Some Lagos lawyers on Friday called for enhanced security at the nation's prisons, to stem the increasing spate of jail breaks. The lawyers made the call in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), while reacting to the recent esc...
The Police in Katsina State on Friday offered to pay N250,000 reward for information on those who killed, Alhaji Kabir Yahaya, the Assistant Director, Finance of the Federal Medical Centre, Katsina. This was contained in a statement issued in Katsina b...
ECOWAS Foreign Affairs Ministers on Friday in Abidjan said the bloc would ensure the restoration of peace in Mali, declaring the "inviolability of the country’s borders." This was contained in a communiqué made available to the N...
The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), says it will prosecute table water producers that fail to meet the best standard practice in their factories. Mr Festus Anumba, the Head of Aba Special Zonal Office, gave this warn...
About 14 ships laden with petroleum products are waiting to berth at Apapa and Tin-Can Island ports in Lagos at the weekend. This was contained in the "Shipping Position", a document of the NPA, released in Lagos on Friday. It indicated that ...
Power generation in the country has dropped below 2,000 megawatts due to system collapse at Egbin Power Station. An official of the Ministry of Power, who pleaded anonymity, told our correspondent on Friday in Lagos that power supply had worsened in ma...
Mr Aloysius Okolie, the ASUU Chairman, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) chapter, has expressed concern over irregular payment of salaries to the university's staff. Okolie told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Nsukka on Friday that the staff ...
President Goodluck Jonathan has condemned and rejected the on-going attempt by a segment of the military in Guinea-Bissau to subvert that country's constitutional order. This was contained in a statement issued on Friday by Dr Reuben Abati, the Spe...
The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) said in Lagos on Friday said that the components of the police helicopter which crashed in Jos recently would be taken abroad for laboratory tests. AIB spokesman, Mr Tunji Oketunbi, disclosed this to our co...
Whatever the causes of an individual’s homelessness, the consequences can be brutal. It does not only destroy people’s capability through loss of skills, but damages resilience, self-esteem and worse of all, the health and wellbeing of whoe...
A 39-year–old man, Joseph Orkuma, who has been missing since January 1994, was yesterday reunited with his family after living a prodigal life. Orkuma, who hails from Tongov Amaagu in Katsina-Ala local Government Area of Benue State was picked un...
Benue State Governor, Gabriel Suswam last night received the “Nigeria Socio-Economic Award” in the United States in recognition of his giant strides in agriculture, infrastructure, health and education by the Africa Leadership Magazine, pub...
Thirty Seven construction workers in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, yesterday escaped death by the whiskers when the two storey building they were working on suddenly collapsed at about 12:00 noon. The incident which happened along Coca-cola road, opposi...
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday described the death of First Republic Senator and Minister of Health, Dr. Moses Adekoyejo Majekodunmi, as a great loss to the country. The development came just as Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola...
Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, might have ordered the arrest of the leader of a faction of the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP), Mr. Goodluck Diigbo following his alleged involvement in criminal activities i...