A German engineer, Mr. Raupach Fritz Edgar, kidnapped in the northern city of Kano about five months ago has been killed in a failed rescue attempt. The late German national was said to have been kidnapped in Kano on 24th January, four days after the c...
Malam Aminu Muhammad, a aaNational Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, serving in Birnin-kudu Local Government Area of Jigawa, has donated 150 poultry birds to 10 Almajirai in Birnin-kudu. Muhammad, who made the donation o...
The Executive Director, National Council for Arts and Culture, Mr Mwajim Maidugu, on Thursday in Abuja described President Goodluck Jonathan's proposed museum for past leaders as an inspiration to Nigerians. Maidugu told the ...
The National Secretary of New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Mr Agbo Gilbert on Thursday said that the party’s major commitment was to improve the standard of education for youths. Agbo made this known in an ...
Although 2015 is three years away, in Nigeria the battle for the soul of the crises-torn nation is on and opposition parties have resolved this time around to flush out the ruling PDP form the Aso Rock. But could they be taken serious at all? BAYO OLAD...
Some of the most prominent northerners stormed the seat of the federal government last night to present a list of demands to President Goodluck Jonathan. Under the umbrella of the Northern Elders Forum, the visitors demanded implementation of recommend...
Of the 5,172,979 customers captured in the records of the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI), only 2,893,701 or 55.94 per cent are metered. Out of the number only 2,434,541 or 8.42 per cent of the total households in Nigeria are currently bein...
Former Liberian president Charles Taylor has been sentenced to 50 years in prison by the International Criminal Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands. Taylor, 64, was convicted in April of war crimes and crimes against humanity for aiding and abet...
Global Witness yesterday stated that explanations made by Shell and ENI about payments made for a controversial oil deal in Nigeria are no longer sufficient, but rather, they must immediately come clean with more information about the deal. The call co...
The National Teachers Institute (NTI) has described as “unfounded” the accusation levelled against it which claimed that the institute short-changed teachers by paying them N2, 500 each, instead of the budgeted N14, 000. The teachers, under...
Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega, has acknowledged that the commission has not lived up to the expectation of Nigerian electorate. He stated this during the oversight visit of Senate Committee o...
The decision of President Goodluck Jonathan to rename the University of Lagos (UNILAG) after the late democracy martyr, Chief Moshood Kashimawo Abiola, has been applauded as a positive step but government was advised to take legislative steps to effect...
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday formally launched the energy saving bulbs meant to reduce the cost of energy, with a note of warning that it should not be misinterpreted to mean that it was an alternative to the inability of government to provide...
A member of the House of Representatives in Ondo State, Mr Ifedayo Abegunde, has been removed from his seat by a Federal High Court sitting in Akure. Abegunde, who represents Akure North/Akure South Federal Constituency, was ordered to vacate his seat ...
Unknown gunmen yesterday launched another attack on a bakery in Udiya area of Mafa Local Government Area of Borno State, killing no fewer than six persons and wounding others. An eyewitness, also a baker, who spoke to British Broadcasting Corpora...