The Commander of the Joint Military Task Force (JTF), code named Operation Pulo Shield, Maj- Gen. Johnson Ochoga, yesterday disclosed that his two-year security campaign has led to the reduction of crude theft from 9.5million barrels to 1.5million barr...
Men of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) have arrested a passenger at the Lagos International Airport with $767, 500. The passenger, identified as Yusuf Taofeeq Olanrewaju with passport number A03758685 was arrested while trying to board an Emirates fl...
The Plateau State government has condemned the attack on Du Village by suspected gunmen, which led to the death of two persons and called for calm from aggrieved youths and women of the area. The Commissioner for Information and Communications, Pastor ...
Former head of state and presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in the 2011 election, Maj-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari yesterday commiserated with the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi over the fire outbreak in a section of his p...
It was a solemn atmosphere at St. Michael Catholic Church, Lafiaji in Lagos as Enebeli Ngu-Oma Elebuwa’s wife and four children, family friends and well-wishers came for the burial ceremony for the veteran actor. Spotted in a white attire, the wi...
The appointment of Muhammad Idris Apa as permanent secretary and Solicitor-General of Nasarawa State stirred emotions and wild jubilation, especially among people living with disabilities. At the ceremony of oath-taking, Apa depicted a picture of a cou...
The South Korean Ambassador to Nigeria, Jong-hyun Choi, in this interview with KINGSLEY OPURUM, speaks extensively on the bilateral ties between Nigeria and his country. He also talks about how the Nigeria government should channel investment in human ...
The federal government yesterday urged a Federal High Court sitting Abuja not to grant the request of the Delta State government to release the $15 million (N2.6 billion) allegedly offered the former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commis...
Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Minna branch, has resolved to embark on an indefinite boycott of all courts in the state with effect from Monday, January 14, to protest the refusal of the state judicial service commission to investigate several p...
There are indications that the Federal Government is set to recruit massively into the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in order to meet local and international security challenges facing the country. This is even as the Minister of In...
The Niger Delta Elders Forum (NDEF) has said that President Goodluck Jonathan should not count on the support of people of the South-South geo-political zone in 2015 if he fails to address their demands. The elders, in statement in Port Harcourt, signe...
In the renewed effort to encourage massive rice production in Niger State, the state government is to expend N34 billion in its rice multiplication programme over three years. In this regard, the state has acquired over 100,000 hectares for the r...
Kaduna State Governor Mukhtar Ramallan Yero has approved the appointment of Alhaji Ishaq Hamza Dan’Mahawayi as the new Secretary to the State Government (SSG). Alhaji Dan’Mahawayi takes over from Alhaji Abdullahi Samaila Yakawada who was th...
Rev. Chris Okotie has expressed his resolve not to contract any marriage with women again. Reacting to speculations suggesting that he might remarry after his two previous encounters that ended in controversy, the reverend-turned politician in a statem...
The governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, yesterday revealed that his decision to dissolve the State Executive Council was to refocus, reenergise and reinvigorate governance in the state. Fayemi said his action was to put in place a more virile an...