Her best friend Beyonce's family took her in when she was just a child after her dad left. But after 20 years, Kelly Rowland says she is ready to reunite with her estranged father, Christopher Lovett. The 30-year-old graces the cover of the ...
Over 300 houses in Makurdi, the Benue State capital were yesterday flooded as a result of heavy downpour, which destroyed property and rendered very many persons homeless. The Wurukum market was also flooded. The flood, which result...
A Lokoja High Court has fixed December 9 for ruling in the case between the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the former governor of Kogi State, Prince Abubakar Audu. The presiding judge, Justice Saidu Tanko Husseini disclosed this du...
Fear and tension yesterday gripped a 24-man delegation of Jigawa State to Akwa Ibom as heavy rainfall and poor visibility made landing impossible for a chartered flight conveying the delegation to the installation of the Emir of Kazau...
Against dissenting voices of Nigerians and massive protests by trade and labour unions, governors of the 36 states of the federation yesterday declared that they were fully behind federal government’s decision to remove fuel subsidy. This ...
President Goodluck Jonathan has encouraged state governments on the need to devise meaningful strategies to promote the education of teachers in their various states and local governments, especially in rural areas where the deployment of teachers stan...
Gunmen suspected to be armed robbers attacked a vehicle conveying the salary of the staff of Kaga local government area of Borno State yesterday, killing its cashier, and injuring a police escort attached to the vehicle. The incident occu...
The emir of Dutse In Jigawa State, Alhaji Muhammad Nuhu Sunusi, has frowned at the people who are saying that Nigeria has not achieved anything in its 51 years of independence, saying that such people are inpatient and are not conscious of the history ...
Former president, Olusegun Obasanjo has declared that no country can boast of 100 percent security just as he called on the people not to leave the issue of security in the hands of the government alone. Speaking with journalists in Osogbo yesterday sh...
After spending six months at the Ilesa prison for allegedly raping a 26-year old corps member, Helen Okpara, an Osun State High Court, sitting in Osogbo, yesterday granted bail to the Alowa of Ilowa in Obokun local government area of the state, Adebuko...
The Nigerian government has once again kept silent over the pattern with which it will vote for the Palestinian request for United Nations membership even as it raised indications that it would support the proposal. Speaking in New ...
The House of Representatives will on Tuesday next week hold a special session in honour of the late Second Republic speaker and former ANPP national chairman, Chief Edwin Ume-Ezeoke. Among dignitaries expected at the special session are former speakers...
The Minister of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation, Chief Edem Duke, has urged museum experts to make laws that will influence the repatriation of Nigerian`s stolen artifacts as well as to protect cultural institutions against looters. &nb...
United States of America’s District Judge, Nancy Edmunds yesterday granted the defence’ request to allow accused “underwear bomber” Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab more challenges in jury selection. This request became imperative afte...
About 34 repentant commercial sex workers yesterday graduated from the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Women Rehabilitation Centre, Sabon-Lugbe Abuja, after completing three months courses in vocational skills training. The 34 women were ...