Churches, homes and the police headquarters in Geidam, Yobe State were set ablaze in a wave of night time gun and bomb attacks by Boko Haram sect, the police said on Sunday. "The Geidam divisional police headquarters and First Bank were bombed on ...
The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN), Mallam Lamido Sanusi says the government has sold a whooping sum of $8 billion to oil marketers for the importation of petroleum product in 2011 alone adding that the economic implicatio...
Adebayo Salami is popularly known as ‘Oga Bello’, the character who dishes out orders with commanding tones to his workers, either at home or at the office, in Nigerian soaps. But unlike the ‘Oga Bello’ in movies, the man is qui...
It is with great shock that I received the news of the passing away of Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu this morning. Though he had been sick for some time, we were all hoping and praying that we would welcome him back home in good health; but, unfortun...
Former acting national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Minister of Defence, Dr. Bello Mohammed, has said that his team at the party hierarchy was fully convinced and believed that President Goodluck Jonathan was, indeed, qualified an...
When Fred Couples picked Tiger Woods as one of his wild cards, everyone who wondered what had come over Couples, because the former world No.1 was going through the worst period of his career when he got Freddie’s vote of confidence. A lot was sa...
Barely two days after a-20 man armed bandits struck in Sagamu in Ogun State, killing more than 10 people, another 15-man gang of armed robbers yesterday struck in Abeokuta killing two people and injuring several others. The incident which occurred at O...
The Senate was indeed rattled by confession of the self-acclaimed Boko Haram spokesman Umar Sanda Kondugha who alleged that Senator Ali Ndume is not only a member of the sect but also a sponsor. Ndume’s arrest and detention sent a resolute messag...
Thousands of Nigeria Muslim pilgrims stranded in Saudi Arabia after the 2011 Hajj rites, are now home sick, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has reported. Most of the pilgrims who had spent about 30 days in the holy land lamented the delay in ret...
Once known for its serenity and natural endowment, the nation’s ‘food basket’, Benue State is fast becoming a battleground of sorts. Michael Oche and Solomon Ayado write that while all attention in the country seem to be focused on th...
former deputy governor of Plateau state and governorship candidate on the platform of the Labour Party in the 2011 governorship election, Pauline Tallen, has attributed the persistent violence and killing in Plateau State, North-central Nig...
The Nigeria Export and Import Bank (NEXIM) and Bank of Industry (BOI), the custodians of the $200m which President Jonathan made available to the Nigerian entertainement industry, has said it will soon disburse the funds. The managing director, NEXIM B...
Men of the 244 Battalion of the Nigerian Army (NA) left Abuja on Saturday for Sudan on a peace-keeping mission. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the director, Army Public Relations, Maj.Gen Ralph Isah, said, via a telephone chat, th...
Morocco’s ruling elite thinks it has skillfully sidestepped the revolutionary fervour sweeping the Arab world by offering a milder, more peaceful vision of change. Following Friday’s elections, King Mohamed VI is for the first time obliged ...
League leaders Manchester City travel to Anfied to face a Liverpool side who are beginning to find their feet in the English Premier league. Last week, Liverpool inflicted a fourth league defeat of the season on Chelsea, when they stunned the ‘Bl...