Niger State Governor Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu has called on residents of the State not to panic over any rumoured attack by any group, even as he said that the presence of soldiers on the street helping to curb crises was not good for the country. ...
Plateau State Governor, Jonah Jang has said that the State provided the fund used for prospecting petroleum in the Niger-Delta region in the 1960s. Governor Jang who stated this while receiving the Presidential Youth Committee on Deregulation of ...
Oil multinational, Chevron Nigeria Limited, yesterday, intensified its lobby of host communities in the Brass and Southern Ijaw Communities of Bayelsa State as they protest against the noticeable damages on their environment by the recent fire outbreak...
The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) has fixed February 9 for the trial of former Kano State Governor Ibrahim Shekarau and some other public officers who are being accused of f...
Maryam Abubakar, the wife of the acting Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, is dead. She died on Monday morning, after a brief illness at a hospital in Kano. She was buried according to Muslim rites this afternoon.
Kogi State Acting Governor, Hon. Abdullahi Bello on Monday, sacked the cabinet he inherited from the immediate past governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Idris. In a statement issued through his Special Assistant on Media, Alhaji Ibrahim Isa Amoka, the acting gover...
Terror suspect, Henry Okah, already jailed more than a year will remain in jail another eight months before his trial starts in South Africa, a judge ruled Monday. Henry Okah’s trial had been scheduled to start Monday. Instead of starting their a...
Gunmen have attacked two more police stations in Kano State, killing at least two people. One of the attacks occurred at dawn on Monday, setting off a gun battle with police, residents said. On Sunday night, gunmen stormed another police station near a...
Achieving a polio-free country this year would remain elusive if the setbacks to the realisation of this dream are not addressed, writes WINIFRED OGBEBO. As Nigeria reaches the deadline for polio eradication this year, there are rising concerns w...
There are indications that Africa will need at least $12billion from now to 2015 to respond to issues of HIV/ADIS. This amount is $4billion higher than the curent spending in the region. The hint was given by the United Nations Joint Programme on HIV/A...
20 out of the 26 parishioners of St. Theresa Catholic Church, Madalla, who died in the Christmas Day bomb blast at the church, will be buried on Wednesday. This was disclosed by the Parish Priest of the church, Rev. Fr. Isaac Achi during mass celebrati...
Will the March Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) still hold? Beyond the debacle over the date of the convention, STANLEY NKWOCHA, reports the salient issues which clearly put the party on the spot. Next Thursday, thePeoples D...
Iran has vowed to continue with its nuclear programme in defiance of the torrential sanctions the West have been ramping up on the country, claiming that its nuclear arsenal is not for military actions. Iran has even threatened to close the Strait of H...
The gory activities of Boko Haram yesterday stopped President Goodluck Jonathan from clinching the chairmanship position of African Union (AU). Against expectations that the Nigerian president would emerge Chairman of the Africa’s political...
The events of the last few weeks following the announcement of the removal of fuel subsidy brought to the fore the angst of Nigerians against the government, its policies and programmes. In this interview with CHINYERE FRED-ADEGBULUGBE and SHUAIB SHUAI...