Sellers of sachet water in Abeokuta are recording a boom due to the scarcity of water in the Ogun capital. The correspondent, who monitored the development on Monday, reports that most residents have resorted to the use of sachet water t...
LEADERSHIP gathered that the soldiers were deployed overnight to prevent mass rally at the park today. Access to the area is now restricted as people are being asked to go back. Apart from Ojota, other major parts of Lagos are under siege. Meanwh...
Prayers are offered every year in Mosques and Churches in remembrance of the country’s fallen heroes, and wreath laying ceremonies are done in Abuja and all the states of the federation in their honour. But the families of the deceased heroes hav...
Chairman, Lagos Zone of Petroleum, Natural Gas, Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, (PENGASSAN), Comrade Folorunso Oginni, has explained why the union did not shut down oil operations as it threatened. He said that Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and T...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) yesterday told the Borno State government to pay N500 million compensation to each family whose love ones have been brutally murdered by the Boko Haram Islamic sect. The northern branch of the CAN blasted the ...
Controversy has trailed the alleged arrest of a suspected kingpin of the militant Boko Haram lslamist sect said to be responsible for the Christmas Day bombing of St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalla, Niger State, Saturday in Abuja. A section o...
It is only a person in coma that will not perceive the palpable fear that now pervades our dear nation. Never before has this nation been in this kind of dilemma since it gained independence from Britain in 1960. Though we have had all kinds of challen...
The Federal Government has requested for the immediate transfer of Alhaji Nuhu Mohammed Babawo (popularly known as “Intelligent”) to Abuja. The suspect, who was alleged to have a link a with Boko Haram, was arrested for possession of arms a...
President Goodluck Jonathan this morning announced that the Federal Government has reduced the price of petrol from N141 to N97, just as he directed the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) to ensure that petroleum marketers comply with...
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday in Abuja led leaders of the National Assembly, the judiciary and the military to mark the 2012 Armed Forces Remembrance Day. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the annual ceremony at the National Cenotap...
Former Kano State Governor Ibrahim Shekarau (Sardaunan Kano) has urged Governor Rabi’u Kwankwaso to follow the path of honor and settle all his entitlements as provided by the state’s law on Pension Rights of Governor and Deputy...
Anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela’s life story is to be turned into a six-part television mini-series co-created by his grandson, the producers behind the multinational project said last Monday. Entitled ‘Madiba’, Mandela’s cla...
The Northern Governors’ Forum (NGF) has debunked a rumour in the social media that Muslims are planning a total massacre of Christians residing in the Northern part of the country, describing the rumour as baseless and an evil imagination of some...
A Group of Muslims under the aegis of Concerned Citizens of Kano has visited some churches in the state to assure adherents of the Christian faith that all Muslims in the state have resolved to live in peace with their Christian brethren. The convener ...
On the occasion of the Carol of Nine Lessons organized by NTA and Radio Nigeria on December 10th last year, I was invited to deliver the message. I chose to speak on the theme, Do Not Be Afraid as a means of encouraging our people against the backdrop ...