The Deputy Governor of Kogi, Mr Yomi Awoniyi, has said that the state’s flood victims are desperate to go back to their homes to continue their businesses. Awoniyi, who made this known when he received the Head, African Zone of the Red Cross, Mr ...
An environment expert, Mr Babarinde Mukaila said on Thursday that the dredging of River Niger alone would not address the problem of flooding in Nigeria. Mukaila, who is the Head of Climate Change Unit in the Federal Ministry of Water Resources, ...
All national teams and their supporters who will be coming to the country during the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) soccer tournament have been advised to declare imports of animals and animal products before entering South Africa. According to the...
South African Department of Home Affairs says Minister Naledi Pandor has set up a mechanism to ensure that the number of days each illegal immigrant spends at the transit centre, Lindela, does not exceed 120 days, as stipulated by law. Addressing...
A 31-year-old woman, Aisha Ya’u, on Thursday sued her ex-husband for abandoning her with a two months old pregnancy. The complainant, told the Kaduna Sharia Court one, Magajin Gari, that Ya’u Saidu, had abandoned her since the divorce. She ...
The prosecution of a former Managing Director of Intercontinental Bank, Erastus Akingbola and an associate, Bayo Dada, before an Ikeja High Court, was on Thursday adjourned to Feb. 20, 2013, for assignment to a new judge. The defendants are standing tr...
A former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday described the death of the second republic senator, Dr Olusola Saraki, as a loss to the country. Atiku said this in Ilorin during a condolence visit to the family of the late politician who died on W...
President Barack Obama told Republican senators that if they had a problem with the handling of the Benghazi attack in Libya, ``go after me’’. Obama also told the senators to go after him that rather than pick on his ambassador to the UN, S...
The National Electricity Regulation Commission (NERC) has begun a compulsory training programme for management staff of electricity companies in the country. The ``PHCN Management Orientation by NERC” took off in Kaduna on Thursday. The Managing ...
The trial of six policemen accused of the murder of five auto spare parts dealers and their female companion in Abuja in 2005 suffered yet another setback on Thursday. Those standing trial are DCP Danjuma Ibrahim, ASP Othman Abdulsalami (still at large...
United States President, Mr. Barrack Obama, yesterday said that he hopes to meet with former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in next month after saying in his acceptance speech that conferring with his former rival would be one way to see...
The candidate of the Republicans in the just-concluded presidential election in the United States, Mr. Mitt Romney, said on a conference call with donors yesterday that President Obama won the 2012 presidential campaign because of "gifts" giv...
Unidentified gunmen suspected to be numbering twenty on Thursday morning attacked another community in Kaduna State, killing six members of one family. The attack LEADERSHIP gathered, took place in Madauchi community, Zango Kataf Local government...
Workers across the European Union are staging a series of protests and strikes against rising unemployment and austerity measures. General strikes in Spain and Portugal have halted transport, businesses and schools, and led to clashes between police an...
President Hu Jintao stepped aside as ruling party leader yesterday to clear the way for Vice President Xi Jinping to take China’s helm as part of only the second orderly transfer of power in 63 years of Communist rule. In a possible break from tr...