Retired Col. Sambo Dasuki, the newly appointed National Security Adviser (NSA), on Friday expressed optimism of achieving a Boko Haram ceasefire before the Ramadan Fast. Dasuki said this at the commencement of a security stakeholders meeting in Maidugu...
Syrians in the besieged city of Douma wrapped mangled and bloodied corpses in white burial shrouds early on Friday, according to video posted online. This occurred after 190 people were killed in one of the deadliest days of Syria's 16-month-old up...
President Obama has hailed Thursday's Supreme Court stunning decision to uphold the healthcare reform law. “Earlier today the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act,” Obama said. “And in doing so, th...
The EU and UNICEF have signed a five-year agreement to contribute €31 million (about N6.5 billion) for rural water and sanitation projects in Nigeria. This is contained in a statement issued by the EU and made available to the News Agency of Niger...
Floods caused by heavy downpour have killed at least 30 people and displaced more than a million in India's Northeastern state of Assam, officials said on Friday. Twenty one of Assam's 27 districts were hit by the heavy floods and triggered by ...
A total of 390 slots have been allocated to intending pilgrims from Ondo State for this year’s holy pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina. The Secretary of Ondo State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, Raji Yusuf, told the News Agency of&n...
Anxiety has gripped Plateau lawmakers over bribery allegations against its Public Accounts and Petitions Committee which is investigating the protracted feud between workers and management of the Jos MTN call centre. The committee is investigating acti...
Gov. Peter Obi of Anambra State on Friday in Awka swore in a new Secretary to the state Government and 12 commissioners with a warning to shun personal gain and enrichment. The new Secretary to the State Government, Mr Henry Obaze, who replaced Chief P...
The Nasarawa State Community and Social Development Agency, plans to disburse N126 million to 14 communities across the state for various micro projects. The General Manager of the agency, Mrs Asibi Omeri-Ogabo, told the News Agency of Nigeri...
The Department of Justice executed a forfeiture order Thursday on $401,931 in a Massachusetts brokerage fund traceable to an allegedly corrupt former Bayelsa State governor, DSP Alamieyesigha. The forfeiture was the first victory for a fledgling...
Godwin Chiedo Nzeocha, 45, a naturalized United States citizen originally from the Federal Republic of Nigeria, has been returned to the United States to stand trial in a $45 million health care fraud case, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson annou...
Sen. Bukola Saraki, says state creation should not be the priority on issues to be considered in the constitution review. Saraki, who is representing Kwara Central Senatorial District in the Senate, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nig...
Mr Nseobong Akpabio, Lagos Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), said on Thursday that road accident had killed more Nigerians than HIV and AIDS. Akpabio made the remark during a courtesy visit to the Comptroller of Customs, Federal Opera...
No fewer than 300 Lagos-bound train passengers were stranded in Abeokuta on Thursday following an early morning down pour which washed away the rail track at Lafenwa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the rain, ...
President Goodluck Jonathan has said that power supply in Nigeria will be among the best 20 in the world in the next eight years. The president gave the assurance on Thursday in Lagos at the 40th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Manufacturers Associatio...