As the battle for the gubernatorial ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party,(PDP), in Adamawa State draws nearer, a frontline gubernatorial aspirant on the platform of the party, Dr. Umar Ardo, has accused Governor Murtala Nyako of mortgagin...
In what appeared to be reminiscent of the famous Aba Women`s Riot of 1929, women of St. Jude’s Catholic church in Ameachi, Awkunanaw, the community of former Senate president, Chief Ken Nnamani yesterday staged a protest over al...
A comprehensive housing scheme for Delta State citizens has kicked off in various parts of the state, Chief Paulinus Akpeki, the State Commissioner for Housing, has said. Akpeki disclosed that in realization of Uduaghan’s three-point agenda, the ...
Wife of late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Mrs. Hannah Awolowo, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuade, and other prominent sons and daughters of the South West geo-political zone are expected to converge on Ikenne resident of the late sage on Thursday to discu...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said that the one million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Bauchi camps are not from Jos North alone but from various crisis-ridden states. “According to the Agency, the one million IDPs repre...
Bauchi State Governor Isa Yuguda has condoled with the government and people of Gombe State over the accident that occurred on Thursday in the state and claimed lives and property. Yuguda, who stated this during a visit to Gombe State Gover...
Following the industrial action embarked upon by civil servants over the N18,000 minimum wage in Plateau State, more labour unions are to join the strike as unions of tertiary institutions have also threaten to start another strike on Wednesday, ...
Nasarawa State governor, Umaru Al-Mahura, has flagged off the construction of 50 street roads in Lafia, the state capital, during which he lamented that the complete absence of physical development in the state was the source of worry to the present Co...
The Nupe Foundation has called for strict punishment against those behind the students’ unrest at the Federal Polytechnic, Bida, Niger State on September 26, 2011, that led to the destruction of the institution’s facilities. The president o...
Armed men suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect yesterday killed three people and injured many others at a market in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The commissioner of police, Borno State Command, Mr. Simeon Midenda, confirmed the killing...
In a bid to alleviate poverty and address social challenges in Taraba State, the TY Danjuma Foundation has launched the Taraba Community Fund in Jalingo, the state capital. The foundation has also given out 10 grants to community-based organisations th...
A loud explosion from the truck line of the Obama Flow Station of the Agip Oil Company, on Sunday night, threw the quiet community of Okoroma-Tereke in Nembe local government area of Bayelsa State into commotion. The explosion and the attendant fire ou...
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has said that President Goodluck Jonathan must assure Nigerians of their protection and faulted the decision of the federal government to move the venue of the nation’s 51st independence anniversar...
Documents that have emerged from court cases against oil giant, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) of Nigeria reveal that in the 1990s it routinely worked with Nigeria’s military to suppress resistance to its activities, often from activi...
Team Nigeria will today know their fate as they storm the Polish embassy in Abuja after tabling visas request to honour this year’s World Scrabble Championship. The event is billed for Warsaw, Poland. The team is expected to storm the Polish emba...