Osun State Governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, has provided free train services to convey stranded passengers of the State from Lagos to Osogbo, the State capital. This was part of the government’s effort to cushion the effect of the removal of subsidy...
One of the thugs suspected to have invaded Media Trust’s Kano regional office allegedly to set the complex ablaze was yesterday arraigned before a Kano magistrate’s court. The firm publishes the national daily, Daily Trust. A news report, w...
The Kaduna State branch of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and its sister body, the Trade Union Congress (TUC), yesterday directed all its members in the state and in the Local Government Areas (LGAs) to come out en masse against what they described...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yesterday warned President Goodluck Jonathan not to treat as a joke, its threat to proceed on a prolonged massive strike with effect from Monday. The labour movement said in Abuja that it would not compromise on its de...
Tragedy struck yesterday in Gombe when gunmen attacked a church in the state capital, killing about six people and wounding several others. Pastor Johnson Jauro of the Deeper Life Christian Church in Nasarawo within the Gombe metropolis said the ...
Pregnant women can enjoy sex without endangering their unborn baby, research shows. There is no evidence that regular love-making increases the risk of a premature birth or other complications, a study says. The latest findings also contradict the beli...
Sleeping too little or for too long disrupts how you think and can age the brain by up to seven years, a study has warned. Getting less or more than the six to eight hours recommended sleep increases the speed of cognitive decline and affects abilities...
The issue of Boko Haram has since 2009 become a matter of great concern in Nigeria following accusation and reports that, members of the Islamic sect had been involved in violent activities bothering on unprovoked and murderous attacks on the public an...
Breast is an organ associated with women and other mammals. However, men sometimes develop breasts as a result of enlarged breast tissues. The condition, which is known as gynecomastia, can be quite embarrassing. RALIAT AHMED writes In hum...
Ahuraka Isa examines the 100 days in office of Justice Dahiru Musdapher as Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). The appointment of Justice Dahiru Musdapher as the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) by President Goodluck Jonathan last ...
The governorship flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the Febuary 11 election in Bayelsa State, Hon.Henry Seriake Dickson yesterday explained why he is responding to the claims by the camp of Bayelsa State Governor, Timipre Sylva on hi...
The chairman, Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN), Abuja Chapter, Sir Peter Okolo has commended the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Senator Bala Mohammed over the initiation of the Accelerated Area Councils Title Re-i...
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has called for the impeachment of President Goodluck Jonathan. The group hinged its call on what it described as the illegal constitution of the Christopher Kolade-led Subsidy Re-investment Trust...
As the protest against the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government continues, a Fulani Socio-cultural group, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, yesterday directed its members across the country to stop selling cows. Speaking to journalists in M...
The President of the Nigerian Association of Miners (MAN), Sani Shehu, has described the unprecedented removal of fuel subsidy by the federal government on January 1, 2012, as radical and sudden. The President, who spoke in an exclusive telephone inter...