Osun State Command of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has arrested a 60-year-old grandma, Aduke Adebusuyi and Hammed Lateef, 18, for allegedly trafficking in cannabis sativa popularly called Indian hemp. The state commander of the age...
The Save Nigeria Group (SNG), yesterday challenged the authorities of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) to within seven days commence immediate investigation and prosecution of the former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva ...
A magistrate of an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, A.A. Oshoniyi, yesterday ordered for the immediate arrest and detention of journalists covering a coroner’s inquest into proceedings which was later adjourned till April 25, 2012. Trouble began w...
Following the sack of three top management staff of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) by the federal government alleging sabotage on the power reform process, there are strong indications that electricity workers’ unions are planning to...
The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) has released the revised industry and transaction agreements to the 152 potential investors interested in the privatisation of the 17 successor companies created from the unbundling of the Power Holding Company of...
Contrary to claims by the Joint Senate Committee on Establishment and Public Service and States and Local Government Administration, chaired by Senator Aloysius Etok, that its preliminary findings revealed the illegal transfer of the sum of N3bil...
In the face of the rising complexities of modern business, regulators need to constantly update their knowledge base of operations in the sectors they regulate to enable them stay ahead of operators perform their supervisory functions effectively. Mana...
The Joint Task Force (JTF) in Kano has gunned down three suspected members of the Boko Haram sect. The suspects were killed in a gun duel following a tip from a victim whose car was snatched at gun point. According to JTF Spokesman, Lt. Ikedichi I...
The turnover of shares traded on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in the first quarter of 2012 dropped by 12.9 per cent, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. According to the statistics obtained from the Exchange, investors traded 19.14 billion s...
The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Most Rev. John Onaiyekan, has called on Christians in the country to pray for the nation’s leaders in the task to transform the economy. Onaiyekan made the call on Wednesday in his message at the Archdiocese&rsqu...
Facebook fired back in its legal battle with Yahoo by accusing the Web pioneer of infringing 10 of Facebook's patents, according to a court filing. The counterclaim from Facebook, filed in a San Francisco federal court, comes after Yahoo sued Faceb...
A jailed Bahraini activist who has been on hunger strike for 56 days has been moved to a police hospital as his health deteriorates, the government and his lawyer said. His health deterioration had raised fears for his life. Abdulhadi al-Khawaja was mo...
The N8 billion loan being source by Plateau Government from Zenith Bank Plc to boost water supply in Jos metropolis will be repaid by the residents, the state government has said. The Commissioner for Water Resources, Alhaji Idi Waziri, made this known...
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka and the Akran of Badagry, De Wheno Aholu Menu Toyi I, will on Saturday feature in the Fitila procession from Lagos to Badagry to herald the 2012 Black Heritage Festival. The festival, which began on April 2, wou...
All Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) and Area Commanders in the FCT have been directed to remain at their duty posts throughout Easter to take charge of the security of their areas. Mr Jimoh Moshood, the FCT Command Public Relations Officer, disclosed...