This might not be the best of times for the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) as the solicitors representing Former Acting Head of Information of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Iduh Lawrence Onah and Miss Esther F. Ogunfowora have threatened ...
Wife of the Vice President, Hajiya Amina Sambo, who is also the founder of I-Care Women and Youth Empowerment Initiative, has commended President Goodluck Jonathan over his timely response to HIV/AIDS’ cure and prevention in the country. Hajiya S...
The Corps Marshal and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Osita Chidoka said that accidents on Nigerian roads would be reduced by 50 per cent in another four years. Addressing officers of Imo State Sector Command in Ower...
Canadian and Niger State governments are set to collaborate in the area of energy and information and communication technology with a view to opening the economy of the state to foreign investors. The Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Chris Cooper...
The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Kaduna has adjourned the case between former Kaduna State governor, Senator Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, and the candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in the April senatorial elect...
Worried by rate of desert encroachment in the country, the Nigerian Army Depot, Zaria, in Kaduna State, has intensified efforts toward combating the menace through tree planting in its barracks. Speaking at the flag-off ceremony in Zaria on Wednesday, ...
Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha has appealed to the management of Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Owerri, to ensure that the institution re-opened without further delay. Okorocha who made the appeal when the governing council of the institution ...
The Edo State government on Wednesday dismissed two officials from its service over their complicity in an alleged kidnap case. The government, in a letter dated August 2, and signed by permanent secretary, Ministry of Environment and Public Utilities,...
A human rights activist, Mr. Mohammed Kazeen, has filed a legal action before a Federal High Court in Ikeja against the National Judicial Council (NJC), asking the court to declare the Justice Ibrahim Auta –led panel which the NJC set up to revie...
The trial of Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, the Chief Security officer of late Military ruler General Sani Abacha continued at the Lagos High Court, Igbosere with him playing the videotape of a VHS recording showing the visit of some South-West leader...
While the whole world knows about the United Stations Navy SEAL raid that killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan in May, many of the details of the mission have been shrouded in operational secrecy--until now. In an astonishingly detailed reconstruction pu...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has warned all telecom operators, SIM card vendors, retailers and the public to stop selling pre-registered new SIM cards. A statement from NCC signed yesterday in Abuja by Reuben Muoka, the Head, Media and ...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) yesterday approved the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN’s) cashless economy proposal, seeking to use Lagos to test run the policy. The FEC added that the policy would help reduce cost of running banks by 30...
The political lobbying and jostling for ministerial appointment may have come and gone but the aftermath have continued to plague the crisis-ridden Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP). Aggrieved members have vowed to destroy the pa...
Tiger Woods has revealed that rushing back from injury was one of the biggest mistakes of his career. He lasted just nine holes at The Players Championship at Sawgrass in May, before suffering a recurrence of his troublesome knee and Achilles injuries....