The Rivers State Police Command has said it arrested 173 suspected robbers and 72 suspected kidnappers between April 1, 2012 and August 31, 2012; while a total of 26 suspected robbers and 10 suspected kidnappers were also killed within the same period....
Suspected pipeline vandals attacked rescue operators at the ongoing effort to finally put out the inferno caused by pipeline vandals at the Arepo village area of Ogun State on Friday afternoon. The fire caused by the pipeline explosion began on Wednesd...
The Nigeria Police have confirmed the death of 29 persons in a fatal auto crash which occurred at about 1pm,yesterday along Potiskum – Kano road, at Daniski village, in Nengere Local Government Area of Yobe State. According to a statement signed ...
Executive director, Africa Network For Environmental and Economy Justice (ANEEJ), Rev. David Ugolor and nine others were yesterday arraigned before a Benin Magistrate Court, Evbuoriaria, Oredo local government area of Edo State, in connection with the ...
Condemning bad governance in Africa, former British Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair, said that governmance remains the biggest challenge facing the African continent. "I don't believe there's a better system than democracy... there should b...
The current situation in Syria is a major concern for South Africa, says the country's International Relations and Cooperation Deputy Minister Marius Fransman. "We continue to call for the resolution of the conflict through diplomatic and peac...
Nigerian Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Professor Joy Ogwu, has been elected to serve as the President of the United Nations' Confab on Small Arms and Light Weapon. Our Correspondent in the United Nations reports that Ambass...
The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC), Engr. Mustafa Bello, in this interview with Kingsley Alu, talks about the sector-specific investment policies which the commission is working on, efforts to encourage forei...
Ahead of the October Governorship election in Ondo State, the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanaga Tukur, has waded into the crisis rocking the Ondo State chapter of the party. Since the nomination of the former Nati...
As the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) celebrates 14 years of existence as a political party on Friday, Niger State Governor Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu has declared that the party was leading Nigeria in the right direction. In a statement issue...
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has described as illegal, unconstitutional and indefensible the $40 million dollars being paid annually to some ex- militants ostensibly to guard the country’s pipelines. In a statement issued in Abuja yesterd...
A group under the aegis of Arewa Youth Coalition (AYC) has condemned in strong terms the recent media attack on the Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah, just as it said that such attack was uncalled for. A statement signed and made available to...
Policymakers in the cities of Nigeria and other African countries must implement green measures to make sure that growing urban areas can meet the increasing demand for food, according to a report released yesterday by the United Nations Food and Agric...
Five months after he resigned as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), the Ogun State chapter of the party has initiated moves to hold a grand civic reception for former President, Chief Olusegu...
An early morning inferno, yesterday, gutted two rooms at the palace of the Emir of Katsina with items worth millions of naira including jewelries allegedly destroyed. It was gathered that the fire occurred around 3:15 am and lasted hours as it wa...