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After spending six months at the Ilesa prison for allegedly raping a 26-year old corps member, Helen Okpara, an Osun State High Court, sitting in Osogbo, yesterday granted bail to the Alowa of Ilowa in Obokun local government area of the state, Adebuko...
The Nigerian government has once again kept silent over the pattern with which it will vote for the Palestinian request for United Nations membership even as it raised indications that it would support the proposal. Speaking in New ...
The House of Representatives will on Tuesday next week hold a special session in honour of the late Second Republic speaker and former ANPP national chairman, Chief Edwin Ume-Ezeoke. Among dignitaries expected at the special session are former speakers...
The Minister of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation, Chief Edem Duke, has urged museum experts to make laws that will influence the repatriation of Nigerian`s stolen artifacts as well as to protect cultural institutions against looters. &nb...
United States of America’s District Judge, Nancy Edmunds yesterday granted the defence’ request to allow accused “underwear bomber” Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab more challenges in jury selection. This request became imperative afte...
About 34 repentant commercial sex workers yesterday graduated from the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Women Rehabilitation Centre, Sabon-Lugbe Abuja, after completing three months courses in vocational skills training. The 34 women were ...
The sun of Islam brilliantly rose, and enlightened the path which guides mankind to a blissful life both here and the Hereafter. In Islam therefore, we find attributes that no other religion offers. It reconciles the creed with the legislation and mora...
The latest tourism product of the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC), ‘Pre-independence concert’ conceived by the corporation to take the attention of tourists away from the negative developments across the country held last we...
Drinking green tea may help you stop piling on the pounds by limiting how much fat is absorbed by the body, scientists say. Researchers found a compound in the herbal drink slowed down weight gain in a study on mice. Crucially the mice were already obe...
Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu, recently spoke with labour correspondents on the contributions of the Labour movement to the attainment of independence 51 years ago; the efforts of President Goodluck Jonathan administration...
In this interview with Tordue Salem, Dr. Cletus Akwaya, the Special Adviser on Media to Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State speaks on Benue politics. What is your overview of the 2011 elections which brought in Governor Gabriel Suswam to offic...
Since his election as the governor of Osun State, Engr. Rauf Aregbesola has been having a running battle with the dethroned Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. SEFIU AYANBIMPE reports the latest effort of the PDP to impeach the governor.  ...
Traumatic experiences would soon be no more than a distant memory, thanks to a ground-breaking pill. Scientists have unlocked some of the secrets of how the brain deals with stress - paving the way for a drug that eases painful memories. ...
Scientists who began to favour this rapidly spreading idea accelerated their studies by using nature’s incomparable and flawless designs as models. These designs represent models for technological research, for they provide the maximum pro...
Anzhi Makhachkala striker, Samuel Eto’o has admitted money was the determinant factor in his move to Russia from Inter Milan of Italy. He agreed he was influenced by the money even though he insisted that anyone would have made the same decision....