Prof. Emmanuel Ezeani of University of Nigeria, Nsukka, has urged the Federal Government to reposition the country’s local government councils to fast-track development at the grassroots level. Ezeani made the call on Friday in Ns...
Gov. Ibrahim Dankwambo of GombeState has assured the GombeStateUniversity community of adequate security. Dankwambo gave the assurance on Friday in Gombe, while reacting to Thursday's bomb blast at the SenateBuilding of the university. He...
NAFDAC on Friday warned the public of fake methylated spirits in the market, as it paraded two suspects who were allegedly caught with N72,000 worth of the product in Onitsha. Mr Benson Kine, a Deputy Director in NAFDAC, told journalists ...
The Kaduna State Government has advised residents to report any incidentof suspected Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM) in the state. The government gave the advice when it announced a five-point prevention strategy against the outbreak of t...
President Goodluck Jonathan is yet to complete one year in office of the four-year mandate given to him in 2011. However, tension is already amounting over whether he is eligible to contest in 2015 or whether power would return to the geo-political Nor...
Governor Ibrahim Shehu Shema of Katsina, in this interview with Muazu Elazeh, speaks on what his administration is doing to ensure relative peace in the state and steps he has taken to move the state forward. Can you tell us some of the programmes you ...
Acting inspector-general of police, Muhammed Dikko Abubakar, has urged the press to avoid giving prominence to criminals in the interest of national security. Abubakar, who made the call yesterday during a re-evaluation visit to the Rivers State police...
Reporters Without Borders {RSF}, a France-based media body has said that it was dismayed by Thursday’s bombings targeting ThisDay, The Sun and The Moment newspapers in Abuja and the northern city of Kaduna and called on the Nigerian authorities t...
The Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar, has spoken of the need for agriculture to form the backbone of the nation’s economy as was the case before the discovery of oil in Nigeria. The royal father spoke when he received a delegation on the Fadama ...
History was made yesterday in Abuja as Nigerian Air Force produced the first female military pilot in the sub-region, when Flying Officer Blessing Liman and 29 others joined the list of military officers at a well attended ceremony hosted by the Chief ...
Two more victims of Thursday bomb explosion yesterday lost their lives after all efforts by doctors in a hospital in Kaduna to save them failed. This is even as the state governor, Mr. Ibrahim Yakowa visited victims of blast. Speaking after the visit, ...
The indefinite strike embarked upon Lagos doctors, under the auspices of Medical Guild, took a toll on healthcare system in the state, yesterday, as several cases of deaths were allegedly recorded. Patients were left unattended to at Lagos University T...
Rituals and sacrifices in Africa, particularly in Nigeria are as old as the world itself. However, concerns have been expressed over the spate of ritual killings being recorded regularly in the country. Fred Itua and Chalya Dul examine this trend. Afri...
The Nigerian ambassador to Netherlands, Dr. Mrs. Nimota Akanbi, has been working hard to attract foreign investors to Nigeria. To achieve this she has led many great missions to Nigeria, the last being in March this year. Also, the Kwara State governor...
The title race in the English Premier League (EPL) was made open last Sunday when the league leader Manchester United blew up a two-goal lead to draw at Old Trafford with Everton, and rivals Manchester City beat bottom placed Wolves 2-0 to narrow Alex ...