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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has exhorted member states to take effective legislative, administrative and judicial measures to prevent torture. This was even as he called the practice a brutal and unjustifiable attempt to destroy a vict...
As parts of its efforts to make immigration matters easier for Nigerians living in some remote parts of the United States, the federal government has concluded the arrangement to begin the operation of a Consulate-General in California. Also, the gover...
Enigmatic saxophonist Kenny G and Nigerian saxophone sensation Mike Aremu will be part of the instrumentalist lined up to thrill Jazz music lovers at the third edition of the Sax Appeal Concert tagged Sax Appeal 3, slated for the New Expo Hall of the E...
Another year has gone; Michael’s admirers are still not alone for he lives in their hearts forever. Yes, he “never said goodbye” and could not “tell the angels no, I don’t wanna leave...” but he died to live in their...
Del-York International is partnering with the prestigious New York Film Academy (NYFA) to host another four-week filmmaking training programme in Nigeria. The programme will run from August 8, to September 3, 2011 at a prime facility in Badagary,...
A total of 1562 Batch ‘B’ National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members who satisfied the laid down prerequisites of NYSC passed out yesterday at the University of Calabar Pavilion while 21 have had their service extended and six others to re...
Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has assured residents of Asaba that the current drainage project going on in the town is comprehensive and will adequately check erosion in the state capital. Dr. Uduaghan, who gave the assurance while inspe...
The ancient city of Kano on Wednesday night witnessed a total eclipse of the moon, causing restiveness among some residents as the city was plunged into three hours of total darkness. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the eclipse, which be...
Irked by the brazen breach of security even in the very precinct of the Police hierarchy, the Independent Service Delivery Monitoring Group has called for the immediate sack of the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Hafiz Ringim. The call came on the hee...
Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha has urged the Federal Government to urgently look into the security situation of the nation just as he advised Nigerians to reject bombing as a method of expressing their grievances. Okorocha gave this advice ...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has commiserated with the Inspector General of Police, Police High Command, victims and relations of those affected by yesterday’s bomb blast in Abuja. Describing the inciden...
The powerful bomb blast that killed three, including the bomber, injured scores and destroyed 71 vehicles yesterday at Louis Edet House, headquarters of the Nigeria Police Force, Abuja, serves a clear notice of incipient anarchy if security agencies do...
Riding on the power of sheer conviction, Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State has defined both a vision and a vehicle for its delivery - to transform his constituency from a human and infrastructure-challenged land of giants to a modest, modern state in...
Governor Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe State is to receive the Housing Man of the Year 2011 Award in recognition of his numerous contributions to the development of the housing sector in Yobe State and the country at large. Gaidam, during his first term in of...
Barely 24 hours after the religious sect, Jama’atu Ahlis-sunnah lidda’ati wal Jihad, otherwise known as Boko Haram, issued a warning of wider attacks in the country, the Force Headquarters in Abuja was yesterday rocked by multiple explosion...