In this interview with Salisu Ibrahim, one time Kano State governor and now chairman, Senate Committee on States and Local Governments, Senator Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya bares his mind on many interesting and contentious issues – gay marriage, neglect ...
Barely 48 hours after the collapse of the St. Robert’s Catholic Mission, Adamgbe in Vandeikya Local Government Area of Benue State, which killed 22 persons and left many seriously injured, some members of the church have advocated for mass ...
There is palpable tension among local government staff in Katsina State over a looming mass retrenchment as the state Local Government Service Commission reportedly sent list of redundant staff to the council areas. Our correspondent report...
Uneasy calm pervaded the atmosphere at most of the Easter Sunday services across Katsina State as unprecedented number of soldiers and policemen watched over churches while the Easter celebrations lasted. Contrary to the earlier unperturbed posture of ...
The acting chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Kwali area council, Rev. Fr. Uzo Ohanele has described the period of Easter as that of peace, unity, reconciliation and forgiveness among the people of God. Speaking during an Eater Rally o...
Achaba riders under the aegis of the Amalgamated Commercial Motorcycle Owners and Riders Association yesterday claimed that about 100 of its members died during the Easter Sunday Bomb Attack in Kaduna. Conflicting reports have continued to trail the ac...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Kaduna State has condemned the Easter bombing that claimed several lives and destroyed properties. This was just as it said that such act of terrorism was ungodly and detrimental to peaceful co-existence be...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) is seeking the cooperation of regional bodies to counter narcotic operations in the African continent. This is coming as the anti drug body said it has discovered a new drug route from Tanzania to Nigeri...
As tourists thronged to Lagos to witness the 2012 Lagos carnival , The Lagos State governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola yesterday vowed to make the state a tourist destination in the African sub-regions, even as he used the well -attended occasion to ...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra State has denied claims by the All Progressives Grand Alliance Party (APGA) that violence marred the Anambra South senatorial rerun Polls held recently. The Director General of Ikukuoma Campaign Organisatio...
Five secondary school students from Rivers and Akwa Ibom States represented Nigeria at the United Nations (UN) Headquarters in New York, United States of America, USA where they joined 3,000 other students from 23 countries for a weeklong conference.&n...
A middle aged woman (name withheld) who, purportedly, was protecting her property from being pulled down by the Owerri Capital Development Agency (OCDA) on Port Harcourt road, Owerri, on Thursday, attracted a scene when she attempted suicide by jumping...
There are strong indications that the Lagos State Government may have barred the mass transit buses that came from the Subsidy Reinvestment Empowerment Programme (SURE) of the federal government from plying parts of Lagos roads. The mass transit...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said that Nigeria may not be of much help to fill the gap in the global oil market created by the impending sanction on Iranian oil by the United States of America and Europe. According to NN...
The founder of Visafone Communication Limited, Jim Ovia, has said that Nigerians will be expending wireless broadband services worth N600 billion come 2015 even as he said aggressive internet penetration was the future of the country for economy growth...