A total of 52 persons died in road accidents between January and June in Anambra state, the Sector Commander of Federal Road Safety Commission, Mr Hyginus Omeje has said. Omeje told newsmen in Awka on Monday that 354 motorists and travellers were invol...
A military raid, a shootout and an attack on police guarding a church in separate incidents in north left 24 dead, the latest violence in the restive region, officials said Monday. The deadliest of the incidents occurred in the northeastern city of Mai...
Equity transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) re-opened on a positive note on Monday as investors showed renewed interest in banking stocks. The News Agency of Nigerian (NAN) reports that the high interest the investors showed in bank...
Rank by Gold Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 United States of America 46 29 29 104 2 People's Republic of China 38 27 23 88 3 Great Britain 29 17 19 6...
Prof John Idoko, Director-General, National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) said in Abuja on Monday that 432,000 People Living with HIV and AIDS in Nigeria (PLWHA) are no antiretroviral drugs. Idoko told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that by 2...
The Rivers State Police Command said it was working hard to arrest those behind the murder of three young men in Elechi Beach Area of Port Harcourt city. Mr Ben Ugwuegbulam, the spokesman of the command, made this known in Port Harcourt on Monday ...
A team from the National Universities Commission (NUC) has commenced a forensic audit of the Tansian University at Umunya, near Awka in Anambra. The audit follows the restoration of the operational licence of the institution on Aug. 2, by the...
The Ebonyi chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has criticised the State Government for withdrawing the payment Teachers Salary Structure (TSS) describing the action as `unlawful. ’ The State Government stopped payment of the TSS ...
A 19-year-old suspect, Ahmadu Adama, standing trial for culpable homicide, on Monday collapsed at the Gombe State High Court, while giving evidence before the court. Adama was in court for allegedly stabbing one Shuaibu Umar with a...
The PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI) has named some of the world’s most eminent malaria scientists and vaccinologists to its Vaccine Science Portfolio Advisory Council (VSPAC), a group of external experts tasked with providing strategic inpu...
The military commander of the United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur, known by the acronym UNAMID, on Monday stressed the importance of ensuring the safety of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the Sudanese state of North Darfu...
Striking members of the Nigeria Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) on Monday shut the offices of Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) in Umuahia. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), who visited the PHCN premises at No...
Recently, the Northern Leaders gathered in Houston, Texas, United States of America for the 2012 international convention of the Zumunta, a Northern peoples’ group, where they discussed the problems that Nigeria faces as a result of insecurity. A...
The Police on Monday arraigned Mohammadu Dankasa,75, of Life Camp, Abuja, before an Abuja Magistrates’ Court for alleged criminal breach of trust and cheating. Police prosecutor Sani Yusuf told the court that the matter was reported on Aug. 9 at ...
Labour movements in Nasarawa State have issued a one week ultimatum to the state government to reverse the new tax system, which it recently introduced in the state or face industrial action. In a statement jointly signed by the state NLC Ch...