Malawi’s Justice Minister Ralph Kasambara on Monday said that laws criminalising same sex sexual conduct in the country had been suspended pending a decision on whether or not to repeal them. Kasambara said in a statement that he wanted debate on...
Electricity Consumers Association, Sokoto State chapter, on Monday, demanded the payment of N1 billion as compensation from the PHCN for allegedly disrupting electricity supply to the state in the last three days. Electricity workers in the state...
The Sokoto State Chief Judge, Justice A'ishat Dahiru, on Monday restrained the PHCN from disrupting power supply to any premises within the state. The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) reports that with this development, PHCN is expected to restore ele...
The Super Eagles Coach, Stephen Keshi, on Monday said he would never beg any player to feature for Nigeria in the national team. Keshi told newsmen in Abuja while reacting to insinuation by football fans that he was literally begging Osaze Odemwingie, ...
The Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo- Iweala, on Monday in Abuja, urged the House of Representatives to approve a $9 billion external borrowing plan from 2012 to 2015. Okonjo-Iweala, who is also the Coordinating Minister for...
A 38-year-old commercial motorcyclist, Mr Sunday Udoh, on Monday stripped himself naked to evade arrest by the law enforcement agents for violating the new Lagos State Traffic Law. Mr Bayo Sulaiman, Chairman, Lagos State Task Force for Special Offences...
The new Minister of State for Power, Mrs Zainab Kuchi, on Monday called for speedy provision of adequate electricity to Nigerians. Kuchi made the call in Abuja when she took over the affairs of ministry from her predecessor. ``Nigerians will not accept...
The State Security Service (SSS) in Nasarawa State on Monday paraded four suspected members of an arm-running syndicate. The state’s Director of SSS, Abubakar Bubuche, said the suspects were members of a gun running syndicate operating between Na...
Operatives of the Enugu State Police Command have arrested over 500 members of the Biafran Zionist Movement (BZM) for allegedly re-declaring the Republic of Biafra. The arrested BZM Members, who wore vests bearing Biafra inscription and car...
One day left in their stubbornly deadlocked race, President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney are storming through a final exhaustive campaign push Monday that won't end until the wee hours of Election Day in pursuit of every possible vote. B...
A Federal High Court, Lagos, on Monday dismissed a no case submission made by two Iranians, Ali Jega, and Azim Aghajan, charged with illegal importation of arms, ammunitions and explosives to Nigeria. Justice Okechukwu Okeke also refused the bail appli...
The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) says its activities have been justified by the report of the committee on governance, transparency and accountability in the oil and gas sector. Mr Ledum Mitee, the Chairman of NEITI&rsq...
IQ4News, a UK-based, Nigerian-owned, African news provider is partnering with VHC to launch a South Africa Job Portal.
I could not turn down the invitation to comment on this subject and express my personal views. US Presidential elections are important for one primary reason: they bear far-reaching implications for geo-politics, and since President Barack Obama’...
Akwa Ibom State Governor Godswill Akpabio has dispelled rumour making the rounds that he had a strained relationship with his deputy, Mr. Nsima Ekere before he resigned from the government. On the contrary, the Governor said that he left on...