ACN commiserates with First Lady on mother’s death
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has sent its condolences to the First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dame Patience Jonathan, on the passing of her mother. In a statement issued in Lagos...
View ArticleGerman giants clash in Wembley re-match
Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund clash on Saturday for the German Super Cup in a rematch of their Champions League final, with Dortmund denying they want revenge. Bayern’s 2-1 win over Dortmund at...
View Article14 jailed in Akwa Ibom for traffic offences
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Akwa Ibom on Thursday said it prosecuted 91 traffic offenders in its mobile court for various offences from January to July. The Public Relations Officer of the...
View ArticleNSCDC arrest 14 pipeline vandals in Bauchi
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) said on Friday that it had arrested 14 suspected NNPC pipeline vandals in different parts of Bauchi State Alhaji Shuayb Jibril, the Commander, NSCDC...
View ArticleBenue Govt. gives contractors deadline on NYSC project
The Benue Government on Friday gave the contractors handling the National Youth Service Corps(NYSC) camp project up to December to complete the project. Mr Egbiri Idaah, the Commissioner for Youth and...
View ArticleEgypt jails Morsi on charges of conspiring with Hamas
Egyptian authorities on Friday ordered ousted president Mohamed Morsi to be detained for 15 days pending further investigations on charges of conspiring to carry out “hostile acts” in the country,...
View ArticleMy father died of age-related ailment – Odunewu’s son
The youngest son of the late veteran journalist, Alhaji Alade Odunewu (a.k.a. Allah De), Mr Segun Odunewu, said his father died of age-related ailment. Odunewu said in Ikoyi, Lagos on Friday that the...
View ArticleSuicide bomber kills anti-Taliban leader in Afghanistan
A suicide bomber on a motorcycle struck a busy marketplace in eastern Afghanistan Friday, killing at least seven people including an anti-Taliban militia leader, officials said. The attack, which took...
View ArticleCAN in America wants Boko Haram designated as terrorist organisation
The members of the Christian Association of Nigerian-Americans (CANAN) on Thursday embarked on a rally in U.S. to demand that the Boko Haram group in the country be designated as Foreign Terrorist...
View ArticleFG urges Nigerians in Diaspora to invest in Centenary City
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday challenged Nigerians in Diaspora to be agents of change, development and proponents of national economic emancipation and unity and that they should invest in...
View ArticlePIB: North opposes Host Community Fund
The North has opposed the Host Community Fund that has been prescribed in the new Petroleum Industry Bill, which is undergoing debate at the National Assembly.
View ArticleOhanaeze condemns Integrated National Master Plan, says it is a plan to...
Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Saturday, kicked against the National Planning Commission (NPC) document on integrated master plan for the country, saying it was well...
View ArticleUN Women, Novo Health, sign MoU on rural women’s health, empowerment
The United Nations Women (UN Women), on Friday, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a health management organisation, Novo Health Africa, to bring empowerment and better health to Nigerian...
View ArticleScientists blame kidney, liver problems on contaminated food
Scientists, under the aegis of Mycotoxicology Society of Nigeria (MSN), have blamed increasing cases of kidney and liver failures on consumption of fungal contaminated food.
View ArticleAPC won’t change name –CPC
The Congress for Progressive Change has said the proposed mega opposition party, All Progressive Congress, will not change its name.
View ArticleRivers Assembly takeover hasty – Presidency
The Presidency and the National Assembly were at loggerheads on Friday over the decision of the Senate and the House of Representatives to take over the legislative functions of the Rivers State House...
View ArticleJonathan in truce meeting with five governors•Aliyu, Nyako, others state...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday had a closed-doors meeting with five Northern Peoples Democratic Party governors in a step towards resolving the crisis rocking the ruling Peoples Democratic Party.
View ArticleI’m happy we qualified for 2014 CHAN, says Keshi
Super Eagles Coach, Stephen Keshi has blamed the 0-2 loss in the second leg qualifier for Africa Nations Cup Championship (CHAN) to lack of composure of the players. In spite of the loss, Super Eagles...
View ArticlePresident: Changing times and tide
In the past few weeks, groups that had hitherto stood on the fence or had distanced themselves altogether from President Goodluck Jonathan, who had declared that they would look elsewhere for another...
View ArticleCar conveying family of 4 plunges into river
Emo-tions ran high, Thursdayy, when a car in which a man, his wife and two children were travelling suddenly plunged into Ososa river on Lagos-Bennin road in Odogbolu Local Government Area of Ogun...
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