Noodles are generally easy and quick to prepare. These staple diets in many families are derived from maize, rice, flour among others. They are dried or precooked and are often sold with packets of flavoring including seasoning oil. D...
Life is like a journey with an unpredictable destination. The Spanish poet and playwright, Antonio Machado (1875 – 1939) aptly captured life’s unpredictability in his poem: “Oh Time, oh Still and Now, pregnant with things impending. Y...
The residents of Lakpyana Yusuf Road in Dokodza, Bida, Niger State might lose their houses and the land they have lived on for so many years if the gully erosion that threatens the area continues at its current rate. The erosion which...
Recently, Christians living in the North were threatened by terrorist attacks of Boko Haram. In a mark of solidarity, sons and daughters of Christians living in Southern Kaduna came together to pray for God’s protection and blessings. MIDAT JOSEP...
Doubtless that it changed the government and governed relationship, the echoes of the one-week strike over the hike in the pump price of fuel still reverberate across every sphere of the nation’s life. Things have changed and NICK UDENTA captures...
The Labour Party (LP) has threatened to drag the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to court if the commission decides to conduct elections in spite of the Supreme Court judgment which ordered that fresh elections must be conducted ...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal yesterday read the riot Act to all chairmen of 89 standing committees of the House for failing to submit 2012 budget reports of ministries, departments and agencies of government to the A...
The Executive Chairman of the Edo State Committee on Forestry, Chief Lucky Eriyo, said the State has lost a large chunk of its forest reserves and economic trees to illegal logging, bush burning and felling of trees by farmers. The chairman...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State has assured women in the State of 50 per cent slots in both appointive and elective positions in government at the state, local and ward levels. The state chairman of the PDP, Chief Godspower Ake, who ...
Operatives of the Delta State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have arrested a traditional ruler, Solomo Akpochi, from Otukpo, Benue State and four others for being in possession of a tanker with 33, 000 litres of p...
As far as I am concerned, based on the evidence that was adduced in court, this man had absolutely nothing to do with the killing of Kudirat Abiola When I heard that Major Hamza Al Mustapha was convicted of murder and sentenced to hanging by a Lagos Hi...
The Save Nigeria Group has dragged the Federal government to a Federal High Court in Lagos over alleged infringement on its human rights. The SNG is asking the court for N100million damages “being general, special and exemplary damages against th...
Festus Allen, coach of the Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) of Ibadan, says the club is ready for its week 6 match against the Nigeria Premier League (NPL) champions, Dolphins FC of Port Harcourt. The match will hold on Wednesday at the MKO Abiola Stad...
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) in Gombe State has repatriated 32 Nigeriens, who were found not to have regular documents into Nigeria. The Controller of NIS in the state, Alhaji Yusuf Aliyu, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of...
Some political party leaders have advised the acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Abubakar, to ensure discipline and patriotism in the force. The political leaders spoke in separate interviews in Lagos on Tuesday, said that though the polic...