The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has advised the public to be wary of any of its offcials carrying arms in the name of the Corps. NSCDC's Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mr Emmanuel Okeh, gave the advice in an interv...
The Federal Government has reiterated its resolve to ensure lasting peace and unity in the country. The Information and Orientation Minister, Mr Labaran Maku said this in Lafia on Monday when he paid a condolence visit to Gov. Tanko Al-makura of Nasara...
Fire gutted a section of the Zenith Bank branch located at Area 7 in Abuja on Monday evening, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports. An eyewitness at the scene, told NAN that the fire started at about 7.35 p. m. due to an electrical fault in ...
The Borno Police Command on Monday presented a cash reward of N500,000 to an informant for helping to arrest two suspects planning to kill a Muslim cleric in Maiduguri. Alhaji Bala Hassan, the state Commissioner for Police handed over the cash to...
The Executive Secretary of TET Fund, Prof. Mamood Yakubu, has said that the federal government has earmarked N5bn for 10 boarding and five day schools for Almajiri education. Yakubu, who stated this in Kaduna yesterday, added that the amoun...
Hundred of Muslims yesterday fed their Christian counterparts in Kaduna to commemorate this year’s Easter. Performing the occasion, the leader of the Muslim Youths, Muhammad Shuaibu expressed gratitude to the Christian brothers, calling on intern...
In this interview with Salisu Ibrahim, one time Kano State governor and now chairman, Senate Committee on States and Local Governments, Senator Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya bares his mind on many interesting and contentious issues – gay marriage, neglect ...
Barely 48 hours after the collapse of the St. Robert’s Catholic Mission, Adamgbe in Vandeikya Local Government Area of Benue State, which killed 22 persons and left many seriously injured, some members of the church have advocated for mass ...
There is palpable tension among local government staff in Katsina State over a looming mass retrenchment as the state Local Government Service Commission reportedly sent list of redundant staff to the council areas. Our correspondent report...
Uneasy calm pervaded the atmosphere at most of the Easter Sunday services across Katsina State as unprecedented number of soldiers and policemen watched over churches while the Easter celebrations lasted. Contrary to the earlier unperturbed posture of ...
The acting chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Kwali area council, Rev. Fr. Uzo Ohanele has described the period of Easter as that of peace, unity, reconciliation and forgiveness among the people of God. Speaking during an Eater Rally o...
Achaba riders under the aegis of the Amalgamated Commercial Motorcycle Owners and Riders Association yesterday claimed that about 100 of its members died during the Easter Sunday Bomb Attack in Kaduna. Conflicting reports have continued to trail the ac...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Kaduna State has condemned the Easter bombing that claimed several lives and destroyed properties. This was just as it said that such act of terrorism was ungodly and detrimental to peaceful co-existence be...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) is seeking the cooperation of regional bodies to counter narcotic operations in the African continent. This is coming as the anti drug body said it has discovered a new drug route from Tanzania to Nigeri...
As tourists thronged to Lagos to witness the 2012 Lagos carnival , The Lagos State governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola yesterday vowed to make the state a tourist destination in the African sub-regions, even as he used the well -attended occasion to ...