As Nigerians roll out the drums today to commence the celebration of the annual Abuja Carnival, what will be uppermost in the mind of most participants is the issue of security. Given the spate of destruction in Abuja and many other parts of the countr...
A pod of 61 whales beached themselves at Farewell Spit in New Zealand last Monday. Officials decided to euthanize the 18 that were still alive by Wednesday. It is not clear why whales beach themselves, but one theory holds that when a sick individual h...
Finally, the sun set for Farida Waziri last Wednesday when the Presidency replaced her with Abdullahi Lamorde, as the head of the controversial Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. As it is the tradition with new appointments into critical bodies ...
Dr. Rose Oko, is a familiar face in Cross River State politics. She has been around the political scene for some time, having served as Education Commissioner in the state before proceeding to work as a commissioner in the National Refugee Commission. ...
Hon. Usman Bello Kumo is the member representing Akko Federal Constituency of Gombe State and in this chat with journalists, the lawmaker stated that Nigeria will not disintegrate in a thousand years. Ruth Choji was there for LEADERSHIP WEEKEND. Excerp...
The governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva, yesterday described as “never do well” politicians involved in the low rating of the performance of his administration in the last four years, saying he would rely more on the accolades of...
The Special Task Force (STF) maintaining security in Plateau has arrested 163 persons over Sunday's violence in Barkin-Ladi Local Government Area where 10 people were officially confirmed killed. The STF on Thursday imposed a 24-hour curfew on the ...
A mother of four, Taiwo Arum, on Friday told an Igando Customary Court, Lagos, that her husband usually raped her in the presence of their children. Taiwo, 41, is seeking the order of the court to dissolve her 11-year-old marriage to Jamiu. The woman w...
Horror was let loose on Sabo Ajegunle in Sagamu Local Government area of Ogun State, yesterday, when dare-devil armed robbers attacked four banks, namely, Guarantee Trust , Sky, Diamond and Zenith, leaving 12 innocent persons dead. The robbers, who wer...
Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola has expressed the resolve of his government to probe his predecessor in office, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola over how the ex-governor’s regime utilized over N25 billion accrued to the state from the excess crude...
The Central Bank is planning to deploy a new real time gross settlement system that meets international standard, says the Governor of Central Bank, Lamido Sanusi. Sanusi who spoke on Thursday in Abuja at a book presentation entitled, ‘The ICT Re...
Piqued by the perceived nuisance value of commercial motorcycle operators known as ‘okada’ riders in Lagos governor, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), yesterday stormed the streets to personally arrest some operators who rode against the traffic.
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe, has terminated the skills acquisition centre projects at Iguelaba, Edo State, following the contractors’ laxity. The contracts were awarded to M/S Chemtronics Nig. Ltd, (Lot 1), M/...
The House of Representatives yesterday mandated its Committee on Civil Societies and Donor Agencies to investigate all grants and assistance received by Nigeria, as part of efforts aimed at plugging leakages that aid corruption. The lawmakers made this...
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called on the federal government start implementing the 26 percent budgetary allocation to education as recommended by UNESCO which Nigeria is a signatory. He made this call in a press conf...