The eastern third of the US braced for more scorching temperatures on Tuesday as nearly 1.4 million homes and businesses from Illinois to Virginia remained without power heading into the Independence Day holiday. Violent weekend storms and days of oppr...
Mr John Odah, the former General Secretary of NLC, has said that he will not settle out-of-court with his former employers, insisting on his reinstatement without preconditions. Odah had sued the NLC at the National Industrial Court for what he called ...
Sen Gyang Dantong on Tuesday declared that persistent attacks on Plateau rural communities could only be halted if security officers raided settlements believed to have stockpiled arms. ``The victims of the attacks have always claimed that they know th...
Two roadside bombs targeting Shi'ite pilgrims killed four people and wounded 21 on Tuesday near the central Iraqi city of Kerbala, hospital and police sources said. The attack, 80 km southwest of Baghdad, is the latest in a series of bombings in Ir...
The four staff members of the International Criminal Court (ICC) detained in Libya returned to The Hague, an ICC spokesman said on Tuesday. "They are reunited with their families now," ICC spokesman Fadi El Abdallah told Xinhua. "T...
A night fire outbreak has gutted part of Yola Prisons, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The fire, which started around 8 p.m. caused panic in Yola town with major streets leading to the prison, located near the palace of Lamido of Adamawa cord...
Twenty ships carrying various goods are expected to berth at the Port Harcourt port between July 2 and 4. This was contained in the shipping position released by the Nigerian Ports Authority on Monday in Port Harcourt. It said that one other ship would...
A school proprietor, Mr Ismail Adeniji, on Monday told an Oshodi Customary Court in Lagos that his second wife abandoned their son when he was 15 months old, for another marriage. Adeniji, in a petition before the court, is asking for the dissolution o...
Some politicians in Lagos on Monday condemned plans by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to allow electoral officers exercise their franchise in the 2015 general elections. The politicians argued that the proposal would not serve the...
The Nasarawa State Government said on Monday it would partner with Dangote Group of Companies and the Raw Material Research and Development Council to set up salt industries. Mr. Samuel Nkene-Meshi, the Commissioner for Science and Technology, disclose...
The Nigerian Association of Master Mariners (NAMM) in Lagos on Monday called on the Federal Government to leverage maritime education and institution to international standards. Capt. Adejimi Adu, NAMM President, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) t...
Mr Adamu Kesuwo, Dean, School of Administration and Management, Plateau Polytechnic, Barkin-Ladi, has explained that brilliant lecturers leave polytechnics because they desire to become professors. ``Professorship is only attained in the universi...
An Ikeja High Court on Monday discharged and acquitted Deji Abiola, second son of the late politician, Chief MKO Abiola, of a N35.5 million theft charge preferred against him. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Abiola was discharged by Justi...
The NNPC said that the recently submitted draft Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) would go a long way in transforming operations in the oil and gas industry if passed into law. Mr Fidel Pepple, the acting Group General Manger, Public Affairs Division of NN...
The Bauchi State Government has assured residents of the metropolis that the planned review of the city’s master plan is in their interest. The Commissioner for Lands and Housing, Alhaji Aminu Hammayo, gave the assurance in an interview with the ...