The autonomy of local governments is creating wrangling among the leaders of the 19 northern states.While the northern apex socio-cultural group, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), did not see any wrong in the autonomy of local governments, the governors ...
His Eminence, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar yesterday called on Muslims in the country to shun violence and any form of extremism, saying “extremism brought about the present insecurity and hardship among the Muslim u...
The Aguleri-Otu oil-flow station in Anambra State will be commissioned by President Goodluck Jonathan on August 30, 2012, the Anambra State Commissioner for Special Duties, Barr. Vincent Ezenwajiaku, has assured. Ezenwajiaku said the ...
The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas (NUPENG) workers yesterday suspended its strike action over the payment of 2012 Petroleum Subsidy Arrears. The union is also worried over the state of the refineries, labour issues concerning SPDC and bad...
Following the recent bloody violence in Riyom and Barkin Ladi local government areas of Plateau State which claimed over a hundred lives of largely Berom extraction, the military task force issued a 48-hour notice of evacuation of the area to root out ...
In its effort to enforce the ban on Okada riding in the Federal Capital City (FCC), the Director, FCT Directorate of Road Traffic Services, Col. Wilson Alade (rtd.), said the directorate has impounded over 1,600 motorcycles between January and July, th...
Irregularities trailed the bye-election into Dutsi constituency of Katsina State House Of Assembly with incidences of ballot box snatching and early voting recorded in some polling units. The bye-election into Dutsi constituency was held yesterday foll...
The abducted daughter of a former member of the National Assembly, Senator Nimi Barigha-Amange, was yesterday rescued from the hands of her kidnappers in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The victim, Mrs. Diepreye Dagi Darego, was taken hostage at around 9a...
Helen Glover and Heather Stanning confirmed their status as gold medal favourites as they stormed into the final of the women's pair in a new Olympic record time. Roared on by a packed crowd at Eton Dorney, Glover and Stanning won the opening heat ...
Mark Cavendish's bid to claim Great Britain's first Olympic gold of the London 2012 Games on The Mall was ended as Kazakhstan's Alexandr Vinokourov triumphed in a dramatic men's road race. Cavendish, the world champion and winner of 23 ...
An archer from the Republic of Korea (South Korea) in London on Friday became the first athlete to set new world record in the 2012 Olympic Games. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent reports that Korea's Im Dong-hyun broke his own 72-arr...
Top sports stars Usain Bolt and Novak Djokovic were the cynosure of many eyes on Friday during the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games in London. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that they drew much of the attention as they led out...
Barely 48 hours after three police officers were ambushed and killed by unknown gunmen along Bauchi-Gombe road, another police officer has been assassinated at his residence in Bauchi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the deceased, Abdulla...
A defiant Michael Phelps insisted Saturday he remained in the running for a third straight Olympic 400m medley gold despite scraping into the final in the eighth and last spot. “A final spot is a final spot,” said Phelps, whose 14 Olympic g...
Olympic athletes using drugs were warned “we are going to catch you” Saturday after the London Games were hit by their first doping case on the opening day of full competition. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said the case of Alba...