The National Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) has called on the Federal Government to impose stiffer penalties for rapists to serve as a deterrent to others. This was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of its 2012 National Executive C...
A member of the House of Representatives, Rep. Odeneye Olusegun (ACN-Ogun), says Nigeria is not yet prepared for electronic voting. Olusegun said this in Abuja on Sunday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He was reacting to comments...
Delta Government says it will train 75 Local Governments' officials under the Needs Assessment and Baseline Survey (NABS) programme of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The State Commissioner for Special Duties (MDGs), Mrs Victoria Ikechukwu...
Prof. Emmanuel Oladapo, a lecturer at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, says poor environmental performance is hindering sustainable development in Nigeria Oladapo noted in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Saturday that a lo...
The Police in Gombe have commenced investigations into Friday’s killing of a ward head in Gombe metropolis by gunmen. Mr Ahmad Muhammad, the Police Public Relations Officer of the command, revealed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gomb...
Gov. Kashim Shettima of Borno has expressed shock over last week’s killing of Alhaji Adamu Ahmadu, the Comptroller of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) in charge of Yobe and Borno. Ahmadu was killed on Tuesday at his residence in Potiskum, Yobe,...
The Director-General of NYSC, Brig.-Gen. Nnamdi Affia, has advised corps members to uphold the ideals for which the scheme was established. Affia gave the advice on Saturday when he visited the NYSC Orientation Camp in Umunya, Oyi Local Government Area...
The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Dr. Eugene Juwah spoke to journalists on the recent transformation taking place in the nation’s telecommunication industry. NGOZI OBOH who attended the meeting reports. It is...
A car laden with explosives detonated outside of the St. Finbar's Catholic church, Rayfield, Jos on Sunday, killing at least three people and injuring others. The Associated Press reports that the suicide bomber was apparently stopped bef...
Give it to her, Omotola Jalade-Ekehinde, the one whose fans do passionately call “Omosexy” is always a delight to press guys, especially the grapevines. But of recent Omotola did find the story that she is on a “nine months course,&rd...
Empress Njamah is not only your kind of girl; she is also a talented actress that has been in the industry for years. But like all celebrities, she has paid a lot of price for her celebrity’s status. The recent one being the allegation that she a...
Lady Gaga has become the first Twitter user to amass 20 million followers. The singer tops the microblogging site’s most popular list ahead of fellow pop stars Justin Bieber (18 million), Katy Perry (15.7 million) and Shakira (14.5 million). Gaga...
Justin Bieber now has one fewer snake to hold on a daily basis -- because the legless reptile-turned-fashion accessory he carried around at the VMAs last year has found a new home ... in a Minnesota zoo . A rep for the Rad Zoo in Owatonna, MN tells TMZ...
A police inspector, Ahamba Njoku, has been shot dead by robbers in Aba, the commercial hub of Abia, the police said. Police Public Relations Officer in Abia, Mr Geoffrey Ogbonna, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Aba yesterd...
The wife of one of the guards who held a Briton and an Italian hostage in northern Nigeria said yesterday that the two men were taken into a toilet and shot dead during a failed attempt to rescue them by British and Nigerian forces. The wife, who gave ...