Jim Yong Kim, the U.S. pick to take over at mid-year as head of the World Bank, launches a world tour on Tuesday to seek support for his candidacy. Kim, a Korean-American, will be contesting two nominees from emerging market countries - Nigerian Financ...
The Police in Nasarawa on Tuesday confirmed the killing of a suspected motorcycle snatcher by irate youths on Monday at Ajaga village in Nasarawa Local Government Area. The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Cornelius Ocholi, told the News Agency of N...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has directed producers of packaged water in Kebbi to re-register their companies in line with new strategies to improve quality. The directive was issued on Tuesday i...
The acting Governor of Kebbi, Alhaji Habibu Jega, on Tuesday sacked the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Ahmad Sama, and the Head of Service, Alhaji Ahmed Bunza. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that the Sole Administrator o...
A 41-year-old mother and her two daughters were on Tuesday arraigned before an Ogudu Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly defrauding a man via the internet. The accused are Esther Okuinosa, Founder and Pastor, Peace of the God Word Gos...
Four students of the University of Lagos were on Tuesday charged before an Ebute Meta Magistrates' Court in Lagos for allegedly gang raping a 17-year-old girl. The accused -- Jeremiah Bamigbayan, 18; Lanre Olayemi, 19; Abisoye Atoyegbe, 18; and Nel...
The House of Representatives on Tuesday directed its Committee on Interior to investigate the activities of the Federal Fire Service in order to determine its strength and weaknesses. The Representatives also mandated the Committee to outline the facto...
The airlifting of intending pilgrims from the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for the 2012 Christian pilgrimage to Israel, Rome and Greece would commence on October 25, 2012. This was disclosed by the FCT minister, Senator Bala Mohammed, yesterday, at ...
The newly appointed permanent secretary for the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), Engr. Anthony Ozodinobi, has resumed work with a promise to ensure harmony in the system. Ozodinobi, replaces Alhaji Nuhu Ahmed, who has been the acting pe...
Goods estimated at several millions of naira were yesterday destroyed in a fire out break at the show room of furniture giant, Alibert, located on plot 56, along the popular Adetokumbo Ademola Crescent, Wuse II, Abuja. The Lebanese owned company is san...
Parents wondering how to help their overweight children to slim down could do well to take a long, hard look in the mirror. Researchers found that obese youngsters were far more successful at shedding the excess pounds if their parents got in shape wit...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) would literarily be docked from today in the court of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. UCHENNA AWOM in this analysis attempts an expose on the creeping politics of new vehicle license and number plates...
As controversy continues to trail corruption allegations between members of the House of Representatives Committee on Capital Market and the DG of SEC, Adesuwa tsan examines the issues. Instead of drifting away like smoke from a dying fire, it seems th...
When the defunct Eastern Regional government established the now equally defunct Eastern Nigerian Development Corporation (ENDC) in 1955, it majorly charged it with the responsibility of improving the quantity and quality of palm produce on which the e...
The Enugu Timber Market is reputed as one of the largest wood markets in the country and also about the only timber marker in the country that is regularly gutted by mysterious fire, sometimes twice in a year. For the second time in less th...