The Police on Wednesday shot dead two armed robbery suspects in a shoot-out, Mr. Suleiman Abba, the Rivers State Commissioner of Police, said. Abba told newsmen in Port Harcourt that the Police also smashed a bomb making syndicate during th...
Staff of Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) in Abuja on Wednesday staged a peaceful protest against the order by the Minister of Power, Prof. Bart Nnaji, to transfer them out of Abuja. The workers gathered outside the company’s corporate off...
The popular saying that ‘If music is the food of love, let’s play on’ has been the case in Lagos since the commencement of protests over government’s decision to remove petroleum subsidy. Nigerians of all works of life converged...
Archbishop John Onaiyekan, the Catholic Archbishop of Abuja has called for greater understanding between Christians and Muslims, to enhance peace and unity in the country. Onaiyekan made the appeal on Wednesday in Abuja during the “Interfaith For...
The Lagos Chapter of the Nigerian Bar Association has dragged the federal government before a Lagos High Court over the deployment of soldiers on the streets of Lagos. The applicants are also asking the court to award them N100 million against the resp...
Niger government, on Wednesday assured victims of the recent violence which erupted in Minna over the removal of fuel subsidy, that it would offer adequate compensation to them. Alhaji Yahayah Dansallau, Chairman of the 13-man committee set up by the g...
Security operatives on Thursday, rescued the kidnapped female member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and her visitor at Udoga community in Etche local government area of Rivers State. It would be recalled that unknown gunmen had on Monday ni...
A bill to alter the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 to remove the word “Force” from the Nigeria Police Force passed second reading in the House of Representatives. The objective of the bill is to delete the word &l...
Three banks officials said on Wednesday in Lagos that the delay in the e-payment of Federal Government workers’ salaries was due to network problem and banks’ internal challenges. The officials from First Bank, UBA and Union Bank gave the e...
Trading activities on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange(NSE) yesterday closed southwards as investors leveraged on the gains of the past few days to take profits. Market watchers attributed the appreciable losses in the twin market indicators to...
Natural disasters such as the huge earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan caused a record $366 billion (285 million euros) damage in 2011, the United Nations Disaster Risk Reduction Agency, UNISDR, said yesterday. A total of 29,782 people were killed...
The construction of a 500 unit housing estate has commenced in Gusau, Zamfara State capital. Called Saraha Homes, it is a result of a housing development partnership involving the state government and Saraha Homes Limited. LEADERSHIP’s Omotola Ol...
For failing to follow due process in the agreement between the ministry of finance and Single Window Technology Limited, the House of Representatives has urged the federal government to nullify the whole concession process. This was part of the recomme...
The Federal Government yesterday approved the sum of N363.6 for the probe of the country’s oil and gas sector as well as its solid minerals counterpart. Government’s decision followed serious concerns raised by the Nigerian Extractive Indus...
Following the growing wave of insecurity in the country coupled with the persistent terrorist attacks in some parts of the country, insurance operators may be working in the direction of introducing insurance cover to protect citizens against haz...