Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi and the State House of Assembly seem to be at logger-heads following the refusal of the government to sign into law the amended act of the State Traffic Management Agency (TIMARIV). The House had emb...
Alarmed state governors last month disclosed of plans to hold a summit in June over the security situation in the country. Chibuzo Ukaibe, in this analysis, x-rays the issues likely to dominate the discussion. This month of June is quite significant fo...
A plane carrying 150 passengers and six crew members crashed into a building in Lagos on Sunday, the head of Civil Aviation Authority told AFP, adding that he fears none had survived. Although a reliable source told said 156 persons were killed, author...
A passengers aircraft belonging to Dana Air has crash-landed in Lagos. The plane which took off from Abuja crashed near Iyana Ipaja, a busy suburb of Lagos as it was about to land. A reliable source said that the aircraft was carrying more than 150 pas...
President Goodluck Jonathan has described the death of Oba Oladele Olasore of Iloko Ijesha in Osun as “a great national loss”. In a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati, on Sunday i...
The Enugu State Police Command has arrested one of the kidnappers of Miss Patience Ogbodo who was murdered last year by her abductors after a payment of N300,000 was made as ransom. Also arrested was one Chukwudi Udechukwu who allegedly snatched ...
Some Lagos-based lawyers have urged the Federal Government not to allow the re-branding policy, introduced by erstwhile Minister of Information, Prof. Dora Akunyili, to be abandoned. The lawyers, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunda...
Mr Lateef Oyelekan, National President of the National Union of Food Beverage and Tobacco Employees, has urged the Federal Government to stop the importation of food items, to encourage the local industries. He told newsmen on Sunday in Lagos that the ...
The Technical Adviser, Rangers FC of Enugu, Okey Emodi, has faulted the officiating of Saturday’s premier league match which ended 1-0 in favour of hosts Heartland FC of Owerri. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Emodi also faulted the...
Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, has hailed the House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora, saying it has a great role to play in Nigeria’s foreign relations. Receiving the committee members, led by the chairperso...
An Italian national, Digi Modesto, working with Borini Prono Construction Company, kidnapped in Ilorin on May 30, has been released. A police source told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Ilorin that the expatriate was released on Sat...
V?ce-Pres?dent Namad? Sambo has urged Luxemburg to take advantage of the numerous opportunities in Nigeria to invest in the country. A statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media, Umar Sani, said Sambo made the call at a...
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Sen. Emmanuel Bwacha (PDP-Taraba), says the agriculture sector will thrive better if the Federal Government dedicates 10 per cent of the national budget to it. Bwacha, who made the statement in an in...
Police in Gombe have confirmed the killing of a retired civil servant, Tijjani Magaji, 43, of Idi Dawaki quarters in Gombe by unknown gunmen on Saturday in Gombe. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command, DSP Fwaje Atajiri, told the New...
At least twelve people have been killed in a suicide attack on Harvest Church in Yelwan Tudu, Bauchi. A suicide bomber drove a Honda car into the Church which is sandwiched between Deeper Life Church and Living Faith church. Many are reported to ...