Vice-President Namadi Sambo has broken his silence on the the conduct of the 2011 general elections, saying that the Election Petitions Tribunals have exposed the antics of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) by annulling most of its seats in the...
The Technical Committee of the Nigeria Football Association (NFA) at an emergency meeting on Saturday night issued a query to Super Eagles’ head coach Samson Siasia. NFA’s Chief Media Officer Ademola Olajire who disclosed this in a p...
Between January and September 2011, 53 people have been reported dead in marina beach in Calabar, Cross River State. The victims were said to have died when they were drown as the boats that conveyed them to various parts of the country capsized ...
Vice President Namadi Sambo has implored governors and leaders of the North-west zone to initiate people-oriented programmes that will enhance the welfare of the citizenry. “We must approach today’s meeting with a clear mind and conscience,...
The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) in Rivers State has expressed regret that political leaders at all levels of government in the country have disconnected themselves from Nigerians, thereby making the citizenry unable to relate to their...
Former president of the Court of Appeal, Justice Umaru Abdullahi hit out at Nigeria’s experiment with federalism, and insisted that the best system for the nation was parliamentary. Speaking to journalists in Katsina yesterday, Umar said there wa...
A couple from Anambra State, but residing abroad (names withheld) have lost the sum of N750,000 to an orphanage, Crowther Motherless Babies Home in a bid to genuinely adopt a baby from the orphanage which is located in Onitsha. The state commissi...
President Goodluck Jonathan said, yesterday, that Nigeria and Ghana will continue to strengthen economic and trade relations for the benefit of the African continent, just as he called on citizens and investors in both countries to explore and ma...
Indication that the members of the organised labour in Anambra State, which consists the Trade Union Congress and the Nigeria Labour Congress may have commenced a war among themselves have emerged. While the former suspended its strike, the latter isst...
No fewer than 253 pending disciplinary cases on misconduct of police officers reported in 2010 are still pending in the Police Service Commission (PSC). The 2010 annual report of the commission, which was made available to journalists in Abu...
Former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has called for the exchange of culture between the Owus in Yoruba-speaking areas and the Ijaws in the southern part of the country, saying that it is only through culture that the unity of the country could be...
The Nigeria Union Of Journalists (NUJ) has resolved to pursue the settlement of the unpaid salaries and gratuities of the staff of the New Nigerian Newspapers (NNN) with a call on the Northern Governors Forum (NGF) to rise up to the challenge and save ...
Vice-President Namadi Sambo has assured Nigerians that the use of generators will soon become history in view of the huge investment of government in the power sector. Sambo gave the assurance when members of the board and management ...
The government of Benue State has maintained that the North Central state is 100 per cent safe for prospective foreign investors despite the political challenges, protests and agitations being embarked upon by the opposition party in the State. The sta...
A coalition of non-governmental organisations has sent a request to President Goodluck Jonathan to deploy former governor of Zamfara State, Senator Ahmed Sani Yerima, as a special envoy and presidential adviser on religious harmony in the northern part...