The Abuja NNPC mega station on Thursday said it had no kerosene to sell because of the curfew imposed in Kaduna State following the recent attacks on churches and reprisals by Christian youths. The station has had no stock of the product for almost a w...
Unknown assailants on Wednesday killed Mr John Daring, PDP Chairman in Sharubutu Ward of Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau. Also killed by the attackers, who struck at Rim, a village in the area, were Daring's wife and their child. ``The name ...
The total value of shares traded by investors on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) dipped by 94 per cent on Thursday as 160.38 million shares worth N1.014 billion were traded in 3,208 deals. This was against 4.5 billion shares valued at N17...
Now Muzik, Nigeria’s leading artiste management outfit has confirmed that former ‘Plantashun Boy’, Faze has joined the league of artistes been managed by the company. Efe Omorogbe CEO of Now Muzik, tells NET exclusively ...
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the insurance mandate in President Obama’s healthcare law, a stinging defeat for conservatives who had insisted the law is unconstitutional. The decision vindicates Obama and congressional Democrats, who maint...
Former President Laurent Gbagbo’s family has challenged the continuous detention of the ex-president’s son, Michel, who has a double nationality, French and Ivorian. Habiba Toure, the former president’s family lawyer, on Thursday said...
The six members of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), suspended for alleged anti-party activities on Thursday, failed to appear before the Disciplinary Committee of the party. The Chairman of the seven-man committee, Alhaji Tayo Sowumi, made th...
Magistraste T.O. Abolarinwa, of an Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Thursday ordered that Amechi Uche, 40, be remanded in police custody, pending the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). Uche was standing trial on a one-co...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday alerted the public on the activities of fraudsters using the names of ranking officials of the agency to obtain money from unsuspecting Nigerians. This is containe...
Assailants on Wednesday struck at Rim in Riyom Loal Government Area of Plateau, killing Mr John Daring, PDP Chairman in Sharubutu ward, his wife and a child. Police spokesman Abu Emmanuel confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Th...
The Plateau State Government indicated on Thursday it would partner with University of Jos on Information and Communication Technology (ICT), research works and training. Pastor Yiljap Abraham, the Information Commissioner, stated this&n...
Mr John Walker, a U.S. judge, on Wednesday urged Nigeria to back its campaign against corruption with a strong political will and attitudinal change of the populace. Walker, ina digital video conference at the U.S. Embassy in Abuja, said that pol...
Ten Saudi nationals were convicted on terrorism-related charges and sentenced to prison terms of up to 15 years, according to media reports Wednesday. They were convicted of forming a terrorist cell linked to al-Qaeda, as well as conspiring to attack S...
The Chief Executive, Greennovative Chain Consulting, Ms Achenyo Idachaba, on Wednesday urged the Lagos State Government to take urgent steps to harness and utilise landfill gases for beneficial purposes. Idachaba made the plea at a two-day workshop in ...
Mr Ibrahim Kawule, a consultant on demographic studies on Wednesday commended the pronouncement by President Goodluck Jonathan on population control. Kawule, who is the Chief Executive Officer of Clarity Media Service made this known at a news conferen...