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Osun State governor, Rauf Aregbesola, has expressed shock and regret at the helicopter crash which claimed the lives of three persons in Ikonifin area of Ola-Oluwa local government area of the state on Friday. Aregbesola stated that as no sooner as the...
A human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana has criticised the stance of President Goodluck Jonathan on the war against corruption across the country, even as he warned against short-circuiting the crusade at the instance of party politicking. Falana, in a ...
What is wrong with our rulers now apparently re-clothe and disguised as leaders to the peril of the rest of us whereas they are all one and the same. The last time we had elections just three plus months ago, I believe amidst all the distractions with ...
Operatives of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) have arrested a Magistrates’ Court judge in Enugu, for allegedly demanding and receiving a bribe from a surety. The judge, Joseph Sunday Edeh, of the Enu...
The federal government has intervened on the failed section of the Oshodi-Apapa expressway in Lagos, deploying Julius Berger Plc to fix the area near Rainbow bus stop. The minister of Works, Mr. Mike Onolememen, who disclosed this in Abuja, also urged ...
Former NTA girl, Adesuwa Onyenokwe’s type does not come in twos. She lets CHINYERE FRED-ADEGBULUGBE into her ever exciting life in this chat. A pure accident. That is the way Adesuwa Onyenokwe will readily describe her career in th...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has made some giant strides recently in its bid to rid the country of fake drugs. In this interview with WINIFRED OGBEBO, the director-general, Dr Paul Orhii talks about the pha...
As the world celebrates exclusive breastfeeding this year from August 1 to 7, with the theme, Talk to me! Breastfeeding-a 3d experience, Winifred Ogbebo, in this report samples the opinions of career women on exclusive breastfeeding, the benefits and t...
In preparations for the forth coming high level United Nation summit on Non- Communicable Diseases scheduled to take place in New York, United States, from 16- 19 September, 2011, the Federal Government has Inaugurated a Technical Working Group to come...
AthleticsAfrica.com celebrated its seventh year anniversary on July 25, 2011. And as London marked the one-year milestone to the kick-off of the 2012 Olympics Games on Tuesday July 26th, Athletics Africa would also be launching the ‘Mission 2 Lon...
A middle-aged woman, Ms Uju Ibeh, believed to be the leader of a car theft syndicate, has been arrested by the police in the FCT. Parading the suspect before journalists, the police public relations officer (PPRO), Superintendent of Police (SP) Jimoh M...
Some lawyers yesterday blamed the controversy generated by the planned introduction of non-interest banking to Nigeria on the Central Bank Governor, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi. A former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mr Olisa Agbakoba (SAN...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yesterday re-arraigned a former Plateau State Deputy Governor, Michael Boatmang, before a Federal High Court in Abuja. The EFCC had arraigned the accused on a 31-count charge of alleged corruption, m...
Mallam Sule Yau Sule is the media aide of former Kano State governor and the presidential candidate of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) in the last general elections, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau. In this interview with ABDULAZIZ ABDULAZIZ, Sule bares hi...
A 30-year-old commercial motocycle rider, Yusuf Aliyu of Rigachikwu in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State has been arrested by the Kaduna Police Command over the death of a rival lover, Yahaya Mohammed also known as Kaura, whom he allegedly st...