Two years after the extended time line for the completion of the contract for the dredging of River Niger, members of the House of Representatives have expressed fears that if concrete action was not taken, the project may be abandoned. This was just a...
The Ministry of Defence and the arms of the military in the country may soon be linked up with teleconferencing facilities in order to hasten intelligence gathering and security management. The Minister of Defence, Dr Bello Haliru Mohammed, disclosed t...
A group of people who trooped into a filling station to seek refuge in a bid to escape cross fire after an attack by members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect on Rijiyar Zaki Police Station, lost their lives in the process.According to an eye witness, som...
Frontline aspirant for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairmanship contest, Dr. Bamanga Tukur, said yesterday that he was the right man for the party’s top post, which he said was for daddies and not children. Tukur, who led PD...
A stalwart of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna State, Hon. Victor Bobai, has accused President Goodluck Jonathan government of marginalising the people of Southern Kaduna despite its consistent bloc votes that helped in putting...
Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, a PDP chairmanship aspirant, said on Monday in Abuja that the leadership position of the ruling party was not a job for children. “The chairmanship position of the ruling party is not a job for the children, but a job for th...
Gov. Gabriel Suswam of Benue has assured Dr Bamanga Tukur, a National Chairmanship aspirant of the PDP, of block votes from the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the national convention of the party is scheduled to hold on Marc...
International mediator Kofi Annan called Monday for an immediate halt to the killing of civilians in Syria as he arrived in Turkey for talks on the crisis. “The killing of civilians must end now. The world must give a clear message that this is u...
The Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku, has challenged Nigerians to imbibe the virtues of hardwork and honesty in their various fields of endeavor to complement government’s developmental efforts. Maku said this in Abuja on Monday at the in...
Nigeria international Ahmed Musa has maintained his Russian club CSKA Moscow are not under pressure going into a UEFA Champions League round of 16 second leg match at Real Madrid. The first leg in Moscow ended in a 1-1 draw with Musa in a...
A 28-year-old barber was on Monday docked before the Ogudu Chief Magistrates' Court in Lagos for allegedly inflicting grievous bodily harm on his mother-in-law. The accused, Sunkanmi George, who resides at No. 3, Ajibike Str. Ogudu, Lagos is ...
The Federal Government on Monday in Abuja set up two committees that would improve the flow of trade and investment to the country. They are: ‘Doing Business and Competitiveness’ and ‘Investor Care’ committees. Speaking while in...
Centre referee in Matchday 13 oriental derby between hosts, Heartland and Enyimba, Gabriel Adigwe has admitted attack on his person after the clash at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu. The titanic clash ended 3-2 in favour of the visitor...
Four persons including a commercial sex worker were Monday shot dead in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, following renewed clash between two rival cult groups based in the Niger Delta University (NDU), Amassoma in Southern Ijaw Local Council area of...
Gunmen shot dead three Christians in Nigeria near the flashpoint city of Jos, hours after 10 people were killed in a suicide bombing and related violence at a church, an official said Monday. In a separate incident in the northern city of Kano, gunmen ...