The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Malam Bello Kaoje of PDP as the winner of Bagudo/Suru Federal Constituency re-run election held on Saturday. The Returning Officer, Mr Shehu Abubakar of Othman Danfodio Unive...
Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara has attributed Nigeria economic setback to the inability of past governments to formulate the right policies to transform agriculture. Ahmed made this known in Ilorin on Saturday w...
The Kenya Aids Vaccination Initiative (KAVI) has expressed its willingness to collaborate with Nigeria to tackle diseases in Africa. Prof. Omu Anzala of the University of Nairobi and Programme Director of KAVI told the News Age...
Let's face it, no one is perfect. No matter how hard you try, or how loving and respectful a couple you are, you are bound to get into a disagreement once in a while. People from different backgrounds and of different attitudes are often brought to...
Every part of the world has natural endowments, but some parts are more naturally endowed than others. In this part of the world, (Nigeria) our natural endowments are so vast that some are even being overlooked or ignored. A case study of waste m...
With the controversy over the stealing of pension funds by light-fingered minds of the scheme boiling over, Senator Oluremi Tinubu (ACN, Lagos) looks at the big picture and wades in with a bill seeking to establish the National Security Agency for aged...
Igwurita is a very busy semi-urban community in Rivers State. Though, it is one of the closest communities to Port Harcourt, the state capital, Igwurita community is in Ikwerre local government area of the state. On Saturday, March 17, 2012, the peacef...
It is not in the African culture to take one’s life but it seems that things are taking a different pattern in our society now a days. Out of fear of being disowned, young Maryam decided that she was better off dead. BLESSING UKEMENA writes. Mary...
In every part of Katsina State, one is sure to find illegal road blocks constructed by communities in the guise of guarding against over speeding and reckless driving. In virtually all the road side communities especially those on the highways the peop...
The Director General of the Edo State Liaisons Office in Abuja Tony Aiyijina, in this interview with JAMES UWEM, he talks about his stewardship and as well evaluates political developments in the state. How has it been like serving as ...
Former Kaduna State military administrator, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali, in this interview with Correspondent MIDAT JOSEPH believes that for the north to retrieve power in 2015, it must seek another platform other than the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (...
Accidents can be avoided if necessary precautions are taken into consideration. However, it is a pity that the safety of children on Nigerian roads is often not considered by many, a terrible oversight that has led to several avoidable fatal accidents ...
Charles Apple is a freelance visual journalist and instructor. A long time news artist and designer, He teaches design and graphics workshops and seminars around and outside U.S.A. He has won numerous awards from the Society for News Design for graphic...
In the past few months, unease has enveloped the Nigerian telecommunications sector especially the service providers with the avalanche of notices from various local and state governments and their agencies seeking to collect levies and taxes from the ...
Diamond Bank Plc has recorded N11.254 billion loss in its Audited Report for the Period Ended December 31, 2011.The bank’s financial position was contained in a filing made to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) last Friday for verification. By thi...