The Catholic Bishop of Ekiti Diocese, Most Rev. Felix Femi Ajakaye, has said that the name of a former Head of State, late General Sani Abacha, will always be remembered whenever the issue of the creation of Ekiti State is being discussed. Speaking at ...
In his contribution to the debate on the proposed removal of petroleum subsidy, the Speaker of Osun State House of Assembly, Najeem Salaam, has implored the Federal Government to shelve the proposed removal of petroleum subsidy but to fix the nation&rs...
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Polytechnics (SSANIP) has said that there it will proceed on strike when its 21- day ultimatum given to the Federal Government to address various crises in the Polytechnic education expires this week. SSANIP Nat...
Palpable tension has enveloped different political camps in Katsina state, as both the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) wait anxiously for the verdict of the governorship election petitions tribunal. T...
Indigenes of Kebbi State under the auspices of Kebbi Awareness Forum (KAF) has called on the Kebbi State House of Assembly to probe an alleged mismanagement of the joint account operated by the state government and its 21 Local government a...
Bauchi State first female Professor of Micro-Biology, Prof. Fatima Jafar Tahir, has urged husbands to support their wives in furthering their education to enable them contribute immensely to the development of the society. Tahir, who made the app...
As the allegation of certificate forgery made against Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State by the gubernatorial candidate of All Nigerian Peoples Party, Professor Daniel Saror, continues to generate controversies in the state, the Coalition for Good ...
Governor Umaru Tanko Al-makura, of Nasarawa State, some hours, after addressing the people of the state on the impending security situation, yesterday Sunday, personally took time visiting some churches to see things for himself. The governor’s a...
Ahead of the governorship poll slated for December 3, 2011, women in Kogi State have started mobilising support for the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) governorship candidate, Chief James Ocholi. The coordinator of Kogi Women for Ocholi and state...
Palm reading also known as chiromancy is one of the many pseudo-sciences (a method that tries to explain physical phenomena without scientific proof to back it up). It is an art of foretelling that uses the hand lines as well as the palm’s markin...
Six people were killed on Sunday in Oke Afo, near Badagry, Lagos State, when a car driven by a Customs officer veered off the Lagos-Badagry Expressway. FRSC Assistant Road Commander Hussein Haruna told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the d...
The Gombe State Commissioner of Police, Mr Orubebe Ebikeme, has confirmed the bombing of the Mobile Police base in Kwame, in Kwame local government area, on Sunday killing no fewer than three persons. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) repor...
When the Nations Cup kicks off in January next year in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, Cameroon, Egypt, Algeria and South Africa will not be participating. Not because they are not good enough but because they did not qualify. With these five tea...
Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard, making his first start of the season, appeared to have won the derby when he fed a free-kick through a hospitable-looking United wall in the lunchtime kick-off. However, having failed to threaten for the majority of th...
The proposal raised last week by deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, about legalising prostitution in the country has generated heated debate among moralists and socialists alike. Besides, like one respondent puts it, prostitution is a reality of ...