Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, and chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Professor Chidi Odinkalu, have challenged the federal government on the implementation of the environmental assessment report of the United Nations Env...
Following the resolution of the National Assembly that Dana Air must pay at least 30 per cent of the $100, 000 insurance compensation to the families of victims of the ill-fated flight 9J-992 on June 3, the airline seems to be at the cross roads. ...
Judgement in the suit instituted by winner of the January 9, 2011 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial primary election, Alhaji Jibrin Isah Echocho, challenging the swearing-in of Idris Wada as governor, has been postponed.. A new date is yet t...
Determined to curtail the effects of torrential rainfall that has continued to wreak havoc in the state, the Lagos state Government has alerted of more rainfall, just as it has dedicated the June Edition of the Statewide Monthly Environmental San...
The Emir of Potiskum, Alhaji Umar Bubaram, yesterday commended the newly appointed National Security Adviser (NSA) Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd) for his timely initiative of touring the crisis-torn areas of Borno and Yobe states. The tour is aimed at him hol...
Five years after the foundation stone for the first monorail project in Cross River State was laid, the multi-million project is yet to take off, raising fears that the administration might have changed its mind on the scheme. The ground breaking for t...
It was the turn of the Nigeria Union of Journalist (NUJ) to taste the bitter pill of demolition yesterday as officials of the Development Control Department of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) allegedly acting on the directive of the...
The search for the next ‘Miss Ambassador For Peace’ has begun,.The event is slated for September. In a special press briefing with selected media houses (LEADERSHIP inclusive), the organisers of Miss Ambassador For Peace Beauty Pagea...
A renegade militant leader, Seifa Gbereke, popularly known along the Creeks and waterways of the Niger Delta Region as General Cairo was Friday arrested by the operatives of the Joint Military Task Force code named Pulo Shield for his alleged leadershi...
Retired Col. Sambo Dasuki, the newly appointed National Security Adviser (NSA), on Friday expressed optimism of achieving a Boko Haram ceasefire before the Ramadan Fast. Dasuki said this at the commencement of a security stakeholders meeting in Maidugu...
Syrians in the besieged city of Douma wrapped mangled and bloodied corpses in white burial shrouds early on Friday, according to video posted online. This occurred after 190 people were killed in one of the deadliest days of Syria's 16-month-old up...
President Obama has hailed Thursday's Supreme Court stunning decision to uphold the healthcare reform law. “Earlier today the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act,” Obama said. “And in doing so, th...
The EU and UNICEF have signed a five-year agreement to contribute €31 million (about N6.5 billion) for rural water and sanitation projects in Nigeria. This is contained in a statement issued by the EU and made available to the News Agency of Niger...
Floods caused by heavy downpour have killed at least 30 people and displaced more than a million in India's Northeastern state of Assam, officials said on Friday. Twenty one of Assam's 27 districts were hit by the heavy floods and triggered by ...
A total of 390 slots have been allocated to intending pilgrims from Ondo State for this year’s holy pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina. The Secretary of Ondo State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, Raji Yusuf, told the News Agency of&n...