President Goodluck Jonathan mid last week endorsed the House of Representative’s ad hoc committee report on the management of fuel subsidy. He also declared that no culprit would be spared. UCHENNA AWOM examines speculations that the president ma...
Last October, Zakariyya Isa, a cameraman with the Nigerian Television Authority was murdered by the Boko Haram. That was the first reported attack to have been targeting journalists. Isah was murdered in front of his house, shortly after leaving a mosq...
The rate of unemployment ravaging the country has not only become worrisome, but the situation has pushed many a Nigerian youth into petty businesses including manual car washing. These sets of youths engage in car wash job to keep body and soul togeth...
DAVID-CHYDDY ELEKE in this report takes a look at the intrigues surrounding the quest to succeed Governor Peter Obi as the chief executive of Anambra State; who the likely gladiators are, their likely platforms and their chances of making it. Governor ...
Inspector General (IG) of Police Mohammed Abubakar has ordered Police commands in country to allow women to bail suspects arrested by them as there was no law in the country’s statute book that stops such. He added that it was untrue, claims eman...
Barely two days after the bomb explosion at Newspapers offices in Kaduna which killed over nine people, unknown gunmen on Friday night stormed Rigasa community in Kaduna metropolis killing Police inspector, Balarabe Sambo in his home. The gunmen, who a...
The special task force STF on Jos crisis code named Operation Safe Haven in Plateau state have vowed to smoke out criminal elements that are causing havoc in Jos flash points, neighbourhoods and rural villages ...
Though the international sanctions placed on Iranian crude oil export do not take effect until July 1, 2012, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has said Iranian oil exports have already dipped, while the Nigerian National Petroleum Cooperation (NNPC...
The Northern Socio-Cultural Oranization, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) yesterday said that the use of force will never solve the current insecurity ocassion by the activities of Boko Haram. Reacting to the recent bomb blast on Newspapers Houses in Abu...
Governor Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa of Kaduna State yesterday said that the Northern part of the country can survive without relying on oil. Yakowa who stated this while declaring the 33rd Kaduna International trade fair open said with the abundant natural...
Rampaging cultists in Ibusa, Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta Stat, has allegedly killed a carpenter identified as Smart (surname withheld). Reports said the victim before the incident was a well known carpenter in the community and was on...
The Peoples Democratic Party in the South West has said it will appeal Friday’s ruling of a Lagos High Court nullifying the party’s Zonal Congress held in Osogbo, Osun State on March 21, 2012. Reacting to the court ruling, the PDP said in a...
As part of the efforts to make the Oguta Blue Lake of treasure the greatest tourism centre in Africa, the Imo State government has reached agreement with the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) to site a movie village at the lake side. The State Governor, Ro...
Three journalists covering the Edo Government House lost their lives on Saturday afternoon when a lorry crashed into Gov. Adams Oshiomhole’s convoy. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the governor and his entourage were headi...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday towed a different part from his National Security Adviser (NSA), Gen. Andrew Owoye Azazi, when he disagreed with him out-rightly on a statement credited to him in the media in which he blamed udemocrati...