The election petition tribunal sitting in Lokoja has struck out the petition filed by the candidate of Justice Party(JP) in the December 3,2011 gubernatorial poll, Chief Aisha Audu. This followed the motion of withdrawal of the petition moved by the co...
The Kwara State Government, yesterday, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on rice cultivation; processing and packaging with a Spain based Vasolar Consortium. Under the arrangement the consortium would contribute N70 billion over a period of fo...
Eight suspects and 180 drums of petroleum products have been seized and handed over to the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in Calabar. Handing over the products to the two federal go...
Edo State Board of Internal Revenue, yesterday, disclosed that as at December 2011,it earned N2billion as internally generated revenue and expressed its determination to scale up the figure by blocking all leakages. The Chairman of the Board,&nbs...
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Gubernatorial flag bearer in Bayelsa State, Hon Henry Seriake Dickson, yesterday, accused Governor Timipre Sylva of mismanaging resources and destroying the master plan for the development of the State. This was just ...
Nissan has given us another tease of its new Pathfinder concept that’s set to be uncovered at the Detroit Motor Show next week. While previous teaser shot hinted at the side profile of the new concept that’s set to spawn a production vehicl...
Scientists have discovered walnuts are the healthiest nuts to eat as they are loaded with antioxidants. Snacking on as few as seven a day can help ward off disease and lower cholesterol, they claim. Walnuts contain very high levels of polyphenol, an an...
President Goodluck Jonathan recently asked the inspector-general of police, Mr. Hafiz Ringim to proceed on terminal leave, apparently for his inability to stem the current insurgency by Boko Haram in the northern part of the country. Since the presiden...
It is a manifestation of the dignity of man that Islam has placed an infinite value on human life. This is expressed in the Qur’an in the following terms: We ordained for the children of Israel that if anyone slew a person, unless it be for murde...
The Network for Civil Society in Nigeria has commended the people of Adamawa for restoring order and normalcy after the recent shooting incident which led to the death of 30 persons in the state. Addressing a news conference on Wednesday in Yola...
Gov. Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun, granted state pardon to a 75-year- old prisoner, Kayode Adeyemi and six others serving various jail terms in the state. The pardon, which was in commemoration of the governor's 54th birthday, was announced throug...
The federal government on Thursday bowed to pressure mounted on it by governors of the 36 states of the federation that it should refund the sum of N350 billion being the sum total of funds spent by state governments on federal roads. This was the deci...
Erastus Akingbola, a former Managing Director of Intercontinental Bank, said that it would be unfair if the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was allowed to choose a judge in a matter involving it. He made the argument in a counter-...
The Sokoto Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has denied reports that its Comptroller, Alhaji Atiku Mustapha, was attacked by armed robbers on the Gusau-Tsafe highway on Monday. The Public Relations Officer of the command, Alhaji Musa Alhassan...
Alhaji Muhammed Garba, National President, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), has condemned the incessant killings of journalists in the country, and called on the authorities to arrest the situation. Garba, while addressing journalists at the NUJ Pre...