A senior United Nations official and the renowned singer-songwriter Angélique Kidjo has urged Nigeria, UN Member States and communities to outlaw Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and raise awareness about its harmful effects, especially in African coun...
Construction giant, Julius Berger Nigeria Plc has dragged the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to an Abuja High Court in a N25 million suit, alleging that the regulator issued it a dud cheque, which caused the company much embarrassmen...
Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has said that about 11,000 immigrants repatriated or refused admission recently were not members of the Boko Haram sect. The Public Relations Officer of the service and an assistant Comptroller of the Servi...
The executive secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Prof. Bem Angwe, has urged National and State Assemblies to be proactive in enacting laws that protect the rights of ordinary Nigerians. Angwe said this while receiving a delegation...
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Kaduna State Chapter, has tasked Governor Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa to engage the youths of the State positively in a way that will benefit the State’s economy and bring about a lasting peace. This was just as i...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has given an order for the arrest of more than 3,125 motorists for various traffic offences in the city within two months. A statement issued in Abuja on Monday said the FCT Minister, Sen. Bala ...
The arraignment of six dismissed police officers who allegedly murdered one Gabriel Rabo (an armed robbery suspect) yesterday failed to hold due to the absence of three of the accused persons who were reportedly sick and hospitalized. According to the ...
Zamfara State government is looking inwards for considering ways of diversifying its economic potentials in an effort to foster a sustainable and self-reliant economy. The decision was motivated by the discovery of variety of huge deposits of mineral r...
Statistic has showed that in 10 out of the 19 northern states of the country, each year the desert advances another 600 metres further south. Indeed, Kano, Katsina, Zamfara, Sokoto, Borno and Yobe are among the worst hit states. Scores of farmers and t...
State governor, Hajiya Fatima Shema, yesterday launched the sales of grains at subsidized prices to women in the state. Speaking at the launch which was witnessed by women from different strata in the state, Mrs Shema said the measure was aimed at miti...
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, will today launch a new official website of the State designed to set a robust integrated multimedia digital media channels- online, social media and mobile media. In a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to t...
Dereck Chisora has been suspended indefinitely by the World Boxing Council for his behaviour before and after his fight with Vitali Klitschko. British heavyweight Chisora was involved in a brawl with countryman David Haye at the news confe...
The Ministry of Water Resources says it has put in place water sector roadmap in line with the transformation agenda of the Federal government. Specifically,the roadmap was meant to ensure that water reaches all communities in the country,and that wome...
The Supreme Court yesterday adjourned till May 25 judgement in an appeal by a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia State, Chief Ikechi Emenike, against Governor Theodore Orji also of the PDP. Emenike had asked the apex court to set a...
The former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, yesterday, reacted to the confiscation of his properties by the Ogun State Government and said the action was an assault on the rule of law. Daniel in a statement issued in Abeokuta and signed by...