Aside from the pressure from the European Union, which has been campaigning for the abolition of the death penalty globally, the political backlash of executing condemned criminals may have been responsible for the refusal of State governors to sign th...
The Nigerian Police Force yesterday warned the media and agents of the various parties that contested the governorship polls in Adamawa State on Saturday not to announce results not duly confirmed by the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC...
The removed Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva yesterday opened up a can worms on the alleged fraudulent involvement of President Goodluck Jonathan in the award of contracts and complicity in violently derailing his administration as the Go...
The absurdity of child trading came to fore on Friday as a two-week old baby was sold by the mother, Blessing John, an SSS II student for a paltry N20,000 to one Mrs. Chikodili Jude of Mechanic Bye pass, Minna, Niger state. The police who arreste...
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has enjoined Nigerians to imbibe the virtues of tolerance and love for one another, saying there are enough examples for mankind to learn from the life and teachings of the Prophe...
Penultimate Monday, an orphanage owned by the Missionary Alliance for Africa, MAFA , known as Bethany Home, was completely razed down by a broad daylight fire outbreak. Thankfully, all the occupants were ferried to safety, averting a major disaster. Th...
The popularity and performance ratings of Kwara State governor, Alh. AbdulFatah Ahmed suddenly looked up during the week. The subsidy palliatives rolled out by the state government to cushion the effects of the fuel subsidy removal did the magic. Indee...
Captain Idris Wada thethen goveernor-elect and Alhaji Abdullahi Bello, Speaker, Kogi State House of Assembly, made history last week when the two of them ruled Kogi state as governor and acting governor respectively. Following the sacking of governors ...
The urban renewal policy of the Nasarawa state government has turned Lafia, the state capital into a huge construction yard, as scores of road construction are going on simultaneously. The governor of the state, Tanko Al-Makura, had during the hay days...
The two most successful teams in the last seven years Man United and Chelsea will clash today at Stamford Bridge in this early awaited encounter. Man United and Chelsea have won the league between them in the last seven season and in previous seasons, ...
It’s West Africa versus North Africa today as tournament favourites Ghana will tonight take on Tunisia for the semi final ticket in the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations. With the absence of big guns, Ghana and Ivory Coast have been installed as the ...
The African Development Bank (AfDB), says the bank has not disbursed the N111 billion (700 million dollars) loan meant to support Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the country. The AfDB approved the loan in 2009 and it was supposed to be disbursed...
Voting commenced on schedule in most polling units in Yola in Saturday’s governorship election. Voting commenced at exactly 12.30 p.m. in most polling units in Yola as scheduled, with the exercise going on smoothly without any hitch. At Kof...
Gov. Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna State on Saturday urged Muslim faithful to pray for peace, unity and economic growth of the state in particular and the nation in general. Yakowa made the appeal at the 2012 Eid-el-Maulud worldwide annual annual celebratio...
No less than six political parties registered for the by-election into Soba federal constituency, Alhaji Yakubu Mohammed, Electoral Officer of the council, said on Saturday Mohammed told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Soba that the parties w...