The troubled Nigeria Premier League (NPL) has said it will begin an inquest into an alleged N12 million (about $75 000) fraud. The NPL acting executive secretary, Tunji Babalolam said that, although he cannot go into any detail at the moment, an...
Fishing Organisation (FFO), a fishing group in Oron, Akwa Ibom has described the recent Bonga oil spill as a setback to their occupation and marine environment. Mr Johnson Harry, Chairman of the group, said in an interview in Oron on Tuesday that the o...
Drugs used to treat children infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) do not appear to increase the risk of psychiatric problems in children, U.S. researchers said. Scientists have been worried about the high rates of psychiatric and academic p...
Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed resigned on Tuesday after three weeks of opposition-led protests in the Indian Ocean archipelago boiled over into a police mutiny. Nasheed handed over power to Vice-President Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik, saying conti...
Some Lagos State House of Assembly (LAHA) legislators on Tuesday threw their support behind calls for dialogue with the Boko Haram sect. In separate interviews with the newsmen in Lagos, the lawmakers said if dialogue would ensure security of the count...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has commended the Rivers Government for improving healthcare in the state. Mr Kabiru Yunusa, the UNICEF South-South Zonal Logistic Consultant, said in a statement in Port Harcourt on Tuesday that the or...
The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Mr. Osita Chidoka has revealed that the Corps under his administration witnessed a 99.62% performance in its 2011 budget allocation. In a signed statement made available to LEADERSHIP ...
The Jibrin Isah Campaign Organisation has expressed dismay over the statement credited to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega on the political logjam in Kogi State. The Director, Public Commun...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that Saturday election in Soba Federal constituency of Soba Local Government Area of Kaduna State was inconclusive and a concluding part of the election in 49 polling units of the 214 pollin...
Anambra State Governor Peter Obi has restated the commitment of his administration to the conduct of free and fair local government council elections. Obi made this pledge when a delegation from the Justice Development and Peace Commission, Civil Socie...
Since the news of the death of the great soldier-statesman, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Dikedioranma Ndigbo, on Saturday, 26 November, 2011 in a London hospital was made public, the entire country has been thrown into mourning. The people of Niger...
The Minister of Youth Development has lamented that Federal Government may be spending over N70 billion annually on the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). He also said that there was no commensurate return on that huge investment through measurable m...
Many young people today are so engrossed in the search for white collar jobs that they hardly find time to make use of the talent imbued in them. It is this God-given talent that can make them productive if only they can give it a moment’s though...
The need to develop science and technology into all sector of the economy in both developed and developing countries cannot be over emphasized as top political leaders and policy makers has been urged to join hand in achieving this. It has been globall...
With a trade in hand, local chicken cage weavers cater for their families and help to keep the mother hen and her chicks away from preys. PEMBI STEPHEN-DAVID writes. When in late February 1991, Alhassan Audu, a 46-year old local chicken cage weav...