The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Southwest has maintained that the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) governments in the South-West Region are plunging the region into huge and embarrassing debt, saying; “It is only in ACN controlled State...
The World Igbo Congress (WIC) says it will support the Nigeria Bar Association's (NBA) call for appeal of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) judgment on the Bakassi Peninsula. NBA had in a communiqué issued at the end of its 52nd...
Democrats repeatedly invoked President Obama's decision to order the raid against Osama bin Laden in their highest-profile speeches on the final night of their convention, culminating with Obama's own acceptance speech. Four years after his nom...
The end of nuclear tests is one of the key means of achieving a safer and more secure world, United Nations officials stressed on Thursday, as the General Assembly met to observe the third annual International Day against Nuclear Tests. “Nuclear ...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has declared three oil marketers implicated in the multi- billion naira fuel subsidy scam wanted. The trio of Abdul Afeez Olarenwaju Olabisi of Fargo Petroleum and Gas Limited, Abubakar Peters A...
The Abia Government has set up an intelligence monitoring team that will insure the security and safety of all the NNPC pipelines in the state. Chief Don Ubani, the Commissioner for Petroleum and Solid Minerals’ Development, d...
Nasarawa State government has donated N10 million to the Nasarawa State University to host the 27th Annual Conference of the Association of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (AVCNU). This is contained in a statement issued on Thursday and signe...
The Adamawa Police Command has confirmed the death of four people, including two students, from gun shots in Mubi town. Confirming the development to the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN), the command's Public Relations Officer, DSP Moh...
An Indian Court has sentenced a Nigerian Ojiakor Johnson, residence of Tilak Nagar to 10 years in jail for possessing illegal drugs and violations of his business visa. Indian Police said Ojiakor was nabbed in February last ye...
Developments in the mining sector as well as South Africa's achievements formed part of World Bank Chief Jim Yong Kim's interaction with the South African government. Speaking at a joint press conference on Thursday, Finance Minister Pravin Gor...
Why is the package price of the so-called international Hajj (organised by tour operators) higher than that of state pilgrims’ boards? And why is the VIP package of Hajj tour operators so expensive that only men of means can afford it? Since Hajj...
Recently, a workshop was organised for media practitioners by the management of the National Parks Service. OLAOLU OLADIPO, in this interview with the Conservator-General, Alhaji Haruna Tanko Abubakar, probes into the activities of the service, its cha...
When Honda Motor Company recently went back to the drawing board to modify the Odyssey for the year 2012 model, it was almost certain that the automaker, more than anything else, would make the minivan a rallying point of sort for families, friends and...
Former top military officers rose from a meeting in Otukpo, Benue State, yesterday with a resolve to contribute to peace building across the religious and ethnic divides in the country. The officers, who are alumni of the 3rd Regular Course of the Nige...
Kaduna State Governor Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa has kicked against speculations of his ambition to run for the presidency or governorship election in 2015, saying they were the handiwork of mischief-makers. Governor Yakowa, who stated this while fielding ...