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Scores of female students of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, who are undergoing pre-degree programme have fled their hostels at Moro village, on the outskirt of the ancient town, following alleged case of gang rape. The News Agency of Nigeri...
Babatunde Ogunjobi and Abdulgafar Oluwarinu Yusuf have been ordered by an Osogbo Magistrate court to pay N500, 000 as fine for stealing the mobile phone of Osun State governor, Mr. Ruaf Aregbesola. Delivering his ruling on the case, the presiding magis...
Members of the House of Representatives have cautioned former President Olusegun Obasanjo to desist from making inflammatory statements about the Speaker of the House, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal. Obasanjo had recently asked Tambuwal to step down because, acco...
The cold war between the attorney-general and minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke and the chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Farida Waziri may have to do with the alleged undermining of Adoke’s office by some forces ...
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has decried the attempt by a section of the media (not leadership) to cast the party in bad light, through headlines that are at variance with the report of the National Judicial Council’s (NJC’s) fact-f...
Kaduna State Governor, Mr. Ibrahim Patrick Yakowa has promised that Nigeria will enjoy a stable power supply by the year 2015. This was just as he said that the country’s power supply has improved since the inception of the government of Presiden...
Osun State governor, Rauf Aregbesola, has expressed shock and regret at the helicopter crash which claimed the lives of three persons in Ikonifin area of Ola-Oluwa local government area of the state on Friday. Aregbesola stated that as no sooner as the...
A human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana has criticised the stance of President Goodluck Jonathan on the war against corruption across the country, even as he warned against short-circuiting the crusade at the instance of party politicking. Falana, in a ...
What is wrong with our rulers now apparently re-clothe and disguised as leaders to the peril of the rest of us whereas they are all one and the same. The last time we had elections just three plus months ago, I believe amidst all the distractions with ...
Operatives of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) have arrested a Magistrates’ Court judge in Enugu, for allegedly demanding and receiving a bribe from a surety. The judge, Joseph Sunday Edeh, of the Enu...
The federal government has intervened on the failed section of the Oshodi-Apapa expressway in Lagos, deploying Julius Berger Plc to fix the area near Rainbow bus stop. The minister of Works, Mr. Mike Onolememen, who disclosed this in Abuja, also urged ...
Former NTA girl, Adesuwa Onyenokwe’s type does not come in twos. She lets CHINYERE FRED-ADEGBULUGBE into her ever exciting life in this chat. A pure accident. That is the way Adesuwa Onyenokwe will readily describe her career in th...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has made some giant strides recently in its bid to rid the country of fake drugs. In this interview with WINIFRED OGBEBO, the director-general, Dr Paul Orhii talks about the pha...
As the world celebrates exclusive breastfeeding this year from August 1 to 7, with the theme, Talk to me! Breastfeeding-a 3d experience, Winifred Ogbebo, in this report samples the opinions of career women on exclusive breastfeeding, the benefits and t...
In preparations for the forth coming high level United Nation summit on Non- Communicable Diseases scheduled to take place in New York, United States, from 16- 19 September, 2011, the Federal Government has Inaugurated a Technical Working Group to come...