The Speaker of ECOWAS Parliament, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu has commended the people of Ghana for living up to their rating as beacons of democracy in the West African region. The Speaker stated this in a congratulatory message to the winner of the Ghana Pre...
International aid was pouring in for millions of victims of a powerful typhoon, which killed 647 people as muddy floodwaters washed out entire villages in the southern Philippines, officials said on Monday. At least 780 people were missing from the dev...
Four Taliban suicide bombers attacked a police station in northwest Pakistan on Monday, killing at least eight police and local residents, security officials said. The Pakistan Taliban took responsibility for the attack near Bannu in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa...
Charles Okah, the elder brother of Henry Okah, the alleged mastermind of the 2010 Independence Day bombing in Abuja, has alleged that the State Security Service (SSS) tried to force him to implicate a former military head of state, Gen. Ibrahim Badamos...
Attorney General of the federation and Minister of justice, Mr. Mohammed Bello Adoke (SAN), has said that it is not yet time for the country to operate state policing. The minister said that the Nigeria Police Force should continue to serve the nation ...
The claim of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) to rule forever will be put to test as leading opposition parties, including the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) and the Congress for Progressive...
Two years after the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) recorded its last case of wild polio virus in Dobi village, Gwagwalada Area Council, a new case of the virus and another suspected case was yesterday recorded in Jahi village, a community in the Abuja...
The Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Adamawa has announced dates for wards, local governments and state congresses to elect new executives for the party. The National Working Committee (NWC) of the party in Abuja had dissolv...
Ghanaians living in the UK said they were disenfranchised in the just-concluded presidential and parliamentary elections in their country as they could not vote and perform their civic responsibility. Mr Kwame Adu, the President of the...
Ibeno, an oil-producing community in Akwa Ibom, has rejected relief materials presented to it by Mobil Producing Nigeria, to cushion the effect of the recent oil spill in the area. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the oil company had, a fe...
Some men complain when a lady is proving difficult to get. But the truth is that no man will really appreciate a woman who lets all manner of men into her world. Blessing Ukemena writes on why playing hard to get should not be as seen as a misnormal am...
Do you know that using excellent colours for your interior decorations is a perfect way to make the rooms inviting. The beauty of every interior décor lies on the type of colours chosen for that particular task. In choosing your interior accessories, ...
Beauty is not just about making your outward appearance look good, but also involves the mind. blessing Ukemena writes. Beauty and femininity go hand in hand. Every woman loves to look beautiful. It is not only those women who think they are not good-l...
Have you heard that lime juice reduces body odour? This works due to the vitamin-C and Flavonoids contents, both of which are class-1 anti-oxidants, antibiotic and disinfectants. Due to the acidic content, when applied externally on the skin, it scrubs...
Nigeria and some French-speaking members led by Cote d’Ivoire are on the war path at the Economic Community of West African Countries (ECOWAS) Commission in Abuja over an alleged plan to include the sum of 1.2 million CFA for the office of the pr...