An early morning disagreement between Catechist Jacob Ndifon Ese of the Roman Catholic Church, Akparabong in Ikom and the Nigerian Police over the stop and check exercise, tagged “operation show your motor particulars” might have caus...
The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) and community leaders in Oyigbo local government area of Rivers State are making frantic efforts to avert a crisis situation following an oil spill that occurred in Izuoma-Ndoki community in the area. The ...
Enugu State Governor Sullivan Chime has said that all the public servants who participated in the last industrial action in the state over implementation of minimum wage would forfeit their September 2011 salaries. Speaking to journal...
The former minister of state for commerce and industry, Josephine Tapgun, has commended General Yakubu Gowon for standing up for Nigeria when it mattered most, saying his role in keeping Nigeria one has made him a symbol of Nigeria’s unity and a ...
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has called on the 36 governors of the country to establish Geographical Information System Laboratories to facilitate the challenges faced in the allocation of lands in the country. The president, who stated this when ...
The Runway 2, a Fashion, Entertainment and Music event, will take place at the Thisday Dome, Abuja on Friday November 11, 2011.
The UK Celebrity Premiere of “Family on Fire” will hold at THE LIGHTHOUSE, 262 Camberwell Rd, London, SE5 0DP on the 4th of November 2011 by 6pm.
Marine Committee of the House of Representatives has said that the completion of the dredging of the River Niger will be its major assignment alongside other main priority projects.Chairman of the committee, Hon Ifeanyi Ugwanyi said this at the inaugur...
Slumped against the bloodied legs of a revolutionary fighter, this is the picture which Libyan rebels say confirms that deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi has been killed. The former Libyan dictator was reportedly found cowering in a hole in the gro...
The Sultan of Sokoto and Nigeria’s Amirul Hajj, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has given the reason why the airlift of pilgrims to Saudi Arabia for this year’s Hajj was staggered. The royal father said that the development was a delibera...
A Federal High Court in Lafia yesterday granted bail to the former Nasarawa State Governor Aliyu Akwe Doma and nine of his accomplices.The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had arraigned Doma and other accused persons for alleged la...
The Ogun State chapter of Nigeria Labour Congres (NLC) has described the money being paid by the Federal Government to subsidise petroleum products as payment for incompetence and corruption from the political leaders, saying that it is regrettable tha...
Benue State Governor Gabriel Suswam has faulted the claims by the opposition party, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) that he was the arrowhead of the political violence that claimed many lives and property in Logo Local Gove...
Members of the House of Representatives yesterday began consideration of President Goodluck Jonathan’s 2012-2015 Medium Term Revenue and Expenditure Frameworks and Fiscal Strategy, (MTFF) proposal just as members have queried the ability of the d...
A CPC Chieftain, Dennis Aghanya, yesterday described as illegal Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC’s) act of parading accused persons before the media, especially when they had not been found guilty by a court of law. Agha...