Disturbed by the increasing rate of social vices occasioned by the consumption of Indian Hemp, the Ohom Orba Autonomous Community in Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State has warned that henceforth, anybody caught with the hard drug wo...
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), has said that it will resist any attempt to kill the report submitted by the Farouk Lawan Committee on Fuel Subsidy Fund. Chairman of TUC in Rivers State, Comrade Hyginus Chika Onuegbu, who disclosed this in a...
Gombe State government has spent over N19billion on the construction of 50 township roads and six highways. The Governor, Ibrahim Dankwambo, disclosed this while flagging-off township road construction in Billiri Local Government Giving a breakdown of ...
The Director-General of the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC),Ms Aruma Oteh, honoured the invitation by the Economic and Financial crimes Commission (EFCC) on March 24 to clarify the alleged N44m bribery allegation. This was contrary to ...
The Governor of the State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has declared that, but for the intervention of God and the unflinching support of the people of the state and beyond, the state would have been disrupted by political adversaries. The gov...
Lagos State House of Assembly has reiterated the dangers associated with the dreaded Lassa fever, insisting that it kills as fast as possible, especially if the patient was not quickly taken to the hospital. The Chairman House Committee on Information ...
Voice of Widows Association in Nigeria [VOWAN] has advocated for stiffer penalties that will discourage men from divorcing their wives at will. President of the association, Hajiya Atine Abdullahi made the call in Kano, yesterday, at a lecture organise...
Former Governor of defunct Bendel and Midwest states, Dr. Samuel Ogbemudia, at the weekend in Benin City, Edo State called on the leadership of the party at various levels to work assiduously in the task of unseating incumbent Governor Adams Oshiomhole...
The Joint patrol team of policemen and armed robbers hunter Alhaji Ali Kwara, yesterday killed four suspected members of an armed robbery gang in Kano, recovering two hundred and sixty three live ammunitions from them. According to the Police spo...
The senate last week literarily gave the green light to Jonathan to invoke all the powers of state available to him and crush Boko Haram. UCHENNA AWOM in this piece captured the mood of the Senate Chamber when the motion was moved To some sponsors of t...
Nigerian international Peter Odemwingie's strike proved to be the decider in a rare attack from West Brom who were camped in their own half for the majority of the fixture which invited pressure from Liverpool. Glen Johnson was the culprit of lacka...
Nigeria and Cuba are partnering on a new malaria control measure that would rid the nation of mosquitoes at the larva stage, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The project is under the auspices of the Cuba-ECOWAS partnership on malaria control. ...
Seven countries have begun building their permanent embassies at the Diplomatic Drive, a street allocated to them in Abuja, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. They are Egypt, Iraq, Kenya, Turkey, Benin Republic, Serbia and Cote d’Ivoire. T...
Collaboration is underway between BRACED Commission, South-South region’s development coordinating body, and UN Industrial Development Programme (UNIDO) to develop a reliable and workable industrial master plan for the region. Mr Chris Onogba, Co...
The communities affected by the Shell Bonga spill of 2011 have yet to be compensated, says Mr Mofe Pirah, Delta Commissioner for Oil and Gas. ``Currently, nobody has been compensated; the compensation will come after the historical analysis of th...