Mr and Mrs Edwin Chime parents of late Mrs Antonia Attuh, one of the victims of the Dana plane crash said on Thursday they first learnt about their daughter's death while watching CNN. Late Attuh, 45, a statistician, worked with the Westminst...
The Kogi Sector Command of FRSC on Thursday confirmed that 18 people lost their lives in 41 road accidents that occurred in different parts of the state in the month of May. Mr Garba Ibrahim, the Sector Commander told newsmen in Lokoja that...
Prof. Barth Nnaji, the Minister of Power, said on Thursday that the repair of electricity transformers in the country would save Nigeria more than N1.5 billion. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nnaji made the disclosure at the inauguration...
The Federal Government on Thursday in Abuja began the distribution of 14 million textbooks and Library Resource Materials to primary and junior secondary schools across the country. Primaries one and two received the textbooks for English Language, Mat...
Overweight mothers-to-be could be condemning their unborn children to decades of ill health. Babies whose mothers were carrying extra pounds when pregnant are more likely to be fat and unhealthy as adults, researchers say. While it is well known that o...
If you plan your design, shop smart and invest some sweat equity, you can have a $25,000 bathroom remodel for a fraction of the price. You can update your bathroom with new wall and floor tile, a new vanity and top and new plumbing fixtures. Then frame...
The President of the Nutrition Society of Nigeria, Professor Ignatius Onimawo, in this interview with GRACE AZUbuIKE, applauds the cassava bread initiative of the government and says the product is healthier and has more food value than the all-wheat b...
At least about 16 people were killed yesterday in a clash between the Joint Task Force (JTF) and some suspected terrorists in Lawan Bukar street, Abbaganaram, Budum and Shehuri wards of Maiduguri metropolis, while several others sustained various degre...
The Senate yesterday confirmed the nomination of Engr Ezekiel Adeniji as chairman of the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) and five others as members. The five members include Ahmed Gusau, Air Commodore Indongesit Nkanga (Rtd), Barr Ubah Maigari...
Nigeria House of Representatives yesterday raised alarm over the piling judgement debt profile of the federal government totaling N80 billion. The house detailed its committee on justice to ascertain whether or not ongoing and pending debts are properl...
Prominent Nigerians have called on the federal government to re-affirm its commitment to the fight against all forms of economic and financial crimes including trans-border crimes particularly in the Economic Community of West-African States (ECOWAS) r...
Three ministers disclosed yesterday that they too would have been involved in the ill-fated Dana plane that crashed in Lagos on Sunday. They are Minister of State for Defence, Erelu Olusola Obada; Minister of Transport, Senator Idris Umar and Tourism, ...
Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Ade Ipaye, yesterday announced that a total number of 149 bodies had been evacuated from the Dana air plane crash of Sunday with 52 identifiable bodies and 97 unidentifiable ones. Ipaye who...
There are strong indications that the Presidency has signified interest to fully implement the report of the Senate Ad hoc Committee that probed the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE). UCHENNA AWOM writes that the sudden interest may not be enough poli...
As the site of last Sunday plane crash in Iju-Ishaga area of Lagos State was fumigated yesterday, some residents of the area have appealed to the authorities to bury the victims far from the area. Their apprehension was based on their belief in the exi...