The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has retired two of its senior staff as it also absolved four others from wrong doing following an in-house probe into activities of some of its staff members. INEC said that the move was premised on...
A total of 35 people were killed, 14 others wounded, while 47 houses and places of worship were destroyed in the Boko-Haram- related violence in some parts of Maiduguri, the Borno state capital and environs between July and August las...
Former Ambassador of the United States to Nigeria, Mr. John Campbell has condemned United States President Barrack Obama for being biased towards President Goodluck Jonathan-led administration in Nigeria. Reacting to Nigeria’s issues yesterday, t...
The House of Representatives Committee on Environment has threatened to sanction Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCO) over a major oil spill at the Bonga oil field two weeks ago. A statement issued yesterday by the Chai...
The World Bank funded Community and Social Development Project (CSDP) is making huge impact in the life of people in Katsina State. The project has recently disbursed N30 million to 13 communities in the state for the provision of infrastructures. The ...
The Chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Hon. Micah Jiba, has called on the authority of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), to release Wuse and Garki Markets to the council for management. The chairman stated this at a press conference in...
The secretary, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Education Secretariat, Mallam Kabir Usman, has disclosed that the administration is making concerted efforts towards checking the problem of overcrowding in schools in the territory. He said to check the p...
A series of attacks in Iraq yesterday targeting the homes of police officers and a member of a government-allied Sunni militia killed four people, including two children, officials said. Police said a total of six explosions were caused by roadside bom...
The United States state of Iowa may not pick presidents. It may not even pick Republican presidential nominees. But Iowa most certainly resets the nomination contest, something its voters did again last Tuesday with the state’s closest caucus vot...
Henceforth, only FIFA-badged referees will be allowed to handle games designated as ‘star matches’ when the Nigeria Premier League season kicks off on Saturday, says Chairman of the NFF Referees Committee, Alhaji Muazu Suleyman....
The Lagos State Government said on Wednesday that it has shut the Alayabiagba and Iganmu markets, both at Orile-Iganmu, for violating environmental laws. The Marshal-General of the Kick Against Indiscipline (KAI) Brigade, Retired Capt. Danjum...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has demanded that the Presidency immediately reverses fuel prices to N65. It added that indefinite general strikes, mass rallies and street protests be held across the country with effect from Monday 9, ...
The officials of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) who went to Ezillo in Ebonyi to donate relief materials to the victims of the New Year clashes narrowly escaped mob attack. The team, headed by Dr Bamdele Onimode, the agency's South-...
Dr Fakele Adediran, a don at Covenant University, Ogun, says the Nigerian tax system is ‘’unfair and hindered development of the country’’. Adediran, who specialises in accounting and taxation, stated this in an interview ...
A legal battle is looming between a consulting firm, Mega-Mix Consult Nigeria Ltd and the Kano State Ministry of Science and Technology on one hand and again between the firm and the National Research Institute of Chemical Technology (NRICT), Zaria, ov...