President Goodluck Jonathan has urged Nigerians to put aside all religious differences and strive to build one great and united nation. Jonathan made the appeal at the 7th edition of ``The Experience’’, a gospel musical show held at the Taf...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will hold a retreat for zonal and state publicity and organising secretaries ahead of 2015 general elections. Mr Olisa Metuh, the National Publicity Secretary of the party, said in a statement on Friday night Abuja. A...
The Minister of Works, Mr Mike Onolememen, has blamed previous governments for the current deplorable state of many roads in the country. Onolememen expressed the disgust at the Academy of Entrepreneurial Studies (AES) Excellence Club 3rd Annual...
Bishop David Oyedepo of Living Faith Church (Winners Chapel), has urged Nigerians to pray for God’s intervention to restore peace and change the mind of leaders. At the annual Winners Chapel convention, Shiloh 2012, titled ``Double Portion’...
The Federal Capitial Territory Administration (FCTA) is considering the removal of Wuse Market and replacing it with a secondary school, Alhaji Isa Shuaibu, Director, Abuja Environment Protection Board (AEPB), said on Saturday in Abuja. Shuaibu d...
Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga, flanked by his Zimbabwean counterpart Morgan Tsavangirai, received his Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Presidential ticket Friday at a lavish party gathering. The ODM National Delegates Conference (NDC), comprising ...
The Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order on Friday, shot dead four suspected terrorist commanders of the Boko Haram group after an operation in Maiduguril. JTF spokesman Lt.-Col. Sagir Musa announced this in a statement issued in...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Osun has arrested a pastor and a 27 year-old man with 181 bags of cannabis sativa popularly known as Indian hemp. The sector commander of the Agency, Anthonia Edeh, made this known on Friday while add...
A cross section of party chieftains affected by the de-registration of 28 parties by INEC on Friday in Abuja described the exercise as human rights violation. Reacting to the development, National Chairman, National Conscience Party (NCP), Dr Yunisa Ta...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday arraigned a Lagos-based transporter, Kafilu Baba, before a Lagos High Court in Ikeja over alleged N7 million fraud. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Baba was arraigned bef...
he Jigawa Government on Friday inaugurated a 12-member Arts and Multimedia Censorship Board. The state’s Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Babandi Ibrahim, who inaugurated the board, said the committee was to regulate and censor th...
A strong quake centred off northeastern Japan shook buildings as far away as Tokyo on Friday and triggered a one-metre tsunami in an area devastated by last year's Fukushima disaster, but there were no reports of deaths or serious damage. The quake...
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) said on Friday that 101 ships were expected to arrive at the various terminals in Lagos ports between Dec. 7 and Dec. 31. The NPA daily publication, ``Shipping Position’’, made available to newsmen in Lago...
Gov. Liyel Imoke of Cross River on Friday started a two-month accumulated leave. This is contained in a statement issued on Friday in Calabar by Mr Christian Ita, Chief Press Secretary and Special Assistant on Media to the governor, and made avail...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja on Thursday announced the de-registration of 27 political parties. The announcement is contained in a statement signed by the Commission's Secretary, Abdulahi Kaugama, in Abuja. Accordin...