Auditors-General in the country have been advised to adopt international best practices to strengthen Nigeria’s democracy. Mr Rasak Atunwa, the Speaker of Kwara House of Assembly, gave the advice in Ilorin on Friday while receivi...
Residents of Kaduna metropolis Friday rushed to the market to replenish their foodstuff and other essential items, following the relaxing of the 24-hour curfew in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 24-hour curfew ear...
Prof. Steve Ugba, an ACN Governorship Candidate in the April 2011 election in Benue, has asked the Supreme Court to reverse its decision which terminated appeals that challenged Gov. Gabriel Suswam’s election. A copy of the motion was ...
The Police on Friday arraigned a 38-year-old automobile mechanic, Adeoye Saka, before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos over alleged theft of a Primera car worth N1.3 million. Saka,who resides at Isolo Area of Lagos, is standing trial on one ...
A man, who allegedly broke into a shop and carted away some valuables in Olodi-Apapa, Lagos, was on Friday charged before an Apapa Chief Magistrates’ Court. The accused, 39-year-old Omerhi Afoko, lives in Olodi-Apapa and is facing a four-cou...
The Assistant Corps Marshal in-charge of Zone Seven of the FRSC, Augustine Aipoh, said on Friday that the commission was relaxing its compulsory acquisition of fire extinguishers by motorists. Aipoh, who spoke at an interactive session with journ...
United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Western Union Company and the Western Union Foundation have collaborated with agribusiness, renewable energy, and information and communications technology companies in Nigeria, Congo, Cot...
As the United Nations summit on sustainable development entered its last day in Rio de Janeiro on Friday, President Jacob Zuma of South Africa, has called on world leaders to renew political efforts towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (M...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) have released a joint report on the state of environment in Africa, and are calling world leaders to invest in Africa’s natural capital. The report, a copy which w...
Children in Kaduna have now turned some of the streets in the metropolis to football pitches because of the curfew in the area. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the children, whose ages range from seven to 15, are seen in parts of the metr...
The INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, said on Thursday that some politicians were still unhappy with the conduct of 2011 elections in spite of the improvements recorded in the electoral system. Jega said such politicians expected ...
A Jos High Court on Thursday sentenced a 26-year-old man, Obinah John, to death by hanging for robbing a woman of N1,705. The convict, aside the cash, also robbed his victim, one Dorothy Olaniyi, of two rolls of peak milk in satchets, v...
A 25-year-old teacher, Mrs Rafat Agboola, was on Thursday arraigned before an Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court for allegedly beheading her husband, Olatunji. According to the charge sheet, the accused was said to have committed the offence on ...
The police on Thursday arraigned a 42-year-old businessman, Ifeanyi Ikechi, of Lugbe Zone 6, Abuja, for allegedly having carnal knowledge of three minors. The accused, who was alleged to have committed the offence with three male m...
An Indonesian air force Fokker 27 turboprop plane crashed in a suburb of the capital Jakarta on Thursday, killing six people on board, an air force spokesman said. The crashed plane also set about eight houses on fire, the air force spokesman add...