The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Gubernatorial flag bearer in Bayelsa State, Hon Henry Seriake Dickson, yesterday, accused Governor Timipre Sylva of mismanaging resources and destroying the master plan for the development of the State. This was just ...
Nissan has given us another tease of its new Pathfinder concept that’s set to be uncovered at the Detroit Motor Show next week. While previous teaser shot hinted at the side profile of the new concept that’s set to spawn a production vehicl...
Scientists have discovered walnuts are the healthiest nuts to eat as they are loaded with antioxidants. Snacking on as few as seven a day can help ward off disease and lower cholesterol, they claim. Walnuts contain very high levels of polyphenol, an an...
President Goodluck Jonathan recently asked the inspector-general of police, Mr. Hafiz Ringim to proceed on terminal leave, apparently for his inability to stem the current insurgency by Boko Haram in the northern part of the country. Since the presiden...
It is a manifestation of the dignity of man that Islam has placed an infinite value on human life. This is expressed in the Qur’an in the following terms: We ordained for the children of Israel that if anyone slew a person, unless it be for murde...
The Network for Civil Society in Nigeria has commended the people of Adamawa for restoring order and normalcy after the recent shooting incident which led to the death of 30 persons in the state. Addressing a news conference on Wednesday in Yola...
Gov. Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun, granted state pardon to a 75-year- old prisoner, Kayode Adeyemi and six others serving various jail terms in the state. The pardon, which was in commemoration of the governor's 54th birthday, was announced throug...
The federal government on Thursday bowed to pressure mounted on it by governors of the 36 states of the federation that it should refund the sum of N350 billion being the sum total of funds spent by state governments on federal roads. This was the deci...
Erastus Akingbola, a former Managing Director of Intercontinental Bank, said that it would be unfair if the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was allowed to choose a judge in a matter involving it. He made the argument in a counter-...
The Sokoto Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has denied reports that its Comptroller, Alhaji Atiku Mustapha, was attacked by armed robbers on the Gusau-Tsafe highway on Monday. The Public Relations Officer of the command, Alhaji Musa Alhassan...
Alhaji Muhammed Garba, National President, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), has condemned the incessant killings of journalists in the country, and called on the authorities to arrest the situation. Garba, while addressing journalists at the NUJ Pre...
The Chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Anambra, Chief Mike Kwento, has expressed worry over the spate of bombings in some parts of the country. Kwento, in Awka on Wednesday, said that the situation was giving the country a bad i...
Alhaji Muktari Mapia, a PDP chieftain in Sokoto State, has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to organise a national security summit to find a lasting solution to the current killings in the country. Mapia said in Sokoto on Wednesday that such summi...
Dr Folashade Oluwole, a Senior Registrar at the Nephrology and Geriatrics Unit, Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, has advocated for the passage of an Elders Rights Act by the National Assembly to cater for the aged. She made the ca...
Sequel to allegations of hosting and bankrolling the deadly activities of the radical Islamist Terrorist group, Boko Haram, Bauchi State Governor, Isa Yuguda, Thursday, January 26, 2012 stated that the group has no operational base in his state. Yuguda...