A heavy downpour on Wednesday in the Kiyawa Local Government Area of Jigawa, killed four persons, destroying houses and crops. It will be recalled that the Nigeria Metrological Agency had listed Jigawa among states in the country that would be affected...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), South-West Zone, said on Thursday that the agency was adequately prepared to combat any form of disaster. ``NEMA is prepared professionally in all wise; we have in our possession an ambulance and h...
At least four people were killed on Thursday when a sightseeing balloon with 32 people on board crashed on the outskirts of the Slovenian capital Ljubljana, state television Rtvslo reported. Of 21 people injured, eight including one child were in criti...
The Volume of shares traded on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Thursday dipped by 47.45 per cent as investors await the Federal Government's promised intervention. The market's daily turnover fell by 194.87 million shares as investors boug...
The Anambra State University, Uli, on Thursday disowned one of the suspects in the murder of Cynthia Osokogu, who claimed to be an Accountancy student of the institution. Osokogu, a post-graduate student of Nasarawa State University, Keffi, and daughte...
The Federal Government said on Thursday that it had recovered part of the over N400 billion money allegedly stolen from the fuel subsidy fund. Gov. Peter Obi of Anambra disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents on the outcome of the Nati...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has accused Gov. Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers of meddling in the running of Rivers State University of Science and Technology (RSUST). The President of ASUU, Dr Nasir Isa, said at a media briefing on Thursday...
Rice producers of Talata Mafara in Zamfara have shut down their business following an increase in electricity tariff, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN ) reports. Speaking with NAN in Talata Mafara, the local government...
Mr Ekpo Nta, the acting Chairman of Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission ( ICPC), said on Thursday that prevention was the most effective strategy in the fight against corruption. Nta made the statement at a forum in Abuj...
Troops and tanks swept into a restive town near Damascus on Thursday in an assault aimed at crushing opposition to President Bashar al-Assad, whose struggle to keep power has dragged Syria into an increasingly bloody civil war. Artillery and helicopter...
The Anambra government has said it would use Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIOs) to reinvigorate its transport sector. The state's Commissioner of Transport, Dr Chike Ohamobi, announced the plan in an interview with the News Agency of Nige...
The Police on Thursday arraigned one Chima Eke, 26, of Tudun Wada in Lugbe, Abuja, before an Abuja Senior Magistrates’ Court for allegedly beating up his mother. The Police Prosecutor, Sgt. Jeremiah Elijah, told the court that the case was report...
Gov. Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State said on Thursday that the state would soon make a presentation to the Federal Government on how to exploit the crude oil discovered in commercial quantity in the state. The governor spoke to State Hou...
The Federal Government has approved 300 million dollars as counterpart funding for the construction of the Zungeru hydroelectric plant in Niger, President Goodluck Jonathan said on Thursday in Abuja. Jonathan, who was represented by Vice President...
Alhaji Dokubo-Asari once stalked the mangrove-choked creeks of the Niger Delta, a leaf stuck to his forehead for good luck, as a crew that he ran bled oil from pipelines and sold it to smugglers. “Asari fuel,” they called it. Last year, Nig...