The police have arraigned two accused persons, Abubakar Rabiu, 20, and Awalu Saidu 20, of no fixed address, before an Abuja Senior Magistrates' Court charged with joint act and theft. Police prosecutor Jerry Tangshak said the matter was reported by...
Dr Stella Dorgu of the PDP has emerged winner of the Sagbama/Ekeremor Federal Constituency bye-election held on Wednesday. Announcing the result in Sagbama on Thursday, the Returning Officer, Emmanuel Ekulo declared that Dorgu polled 78,309 votes...
President Goodluck Jonathan has called for prayers from traditional rulers for the restoration of peace and solution to security challenges facing the country. Jonathan made the call in Birnin Kebbi on Thursday when he paid a courtesy visit to the stat...
A gang of armed robbers on Thursday staged simultaneous raids on two banks in Ekpoma, Edo. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the robbers carted away an unspecified amount of money during the raids. The thieves, reportedly went t...
The Federal Government on Thursday in Abuja inaugurated a Presidential Committee on the Harmonisation of Salaries in the Public Service. The committee, headed by the Head of Service of the Federation, Alhaji Isa Sali, has the Chairman, National&n...
A Federal Capital Territory High Court was yesterday, March 21, 2012, told that a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir el- Rufai and two of his officials unilaterally revoked some juicy plots of land and allocated same to them...
The United States Government has expressed its willingness to partner with the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) for the development of the Niger Delta region. The US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Terence McCulley, made this known when he led top U...
The ECOWAS Commission on Thursday condemned the coup by some renegade who announced the overthrow of the government of Amodou Toure of Mali. A statement issued in Abuja and signed by the Commission's President Désiré Ouedraogo warned that the com...
Police have lost contact with a 24-year-old gunman suspected of killing seven people in the name of al Qaeda and there has been no sign of life from his apartment in Southwestern France for 10 hours, a minister said. More than a day after 300 police fi...
The Action Congress of Nigeria has, so far, presented more than 40 witnesses at the on-going Governorship election petition tribunal sitting in Lokoja. The post election legal fireworks began last week, Monday, with 10 witnesses testifying against the ...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said in Abuja on Thursday that plans for update of voters' register throughout the country was still on course. Mr Kayode Idowu, Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman Prof. Attahiru Jega, ...
The Ogun State Police Command, yesterday, said it was intensifying investigation into the call logs on the mobile phone of the late Egba High Chief and Chairman, Golf Resort Hotel, Apagun Oluwole Olumide, who reportedly committed suicide in Abeokuta la...
Mr Alex Ohikere, the Director-General, National Steel Raw Materials Exploration Agency (NSRMEA), says the agency has acquired new rig to boost exploration activities in three states of the federation. Ohikere, who spoke to newsmen in Abuja on Thursday,...
The menace of climate change, if not tackled, will deter efforts of various governments at attaining food security, says Mr Silvanus Dangoji, a lecturer at the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria. Dangoji said this at a workshop on climate chang...
The United Kingdom has said that it is committed to the fight against terrorism by the radical Islamic sect, Boko Haram and several other terrorist organizations across the world. The Head of Political Section, British High Commission in Nigeria, Mr. P...