The Bishop of Jalingo Dioceses of the Anglican Communion, Bishop Timothy Yahya, has attributed the security challenges to the high rate of unemployment in the country. Yahya, said government should provide jobs for the teeming youths in Nigeria as a pa...
The Asagba of Asaba, Prof. Chike Edozien, has called on Nigerians to join hands to build the nation in order to have a better country. Edozien made the call in Asaba on Thursday at the inauguration of the executives of Rebuild Nigeria Initiative (RNI),...
The Security Council says it will conduct election on April 27 to fill the vacancy at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague. The election became necessary, following the resignation of Justice Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh, in Dece...
The Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution has commended the Federal Government and organised labour for the amicable resolution of the recent protest against fuel subsidy removal. Director-General of the Institute, Dr Joseph Golwa, expressed deli...
Vice-President Namadi Sambo has promised to ensure that the Peoples` Democratic Party (PDP) emerges victorious in the Feb. 11 governorship election in Bayelsa. Sambo, said in Abuja on Thursday at the inauguration of the party`s National Campaign Commit...
Kano State Government has warned fuel marketers against creating artificial scarcity with a view to maximising profit at the expense of the people. The government gave the warning on Thursday in a statement in Kano, issued by the Commissioner for Infor...
Alhaji Arzika Tureta, the Director-General, Wamakko/Shagari Campaign Organisation, has called on PDP supporters in Sokoto state to work for the victory of the party in the forthcoming governorship election. Tureta said, “We should collectively wo...
Judi Shekoni was raised by her mother in Manchester, England. She is an exotic mix of African, Spanish and British descent. At 17 she moved to a hostel in London with dreams of being a performer. Success arrived in the glamorous role of Precious on the...
Following a court order issued on Wednesday by Justice Gladys Olotu of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has restored the name of the candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in ...
The senate, yesterday, mandated its committee on police affairs to conduct a thorough investigation into the controversial escape from police custody, of the alleged mastermind of the Christmas Day bombing of St Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalla...
A detachment of policemen led by the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Mr. Tunde Sobulo, fired teargas indiscriminately at protesters marching from the state House of Assembly towards the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park in Ojota, Lagos. D...
Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola (SAN) yesterday urged Lagos residents, especially traders and transporters not to aggravate the hardship caused by recent hike in the pump price of petrol to inflate transport fares and prices of foodstuff in the ...
The military yesterday accused the Lagos State Government of hypocrisy for asking for the military presence and turns round to be describing them the army of occupation. Speaking on behalf of the Defence Headquarters yesterday, Col Mohammed Yerima disc...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Enugu State Command, has arrested a blind man for being in possession of cannabis. The blind suspect, Mr. Hassan Mohammed, from Borno State, was arrested with 15.5 kilogrammes of canabis at the cattle m...
The Ikemba Nnewi, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, who died in a London hospital late last year, will be buried on March 1, 2012. His burial was earlier scheduled for February 3. The burial committee set up by Ohanaeze and other interest groups and hea...