The Rivers State Correspondent of the LEADERSHIP Newspapers Group, Anayo Onukwugha, has won the ‘Best Political Reporter 2011’ award of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in the state. The winners of other categories were: Abraham Ajaer...
The Director-General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Chief Mike Omeri, has said that despite the present challenges in some parts of the country, the unity of Nigeria is non-negotiable. Speaking in Abuja at a congratulatory dinner organised i...
The former military Head of State and presidential candidate of Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) General Muhammadu Buhari yesterday paid glowing tributes to the former Nigeria’s representative in the United Kingdom, late Ambassador Mat...
Beyonce Knowles and Jay-Z have reportedly filed an application to patent their daughter Blue Ivy Carter's name. The couple field paperwork with the US Patent and Trademark Office last month to trademark Blue Ivy Carter's name to prevent others ...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has donated N100 million to victims of the recent bomb attacks in Kano. Coordinated bomb attacks rocked Kano on Jan. 20, leaving hundreds dead. The CBN Governor, Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, announced the donation when...
The Anambra Police Command on Friday dismissed Cpl. Samuel Ojana, who allegedly shot and killed a commercial bus driver, Edwin Eze, in Onitsha after an orderly room trial. Ojana reportedly carried out the act on Thursday after the driver allegedl...
The fugitive alleged mastermind of the Christmas Day bombing of St. Theresa's Catholic Church, Madalla, Niger, was re-arrested on Friday by the State Security Service (SSS). The spokesperson for the SSS, Mrs Marilyn Ogar, told newsmen in Abuja on F...
Oil prices rose slightly higher to above 99 dollars a barrel Thursday in Asia, as U.S. crude demand lags the overall improvement in the world's biggest economy. Benchmark crude for March delivery was up 39 cents at 99.10 dollars a barrel at late af...
Roman Catholic Church leaders unveiled an Internet teaching project to help clergy around the world root out paedophiles in their ranks and protect children from potential abusers. Ending a four-day conference on child abuse in Rome, Fr Francois-Xavier...
Mr Joseph Ciroma, Assistant General Manager, PHCN, Abuja, says about N3 billion will be spent to provide free prepaid meters to electricity consumers in Karu, Nyanya and its environs. Ciroma who spoke in an interview on Friday in Abuja, said the projec...
Dr Maymunah Kadiri, President, Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Yaba, has said that addiction to Information Communication Technology (ICT) may result to multiple health complications, despite its benefits. Kad...
The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has expressed its readiness to partner stakeholders and civil society organisations, to enthrone transparency in the extractive sector. The Executive Secretary of NEITI, Mrs Zainab...
Mr Usman Idris, the Principal Staff Officer Drug Demand Reduction at the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), says Nigeria needs stiffer penalties against hard drugs. Delivering a paper at a symposium entitled: “The menace of...
Senator Florence Ita Giwa has said that she will go nude alongside millions of Efik women of Cross River State, if the Efik throne is ‘desecrated’ by anybody again. Giwa’s threat was coming on the heels of the ongoing dispute ov...
Over one hundred and fifty organisations from within and outside the country have indicated interest to participate in the 23rd Enugu International Trade Fair which will take place from March 23 –April 2, President of the Enugu Chambe...