The Census Tribunal on Thursday declared as invalid the 2006 census figures of three local government areas in Taraba. A judgement delivered by Mr Habibu Ma’aruf, Chairman of tribunal `B’, voided the population figures of&nb...
A 20-year-old man, Matthew Iroko, was on Thursday sentenced to two years in prison by an Abeokuta Magistrates' Court for stealing a chicken, valued at N1,000. The sentence, followed a plea of guilty by Iroko, after he was arraig...
The wreckage of a missing military aircraft believed to be carrying 11 members of the Nelson Mandela medical team has been found in the Drakensberg mountain range, an official said. The South African National Defence Force on Thursday said that It...
The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has asked Malian authorities to return the passports and equipment seized from two international Al-Jazeera journalists, who were attempting to cross into militants-controlled areas o...
The National President, Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) Alhaji Balarabe Musa, on Thursday expressed concern over the high rate of unemployment in the country, saying there was need to adopt another approach to address the...
Oscar Niemeyer, a towering patriarch of modern architecture who shaped the look of modern Brazil and whose inventive, curved designs left their mark on cities worldwide, died late on Wednesday. Niemeyer, who died at 104, is credited with the ...
It's no longer news that a 61-year-old woman from Nigeria has joined the Forbes rich list and dethroned America’s entertainment icon, Oprah Winfrey, as the richest black woman in the world. But who is Folorunsho Alakija?
At least eight people were killed and 12 were injured in an earthquake on Wednesday in eastern Iran, the provincial governor's office spokesman told Mehr news agency on Thursday. The quake with a magnitude of 5.5 hit the town of Zohan in the K...
The Enugu State Police Command has arrested an armed robbery suspect, alleged to have in company of others robbed a filling station at Obolo Afor in Udenu Local Government Area. The command’s spokesman, Mr Ebere Amaraizu, said in a statement in E...
The Kebbi Government would spend N76.7 million on the construction of three earth dams to promote livestock development and agricultural activities in rural communities. Alhaji Magaji Bunza, the state Commissioner for Water Resources, told the New...
A 26- year-old man, John Dantala was on Thursday arraigned before an Upper Area Court in Jos over alleged rape of his 12-year-old daughter. Dantala, who resides at Faringada area of Jos, was alleged to have had carnal knowledge of the&nb...
The Federal Government on Wednesday challenged the Forum of Laureates of the Nigerian National Order of Merit (NNOM) to use their wealth of knowledge to improve the nation`s education sector. Sen. Anyim Pius Anyim, the Secretary to the Government...
The Yobe Government said on Wednesday it had expended more than N1.5 billion on providing logistics to security operatives in the state in the past one year. Yobe is the hot-bed of the Islamic Boko Haram insurgency. The state's Deputy Governor, Alh...
The Bank of Agriculture (BOA) says it has disbursed more than N47 billion as loans to farmers in the last 11 years. Alhaji Ahmed Yahaya, the Assistant Director of the bank, announced this at an agricultural processing sensitisation workshop in Dutse on...
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Jalingo on Wednesday, boycotted court proceedings as a mark of respect for their colleague, Aliyu Abubakar, slain by unknown gunmen. Abubakar was shot and killed at his Jalingo residence on Dec. 4 by some gunmen. T...