Kidnappers at the weekend in Delta State abducted the 70- year old Mr. Akpobome Ogrih, father of Mr. Sam Ogrih, a Commissioner in the Delta State House of Assembly Service Commission at Uzere, Isoko South Council of the state. The abduction of the sept...
Vice-President Namadi Sambo yesterday told King Abdallah Abdulazeez bin-Saud of Saudi Arabia that President Goodluck Jonathan intends to pay a visit to the kingdom of Saudi Arabia next year. Sambo spoke while delivering a message from Jonathan to the K...
The European Union high representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the Vice President of the European Commission, Catherine Ashton, has described the bombing of UN House by the Islamic set, Boko Haram, as a ‘criminal ...
Female condoms are yet to gain acceptance from women in the country. Several fact-finding studies have shown just what is responsible for this. WINIFRED OGBEBO reports. For Nora Nzeribe, an Abuja- based lawyer, female condom is a new phenomenon and one...
Kaduna State governor, Mr. Patrick Yakowa, has condemned the bombing of the United Nations building in Abuja on Friday in which many lives were lost. A statement issued by his media aide, Reuben Buhari, said the governor was gravely saddened by the unn...
A renowned security expert, Dr Bawa Abdullahi Wase, has faulted some reports credited to the United States security agencies that there is similarity between Al-Qaida, Somalia’s Al-Shabaab and Nigeria’s Boko Haram sect, which has been bombi...
The Emir of Potiskum, Alhaji Umar Ibn Bubaram yesterday condenmed the bombing of the United Nations House in Abuja, and appealed to royal fathers and heads of traditional institutions to assist the federal government in their bid to catch and punish th...
Hat-Trick hero Wayne Rooney hailed Manchester United’s 8-2 win over Arsenal yesterday as “incredible”. Rooney surpassed 150 United goals as Ashley Young struck a brace while Danny Welbeck, Nani and Park Ji-sing all scored. But manager...
Nigeria’s senior national basketball team, D’Tigers has qualified for the playoffs for the qualification of the 2012 summer Olympics to be held in London. Nigeria will compete against 11 other countries in the 12-team FIBA Olympic Qualifyin...
Nigerian contingent to the 10th All Africa Games holding in Maputo, Mozambique, between September 3 and 10, have been promised cash reward of N50,000 per gold medal won by any Nigerian athlete. Senate President, Senator David Mark promised to reward ea...
Nigeria’s president, Goodluck Jonathan, has charged Team Nigeria athletes for the All Africa Games to emulate the Flying Eagles of Nigeria who were adjudged the best disciplined team in the last FIFA World Youth Championship held in Colombia, eve...
Akwa Ibom State Governor Godswill Akpabio has described last weekend’s terrorist attack on the United Nation Building in Abuja which claimed many innocent souls as a senseless act of barbarism. He stated this yesterday in Eket at a thanksgiving s...
In a bid to rid the Federal Capital Territory of shanties, the Deputy Director of Monitoring and Enforcement; Development Control Department of Abuja Metropolitan Management Council, (AMMC) Mr Tukur Bakori has cautioned developers to desist from erecti...
Princess Olufemi-Kayode has for many years fought the cause of sexually abused women and children through her organisation, Media Concern for Women and Children (MEDIACON). She shares her story with CHINYERE FRED-ADEGBULUGBE For those who are not very ...
The Yobe State government has said it will spend an additional sum of N530m to meet up the payment of the new minimum wage of N18,000 for its civil servants. The acting state chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mohammed Inuwa Gulani, disclos...