Tight security checks are being conducted at strategic points in Jos and Bukuru metropolis following the bomb blasts that hit the COCIN Headquarters Church in Jos on Sunday. The fierce-looking security men insisted on searching all vehicles and their p...
AU Special Envoy for the Senegalese Presidential elections 2012, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on Sunday said voting went on peacefully in spite of fears of violence. Obasanjo was quoted by local media, SeneNews, as saying that the process went on well in m...
The Anambra Police Command says it has smashed a seven-man kidnap gang at Nkpor, near Onitsha. The Second-in-Command of the Police Area Command, Mr Rowland Omatoje, who disclosed this, said arms and ammunition were recovered from the criminals. He said...
Many teachers in public secondary schools in Delta, have rejected employment by Christian missions, who have taken over management of 40 schools in the state. The teachers, numbering more than 15,000, including those whose schools were handed over to t...
Legislative elections in 12 zones of Cote d’Ivoire that were initially cancelled in 2011 were successfully held on Sunday, the Ivorian Electoral Commission (CEI) said in Abidjan. The commission said the results of the zones that were held in Dece...
Syrian artillery pummeled rebel-held areas of Homs on Monday before an expected government announcement that a vote has approved a new constitution proposed by President Bashar al-Assad. He vote has been described as a sham by the opposition and the We...
Nigeria's Super Eagles are expected to play two international friendly matches before the end of June this year. The first of the tune-up games will be against South Americans, Peru in May. In June, the Super Eagles will play h...
Oh, no – not her again," was what winner Meryl Streep feared those inside L.A.'s Hollywood & Highland Center were thinking on Oscar night. Was she ever wrong. The actress, who's been nominated a historic 17 ti...
Come Friday March 2, the Supreme Court will deliver ruling on a case that will ultimately test its integrity and commitment to the cause of justice. While it has at various instances upheld the sanctity of the judiciary in Nigeria, its decision on Marc...
Barely forty eight hours after Major General Charles Aiahiavbere (rtd) emerged as the gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), in Edo State to contest the July 14th governorship election against Governor Adams Oshiomh...
There is a sharp disagreement between the Rivers State Government and the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) over the ban on sale of petrol in jerry-cans in all the filling stations in the state. While the state government said the ban of sale in jerry c...
The Enugu State Commisioner for Finance and Economic Development, Mr Godson Nnadi, has said that the State government is expecting loans worth over N8billion this year. The commissioner made the disclosure weekend while briefing newsmen on the 2012 Enu...
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Oyo State chapter, has said that the return of Senator Rashidi Ladoja to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been grossly over-hyped, stating that the scampering for his return by the top echelon of the party wa...
The Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE) at the weekend lauded the Osun State governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola on his effort at ensuring that Yoruba race are in the forefront in the scheme of things among the ethnic groups in the country. They also gave kudos to...
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has announced the commencement of a new posting policy that will ensure that serving corps members are posted to identified key sectors of the economy in order to make the scheme more responsive to current realit...