Flood in Mai’adua Local Government Area of Katsina State has rendered many families homeless and destroyed more than 1,400 houses, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. An eyewitness told NAN correspondent in Mai’adua that the inc...
No fewer than five persons have lost their lives in a multiple motor accident that occurred along Nsukka 9th Mile express way last Thursday night. Eye witnesses said a Toyota Carina car with registration number 402 LGT, a 14 -sitter bus belonging to Ro...
The management of the Port Harcourt Port has confirmed a fire incident on Thursday evening, which gutted the loading bay of the port. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the bay has the capacity to load 10 tankers wit...
ZANU-PF amendments to Zimbabwe's draft constitution, restoring sweeping powers to the president and setting up a mandatory youth service, have been rejected by its MDC coalition partners and are likely to delay adoption of the landmark new document...
A heavy downpour has wreaked havoc againg in Dutse local government of Jigawa, injuring three persons and destroying about 25 houses, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. NAN recalls that the Nigeria Metrological Agency (NIMET) had ...
The All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) on Friday in Lagos called on the Federal Government to ensure it allowed true federalism thrive as it was practiced all over the world. The Lagos State Chairman of ANPP, Alhaji Razaq Oyekanmi, claimed in a sta...
Four foreign oil workers who were kidnapped when unknown gunmen attacked their vessel in the Gulf of Guinea off Nigeria on August 4 have been released, their employer Sea Trucks Group said Thursday. “They were released last night,” company ...
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...