The Deputy Country Director of Action Aid in Nigeria, Mrs Ifeoma Monwuba, on Thursday in Abuja condemned the low-level of girl-child education in Nigeria. Monwuba made the condemnation at a news conference to mark the 2012 International Day of th...
The Federal Government plans to construct more dams on Rivers Niger and Benue to check the menace of flooding in communities along the river banks, President Goodluck Jonathan said on Thursday in Lokoja. Addressing victims of the recent flood disaster ...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Thursday distributed relief materials worth millions of naira to victims of the recent communal crisis in Adamawa. Presenting the materials in Yola, Alhaji Muhammad Kanar, the North East Zonal Coordina...
Nigerian legend Nwankwo Kanu, was the surprise presence at the Super Eagles closed door training session on Thursday evening at the UJ Esuene Stadium in Calabar. Spotting his trade mark African plaited hairdo, Kanu was in company of his younger ...
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) in Akwa Ibom says it will Investigate the extent of tax evasion and prosecute culprits in the state. The state Tax Controller, Mrs Mafiana Uche, gave the warning while briefing newsmen in Uyo on Thursday. Uche ...
A Lagos High Court in Ikeja on Thursday sentenced an undergraduate, Michael Opaleye, to 18 months' imprisonment for swindling an American lady, Kathy Lunsford, of 9,200 dollars (N1.4 million). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice A...
The Bayelsa Government on Thursday donated N15 million to the Flood Outreach Committee set up by churches in the state. Gov. Seriake Dickson announced the donation while interacting with Christian leaders in the state at the Greater Evangelism World Cr...
There is a high turnover in the global herbal market spearheaded by China, India and Thailand. In this interview with WINIFRED OGBEBO, the Managing Director, Nigeria Medicinal Plants Development Company (NMPDC), a parastatal of the Federal Minist...
Giving children more fast food meals will make them grow up to have a lower IQ than those who regularly eat freshly-cooked meals, according to a study. Childhood nutrition has long lasting effects on IQ, even after previous intelligence and...
A lift or train carriage and the aroma of spray deodorant and perfume can be overwhelming. A recent figures show seven in ten use of air fresheners or scented candles is to keep our homes smelling sweet. But yet recent reports suggest that perfumed pro...
Apples were found to be more effective than a supplement containing an antioxidant found in the fruitA new study suggests that eating apples each day could significantly improve the heart health of middle-aged adults in just one month. Those who ate a ...
Barring last minute change of plans, a presidential jet was scheduled to fly out of Abuja last night to bring home Nigeria’s ailing First Lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan. Presidency sources told Sahara Reporters yesterday that Mrs. Jonathan would ret...
Omuokere-Aluu community in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State, where four male students of the University of Port Harcourt were killed by an angry mob is now a ghost town. This was just as police arrested five more suspects in connection wit...
A new twist has emerged in the Bakassi struggle as Efik Kingdom is said to be making plans to join forces with Southern Cameroon to form an independent nation. The move is coming even as the federal government foreclosed the review of the International...
The Director-General of the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), Mohammed Seidu, has said that the Niger-Benue Confluence (Lokoja) flooding was as a result of the contravention of the natural boundary laws by the communities. Seidu ...