The Delta State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has nabbed six suspects for being in possession of over 13,325 litres of illegal petroleum products. Briefing newsmen yesterday, State Commandant of NSCDC, Mr. Amos Andeki...
Against the backdrop of widespread and unfounded allegations that there is tension in the State of Osun, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honourable Aminu Tambuwal, on Saturday the opposite was what he found in the state. Tambuwal described...
A fatal accident at Gako Village along Nassarawa Eggon-Akwanga road, yesterday, led to the death of a middle-aged man just as six persons sustained various degrees of injuries. It was gathered that the accident occurred around 3:30 pm when a blue pick-...
Authorities of the Bayelsa State police command yesterday identified the faces behind the N6billion fraud in the wage bill of the State Civil Service with the arrest of a top management staff member of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) ...
Special adviser to the president on Niger Delta Matters, Hon. Kingsley Kuku has said that the Presidential Amnesty office has neither the powers, nor the competencies or wherewithal to stop any person who willfully decides to commit c...
In fulfillment of the pledge of the Niger state government to give relief to families of the victims of the Christmas day bomb blast at St. Theresa Catholic Church Madalla, Suleja, the Government has given out additional N36 million to the victims of t...
Hundreds of commercial motorcycle riders popularly known as ‘Achaba’ took to the streets in Dutse Jigawa state in protest against the new law that directed them to be registered and wear reflector jackets. The aggrieved Achabamen who ...
Former head of state and presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in the 2011 general elections, General Muhammadu Buhari, has said that Nigeria may experience a revolution in the years ahead unless there is social justice to...
Following the recommendations made by the presidential committee on the rationalisation and restructuring of federal government ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) in order to prune them down by as much 40 per cent, there is apprehension now th...
Former military head of state and the presidential flag-bearer of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) General Muhammadu Buhari has been described by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as a a non-democrat who has never hidden his disdain for elect...
The House of Representatives ad-Hoc committee report on fuel subsidy that indicted both government agencies and some oil firms is beginning to have ripple effects as former governor of Kwara State, Senator Bukola Saraki has been invited by the Special ...
Military police from the 2 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, have arrested a 29-year-old man, Andrew Atusi for allegedly parading himself as a serving soldier. Officer-in-charge of the military police in the Brigade, Captain Sunny Samuel told news...
Newcastle turned up the intensity in their challenge for a place in next season’s Champions League competition after they capitalised on yesterday’s draw between Arsenal and Chelsea. Meanwhile, at the bottom, Blackburn boosted their hopes o...
World No 1 Novak Djokovic will try to deal Rafael Nadal another blow when the world’s two top players clash in today’s Monte Carlo Masters tennis final, where the Spaniard is chasing an eighth consecutive crown. Nadal recorded his 41st win ...
Nigeria has terminated the contracts of two accounting firms involved in auditing its fuel subsidy payments, after a parliamentary inquiry found massive corruption in the government-run scheme, the finance ministry said on Saturday. It was the first pu...