Fifteen people were killed on Tuesday in floods and landslides caused by heavy rains in the Philippine capital and several provinces, officials said. Government offices, courts and schools were suspended in Manila and nine northern provinces after rain...
Residents of Aba, the commercial hub of Abia, have expressed concern over the filthy condition of the city and its possible health hazard. Some of the residents who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Aba, expressed concern o...
The Dandume Local Government of Katsina State has awarded a N20 million contract to tackle erosion menace threatening communities in the area. Alhaji Abdulkadir Muhammad, the council’s caretaker committee chairman, disclosed this in an interview ...
The University of Ilorin has graduated 5, 383 persons in various disciplines in the 2011/2012 academic session, the Vice Chancellor, Prof Is-haq Oloyede, said in Ilorin on Monday. The number includes 36 persons, who obtained first class deg...
Nigeria has been defeated 73 - 79 by France in a last group game. It was a narrow loss for the Injury riddled Nigerian team. Speaking on Nigeria's experience at London 2012 after France beat Nigeria 79-73 in the men's basketball ...
Nigeria's Edith OGOKE has lost 8-18 points in the Women's Middle (75kg) boxing tournament. Speaking on the defeat, Ogoke said: "I feel good. I am okay. It is one of those things. She is the one of the best in t...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Monday that the nationwide continuous voter registration (CVR) has been scheduled to take place after the Ondo governorship election. Mr Kayode Idowu, Chief Press Secretary to INEC ...
The abnormal happened in Abuja last week as people, including government officials and law enforcement agents overlooked the financial crime committed and instead had fanfare rewarding somebody a miserly N30,000 and giving an award. The National Orient...
Condemnation on Monday trailed the request by the violent Boko Haram sect that President Goodluck Jonathan should become a Muslim or resign from office. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the sect had in an internet broadcast on S...
An as Asaba Chief Magistrates' Court on Monday sentenced a businessman, Edwin Asoro, to six years imprisonment for attempted kidnap The Chief Magistrate, Mr Sylvester Ehikwe, who did not give the convict an option of fine, said that the p...
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) said that it impounded 50 vehicles during a special patrol on the Abeokuta-Lagos Expressway. Mr Fatai Bakare, the Itori Unit Commander in Ogun, told the News Agency Nigeria (NAN) ...
A 43-year-old commercial bus driver, who allegedly raped a teenage food vendor, on Monday appeared before a Yaba Magistrates' Court in Lagos on a one-count charge. Felix Adedayo is standing trial before Magistrate Patrick Adekomaya, but he pleaded ...
Aug. 6, 2012 (Reuters/NAN) U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met her friend and former South African President Nelson Mandela at his country home on Monday. Clinton visited Mandela after taking a break from her multi-nation trade and security tou...
The U.S. embassy in Nigeria is expanding its ``American Corner’’ to cover the South-east zone, Mrs Suzanne Miller, an Information Resource Officer in the mission, said on Monday in Abuja. Miller said in an interview with t...
The government of South Africa will be partnering with its Nigerian counterpart on the development of the energy sector which it considers as a major way to boost its economy. According to a news release made available to Journalists in Cape Tow...