Decongestion of Roads, Parks and Markets. Umehtold newsmen at Basilica of the Most Holy T...
The IMF/World Bank spring meetings have come and gone with various issues discussed in the annual spring meetings. The issue before the spring meetings was the election of the World Bank president where Nigeria’s coordinating minister for the eco...
The Plateau State Government has expressed satisfaction with the quality of work on the multi-billion Jos stadium. Mr. James Yakubu, Commissioner for Sports, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Jos on Sunday that the ``quality of work, the sp...
The Mamuzee Twins are one of the few Nigerian artistes that keep strictly to the African content in their music. In this interview with Blessing Ukemena and Patience Ivie- Obhafouso, they speak on why they have been silent for a while and what Nigerian...
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in the South-East, will hold its maiden media summit on May 3, to address the challenges facing the industry in the zone. The National Vice President of the union in the zone, Mr Ambrose Nwac...
The Coordinator, Patriotic Alliance of Nigeria (PAN), Chief Maxi Okwu, has advised the Federal Government not to negotiate with the Boko Haram sect but deal decisively with the group. Okwu, whose organisation comprised members of opposition poli...
Gen. Yakubu Gowon, the Chairman of Nigeria Prays, said in Aba, Abia, on Saturday that the organisation was formed to seek divine intervention for the county’s problems. Gowon, a former Nigerian military Head of State, said  ...
The Inter-Party Advisory Council has called on the National Assembly to allocate more funds to the Federal Government during the review of the constitution. Alhaji Mohammed Shittu, secretary of the council, made the call in an int...
The police in Kano said seven persons died and many others injured in a bomb attack on worshippers at Bayero University, Kano, on Sunday morning. The Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Magaji Majiya, who made the confirmation, said in a teleph...
Gov. Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa State on Saturday assured the people that his administration would be prudent and accountable in respect of contract awards. Al-Makura madethe statement while inaugurating some earth moving equipm...