Contrary to the provision of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, which mandates the third tier of government, otherwise referred to as the local government areas, with a definite term for its elected officials, findings by LEADERSHIP SUNDAY have indicat...
The attorney-general of the federation (AGF) and minister of Justice, Mr Mohammed Adoke (SAN), has assured of his support to the Nigerian Bar Association’s initiative to investigate and expose some retired judges, serving judicial officers and se...
Former South African President Nelson Mandela successfully underwent hernia surgery yesterday, a family member told CNN yesterday. Mandela was "comfortable" and in "a satisfactory condition" Saturday, said the current South Af...
No fewer than ten people had been killed following Friday night's attack on the Gombe Divisional Police station by unknown gunmen. The state Commissioner of Police , Mr. Orubebe Ebikeme who confirmed this in a telephone interview ...
The people of Bakassi yesterday protested against their exclusion from the Cross River gubernatorial election, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. At a news conference in Calabar, the leader of Bakassi people, Senator Florence Ita-Giwa, said thei...
In its bid to ensure effective service delivery within a period of time, the Kwara state government has introduced what it terms ‘performance contracting’ in the state civil service. In the new arrangement, it is very clear that it would no...
It is a truism that whatever one labours hard to get, he guards jealously. This is exactly the case of Hon. Mashood Mustapha, a House of Representatives member, representing Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency at the lower chamber of the National Asse...
Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney have clashed in a heated debate in the US state of Arizona days before two states hold key primary elections. A resurgent Santorum came under attack from his rivals over healthcare, earmark spending and voting to raise the...
At least 26 people have been killed in a suspected al Qaeda car bombing in Yemen hours after the nation's new president vowed to continue the fight against the terror group. Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi took an oath of office, which formally removed lon...
ICRC spokesman Sean Maguire says, "There are still grave needs in Baba Amr and Homs" (Amateur video purportedly shows recent shelling in Homs) In a report by the BBC, the Red Cross says it is resuming its attempts to rescue more Syrians trapp...
Most couples yearn for children who represent their union and signify their future. However for a significant number of couples, researchers have found out that for about 1 in every 4 couples, this desire cannot be fulfilled without some assistance. Ho...
It will not be out of place to say that in Nigeria today, the menace of the dreaded Boko Haram is taking a toll in all aspects of our national life including the church which has received more than a dosage from the mindless sect that attack and bomb c...
Residents of Obiagu, a well-known ghetto in Enugu, are bereft of modern social amenities, a setback that has forced them to struggle for survival in the settlement as though they are in the pit of hell. But MIKE UBANI, reports that in spite of th...
Since the birth of the Fourth Republic, the national parliament has churned out hundreds of resolutions. Curiously, these resolutions are largely ignored by Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) which have been at the receiving end of a large chu...
Working hard to meet the target set by World Health Organisation (WHO) of eradicating the polio virus in Nigeria, the Executive Director/CEO, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Ado J.G Muhammad is optimistic that come 2013, Ni...