The four staff members of the International Criminal Court (ICC) detained in Libya returned to The Hague, an ICC spokesman said on Tuesday. "They are reunited with their families now," ICC spokesman Fadi El Abdallah told Xinhua. "T...
A night fire outbreak has gutted part of Yola Prisons, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The fire, which started around 8 p.m. caused panic in Yola town with major streets leading to the prison, located near the palace of Lamido of Adamawa cord...
Twenty ships carrying various goods are expected to berth at the Port Harcourt port between July 2 and 4. This was contained in the shipping position released by the Nigerian Ports Authority on Monday in Port Harcourt. It said that one other ship would...
A school proprietor, Mr Ismail Adeniji, on Monday told an Oshodi Customary Court in Lagos that his second wife abandoned their son when he was 15 months old, for another marriage. Adeniji, in a petition before the court, is asking for the dissolution o...
Some politicians in Lagos on Monday condemned plans by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to allow electoral officers exercise their franchise in the 2015 general elections. The politicians argued that the proposal would not serve the...
The Nasarawa State Government said on Monday it would partner with Dangote Group of Companies and the Raw Material Research and Development Council to set up salt industries. Mr. Samuel Nkene-Meshi, the Commissioner for Science and Technology, disclose...
The Nigerian Association of Master Mariners (NAMM) in Lagos on Monday called on the Federal Government to leverage maritime education and institution to international standards. Capt. Adejimi Adu, NAMM President, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) t...
Mr Adamu Kesuwo, Dean, School of Administration and Management, Plateau Polytechnic, Barkin-Ladi, has explained that brilliant lecturers leave polytechnics because they desire to become professors. ``Professorship is only attained in the universi...
An Ikeja High Court on Monday discharged and acquitted Deji Abiola, second son of the late politician, Chief MKO Abiola, of a N35.5 million theft charge preferred against him. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Abiola was discharged by Justi...
The NNPC said that the recently submitted draft Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) would go a long way in transforming operations in the oil and gas industry if passed into law. Mr Fidel Pepple, the acting Group General Manger, Public Affairs Division of NN...
The Bauchi State Government has assured residents of the metropolis that the planned review of the city’s master plan is in their interest. The Commissioner for Lands and Housing, Alhaji Aminu Hammayo, gave the assurance in an interview with the ...
Pupils of Anwar-Ul-Islam Primary School, Apongbon, Lagos Island, were on Monday forced to vacate their classrooms following massive flooding of their premises. They were forced to relocate to a yet-to-be inaugurated building in a junior secondary schoo...
The Sokoto State Government completed 23 road projects at the cost of N7.9 billion between 2007 and now, the Governor, Alhaji Aliyu Wamakko, said on Monday. Wamakko made the statement at Fanare in Wamakko Local Government Area when his Kano State...
The police in Delta say they have arrested one Daniel Okpobusa, Vice Principal of Elume Grammar School, Sapele in Delta, for allegedly killing Mrs Rosemary Ojuederie, the Principal of the school. The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Charles Muka, wh...
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) says it has removed N2.7 billion worth of sub-standard products from the Nigerian market since it launched its zero tolerance campaign. The Director-General of SON, Dr Joseph Odumodu, made the announcem...