The Odio Community in Eket, Akwa Ibom, on Wednesday set up an oil spill committee to stem the incessant occurrence of spillage in the area. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the setting up of the committee is in reaction to t...
The NLC in Oyo State on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to wade into the shortage of fuel and kerosene supply in the state. The Chairman of the NLC in the state, Mr Bashiru Abiodun, told the ...
A Lagos High Court in Ikeja on Wednesday rejected a witness called by the prosecutor in the trial of a former Managing Director of Finbank Plc, Okey Nwosu, charged for allegedly stealing N10.9 billion from the bank. The witness, Mr Emmanuel Damudu, an ...
A former governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, on Wednesday urged the country's leaders to diversify the economy, to reduce over dependence on petroleum. Jakande told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that there was a ne...
The Census Tribunal on Wednesday in Abuja upheld the 2006 enumeration figures for three local government areas in Kano State as released by the National Population Commission (NPC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the councils had complai...
The recent escalation of violence underscores the urgent need to get the Israeli-Palestinian peace process back on track, a top United Nations official told the Security Council yesterday, stressing that the status quo is unsustainable. The of the...
A new United Nations-led initiative aimed at reducing HIV deaths caused by tuberculosis (TB) in Nigeria,Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe by half was launched yesterday as part of a wider effo...
United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, has urged the eight States that have not yet done so to join the Chemical Weapons Convention which aims to eliminate the use, development, production and transfer of these deadly weapons. ...
The Commonwealth will observe this year’s presidential and parliamentary elections in Ghana, which will take place on 7 December, Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma announced today. Mr Sharma said former Prime Minister Dr Bethuel Pakalitha ...
Shanduka Group, a leading South African Black Economic Empowerment investment holding company, via its wholly owned subsidiary Shanduka Telecommunication Mauritius, has paid $335-million to acquire a minority stake in MTN’s Nigerian bus...
The number of persons killed by unknown gunmen who stormed a bar at Heipang area of Barkin Ladi Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau State late Monday night has risen to 10. Eight deaths were previously reported but two more victims were said to have...
The Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF), yesterday, signified their interest in the devolution of powers from the federal government ahead of the constitution review. This comes as Governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha, revealed that the governors were yet...
The Federal Government has lent its support to the ongoing plans by the Nigerian Law Reform Commission to unify the criminal and penal codes being operated by the Southern and Northern parts of the country as a way of enhancing national unity. The Atto...
Eighteen persons, including eight soldiers were reportedly killed on Monday night, in a raid on three commercials banks in Auchi, the administrative headquarters of Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State. LEADERSHIP gathered that th...
A total of 256.13 million shares worth N2.1 billion were traded in 4,438 deals on the Nigerian Stock Exchange on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this was against the 237.17 million shares worth N1.6 billion exchanged in 3,182 dea...