Residents of Abuja satellite towns groan under the weight of spending so much daily on patronising water vendors popularly known as ‘Mairuwa’, who have become the major source of water supply in these areas. KEHINDE AJOBIEWE writes. ...
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday described the decision by Nigeria’s foremost prolific writer, Prof. Chinua Achebe, to reject the conferment of the national honour of Commander of the Federal Republic (CFR) on him as regrettable. ...
Irked by recent reports alleging that she acquired a 20 million Euro mansion in Vienna, Austria, the minister of petroleum resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, has petitioned the National Intelligence Agency (NIA). The terse petition to the di...
Former Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Rowland Owie, Senator Roland Owie, has called on the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Justice Bello Adoke, to prosecute former President Olusegun Obasanjo for pulling down ...
A self acclaimed Islamic scholar, Adamu Alkali of Paiko in Pakoro local government area of Niger state, has been arraigned before a Minna Chief magistrates’ Court for allegedly attempting to sell an 11-year-old boy, Usman Abubakar to some unknown...
Three unidentified gunmen yesterday killed a middle aged man, Baba La`ari in the Gangamari area, behind Shehu of Baro’s Palace in Maiduguri metropolis. An eye witness who spoke to our correspondent on condition of anonymity explained that L...
The Kaduna State government yesterday lamented the ongoing debate on same sex marriage and legalization of prostitution, describing them as ``disheartening. Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna, the Permanent Secretary, ...
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted Mrs Yingi Edunam, wife of a former Commissioner of Education in Akwa Ibom State, from her home in Ekri Itam in Itu Council Area of the state. The abduction took place in the early hours of ye...
A non-governmental organization (NGO), TY Danjuma Foundation (TYDF), has tasked the media to actively and proactively promote works of philanthropy in order to make government and the private sector joinhands to promote philanthropy in the country.&nbs...
Police detectives in Asaba, Delta State, have arrested two pastors of a renowned church in Warri and two others for allegedly belonging to a gang that specialises in kidnapping. Reports said that at the time the four suspects were arrested, they ...
Top political and administrative functionaries of the Osun State government have promised to join hands with the present administration in the State to realise its six integral plan of action for the growth and development of its people. This was...
A group, Kaduna Peace Forum (KPF) yesterday said that the National Honour of ‘Commander of the Order of the Niger’ (CON) conferred on Kaduna State Governor, Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, was long overdue. The group averred...
A first class traditional ruler, in Nasarawa State, the Andoma of Doma, Alhaji Ahmadu Aliyu Ogah, was on Saturday invited to Government House, Lafia, to answer a query over his role in the just concluded tribunal judgment that favoured the incumbent go...
The governorship candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Kogi State, Prince Abubakar Audu, has expressed confidence that the forthcoming governorship election would not go the way of the previous processes, which he said, were hijacked by ...
The market is set to contrast ahead of expected October fund inflow into the system. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has already taken a pre-emptive step when it sold treasury bills worth N132.05 billion last week, even as additional N65...