A Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday sent the Group Managing Director of Skye Bank Plc, Mr. Kehinde Durosinmi-Etti, to prison for disobeying a valid court order. In his verdict over the alleged contemptuous act of the GMD, Justice Charles Archibong,...
A memorable day, June 20, 2011, would forever remain fresh in the mind of the family members family of Mr. Boniface Ugwu, an ex - official of the Nigerian Railway Corporation, Benue State as it was the day their daughter , Adaora Ugwu, who was believed...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday in Abuja swore in 14 new ministers, including 12 returnees who moved back to their former ministries. Those who returned to their ministries included the two ministers of FCT, Dr Bala Muhammed and retired Navy Ca...
Former minister of the Federal Capital Territory malam Nasir el-Ruffai was this morning, arrested by the State Security Service (SSS). He was picked up as he landed aboard British Airways flight from London where he presented a lecture at an event held...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has said that the recent adjustment in the average cost of electricity from N8.50 to N10 from July 1, 2011, is part of the Multi-Year Tariff Order (MYTO) that came into effect in 2008, and should no...
A director in the Akwa Ibom governor’s office, Mr. Bassey Udoemah was yesterday shot dead by unknown gunmen believed to armed robbers. An eyewitness account said that Mr. Udoemah was trailed from a bank where he had gone to withdrawal money to hi...
A total of 1562 Batch ‘B’ National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members who satisfied the laid down prerequisites of NYSC passed out yesterday at the University of Calabar Pavilion while 21 have had their service extended and six others to re...
Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has assured residents of Asaba that the current drainage project going on in the town is comprehensive and will adequately check erosion in the state capital. Dr. Uduaghan, who gave the assurance while inspe...
The ancient city of Kano on Wednesday night witnessed a total eclipse of the moon, causing restiveness among some residents as the city was plunged into three hours of total darkness. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the eclipse, which be...
Irked by the brazen breach of security even in the very precinct of the Police hierarchy, the Independent Service Delivery Monitoring Group has called for the immediate sack of the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Hafiz Ringim. The call came on the hee...
Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha has urged the Federal Government to urgently look into the security situation of the nation just as he advised Nigerians to reject bombing as a method of expressing their grievances. Okorocha gave this advice ...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has commiserated with the Inspector General of Police, Police High Command, victims and relations of those affected by yesterday’s bomb blast in Abuja. Describing the inciden...
Barely 24 hours after the religious sect, Jama’atu Ahlis-sunnah lidda’ati wal Jihad, otherwise known as Boko Haram, issued a warning of wider attacks in the country, the Force Headquarters in Abuja was yesterday rocked by multiple explosion...