More than 30 people were on Friday killed when a goods train ploughed into a truck carrying farm workers on a level crossing in South Africa, an official said. The victims were "torn into pieces" in the accident that saw the mangled truck shu...
A new study suggests adolescents who misuse alcohol and drugs are at increased risk of continued misuse well into middle age. PEMBI STEPHEN-DAVID writes. The results of a new study of a doctorial thesis presented by Yasmina Molero Samuelson at the Cent...
The Chief Executive Officer, Stanbic IBTC Pension Managers, Dr. Demola Sogunle, in this interview with Chris Ugwu, says that the government should enforce the Pension Reform Act to ensure that the contributory pension scheme succeeds. He also notes tha...
In the latest twist of the bribery allegation between former chairman of the ad-hoc committee investigating the management of subsidy and businessman Femi Otedola, the chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Drugs/Narcotics and Financial ...
The first lady, Patience Jonathan, will not relocate to Bayelsa State to perform the duties of permanent secretary and will not earn any pay during the period. Her spokesman, Mr Ayo Osinlu, stated this yesterday during an interview with an online mediu...
Major General Charles Airhiavbere (rtd) is the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the July 14, 2012 governorship election in Edo State. In an interview with reporters, he discusses the reasons why incumbency will not be a f...
General Muhammadu Buhari, as the leader and presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change in 2011, is expected by many of his party members to be the presidential flag bearer of the CPC once more in 2015. However, if Buhari decides to s...
The Nigerian Police Council (NPC) yesterday confirmed the appointment of Mr. Mohammed Abubakar as the substantive Inspector-General of the Nigerian Police. The decision was taken at the council’s meeting presided over by President Goodluck Jonath...
The Senate yesterday cut the price of the new number plates and vehicle registration by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) by 30 per cent. They also lifted the ban on the issuance of new number plates and driver’s license by the commission and ...
The Federal Government has announced that the much expected N200 billion small and medium enterprises credit guarantee scheme (SMECGS) fund is now available. The Minister of State for Finance, Dr Yerima Ngama, who disclosed this in Abuja yesterday, how...
The Director-General of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Dr. Joseph Odumodu, has said that the two weeks deadline earlier handed down by the agency to dealers in substandard products across the country would not be extended. Odumodu said th...
Equity Transaction continued on a bullish note on the Nigerian Stock Exchange yesterday, as more investors took position on some stocks. The All Share Index rose by 1.08 per cent to close at 22,492.96 points, compared to the increase by 0.60 per cent r...
Dazed by the reality of a proud owner of a brand new car, courtesy of Unity Bank Plc Aim, Save And Win promo Mrs. Bikudaimai Jouro, a civil servant with the information ministry in Maiduguri has urged Nigerians to op...
Unemployment is said to be the factor behind social unrest that hamper development in many nations. MOSES JOHN, in this analysis, takes a look at the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) and the transformation agenda of Jonathan administration in t...
The Young Journalists Forum (YJF) has called for the immediate redeployment of corps members from the endlessly volatile states, adding that the group may result to court action if NYSC refuses to act accordingly. According to a statement signed by its...