About 14 ships laden with petroleum products are waiting to berth at Apapa and Tin-Can Island ports in Lagos at the weekend. This was contained in the "Shipping Position", a document of the NPA, released in Lagos on Friday. It indicated that ...
Power generation in the country has dropped below 2,000 megawatts due to system collapse at Egbin Power Station. An official of the Ministry of Power, who pleaded anonymity, told our correspondent on Friday in Lagos that power supply had worsened in ma...
Mr Aloysius Okolie, the ASUU Chairman, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) chapter, has expressed concern over irregular payment of salaries to the university's staff. Okolie told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Nsukka on Friday that the staff ...
President Goodluck Jonathan has condemned and rejected the on-going attempt by a segment of the military in Guinea-Bissau to subvert that country's constitutional order. This was contained in a statement issued on Friday by Dr Reuben Abati, the Spe...
The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) said in Lagos on Friday said that the components of the police helicopter which crashed in Jos recently would be taken abroad for laboratory tests. AIB spokesman, Mr Tunji Oketunbi, disclosed this to our co...
Whatever the causes of an individual’s homelessness, the consequences can be brutal. It does not only destroy people’s capability through loss of skills, but damages resilience, self-esteem and worse of all, the health and wellbeing of whoe...
A 39-year–old man, Joseph Orkuma, who has been missing since January 1994, was yesterday reunited with his family after living a prodigal life. Orkuma, who hails from Tongov Amaagu in Katsina-Ala local Government Area of Benue State was picked un...
Benue State Governor, Gabriel Suswam last night received the “Nigeria Socio-Economic Award” in the United States in recognition of his giant strides in agriculture, infrastructure, health and education by the Africa Leadership Magazine, pub...
Thirty Seven construction workers in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, yesterday escaped death by the whiskers when the two storey building they were working on suddenly collapsed at about 12:00 noon. The incident which happened along Coca-cola road, opposi...
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday described the death of First Republic Senator and Minister of Health, Dr. Moses Adekoyejo Majekodunmi, as a great loss to the country. The development came just as Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola...
Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, might have ordered the arrest of the leader of a faction of the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP), Mr. Goodluck Diigbo following his alleged involvement in criminal activities i...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed an appeal against a recent ruling of the Federal High Court in Lagos which dismissed the corruption charge levelled against the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Interconti...
The First lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, has urged Nigerians to show love among themselves and works toward the enthronement of peace in the country. Mrs. Jonathan stated this in Lagos yesterday at a peace advocacy forum held at the Oceanview Restaurant...
Former Military Head of State and presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in the 2011 general election, General Muhammadu Buhari, has blamed the country’s woes on leaders that have ruled the country over the year...
Armed robbers yesterday raided Batsari Market in Batsari local government area of Katsina State and killed one person while two sustained injuries. The robbers reportedly carted away undisclosed sum of monies. It was gathered that the...