Eid Malud horror: Suicide bomber kills 30, injures 50 in Maiduguri
This year’s Eid Malud Festival was marred in Maiduguri, Borno State by a bomb blast at the busy Post Office Roundabout in Maiduguri, Borno State on Tuesday. A lone suicide bomber, believed to be a...
View ArticleDoctors in Edo state begin strike over pay dispute
Doctors in Edo state have heeded the call of their association to begin an indefinite strike. The strike is to protest the deduction by the state government of five days’ pay from the last December...
View ArticleFG shops for new VCs for UNN, UNIABUJA
The Federal Government of Nigeria has begun the process towards finding credible replacements for the Vice Chancellors (VCs) of University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) and University of Abuja, Gwagwalada...
View ArticleNo rift between Okorocha, deputy – Imo govt
The Imo State government has dismissed suggestions of a rift between Governor Rochas Okorocha and his deputy, Prince Eze Madumere. The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Dr. Theodore Ekechi,...
View ArticleGov. Jang reshuffles cabinet
Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau State yesterday reshuffled his cabinet with Mrs. Olivia Daziem, a lawyer, emerging as the new Commissioner for Information and Communications. In a statement signed by...
View ArticleSenator Abe: APC Applauds Senate over Swift Action, Lauds Ogonis for Banning...
The All Progressives Congress (APC), Rivers State Chapter has applauded the Senate for the prompt action it has taken to get to the root of the disruption, by armed policemen, of Sunday’s rally...
View ArticleObiano calls on Anambra Communities in Diaspora to Invest at Home
The Governor-elect of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano has called on all indigenes of the state in the Diaspora to return home and invest in Anambra State and contribute to on-going efforts to...
View ArticleNDLEA arrests 143 suspects, seizes 2, 157.48kg of drugs in Niger
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Niger said it arrested 143 drug suspects and seized 2,157.48kg of drugs in 2013. The NDLEA Commander in the state, Alhaji Abdullahi Abdul, made the...
View ArticleViolent protests paralyse commercial activities in Onitsha
BUSINESS activities were disrupted Wednesday in the commercial city of Onitsha following violent protests by hundreds of youths over alleged killing of a staff of the Anambra State Transport Agency,...
View ArticleTrial stalls as court orders fresh mental assessment for Okah, alleged Abuja...
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday rejected a report by the National Hospital that a suspected terrorist, Mr. Charles Okah is mentally fit to face trial and ordered a fresh medical...
View ArticlePolytechnics: ASUP vows to continue strike
Polytechnic teachers in the country rose from their emergency meeting in Enugu Wednesday and vowed to continue their six-month-old strike until their demands were met. The teachers, who met under the...
View ArticleJigawa police command deploys 7000 personnel to man LG polls
Mr Kayode Theophilus, Jigawa Commissioner of Police said the command will deploy 7,000 police men for the January 18, 2014 local government election in the state. Theophilus made this known during a...
View ArticleEnforcement of environmental laws in Kano will check outbreak of cholera- WHO
An official of the World Health Organisation (WHO), has called for enforcement of environmental laws in Kano state to check the outbreak of cholera and other communicable diseases in the state. Dr...
View ArticleTransactions in NSE ends in positive trend
Transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) ended on a positive trend on Thursday as the market indicators appreciated further by 0.31 per cent. The appreciation was a result of recorded growth...
View ArticleFor act of sodomy, man receives 20 lashes in Bauchi
A Tudun Alkali Shari’a Court in Bauchi State on Thursday ordered that Mubarak Ibrahim, 20, be given 20 lashes of the cane for participating in act of sodomy. The judge, Malam Nuhu Mohammed, gave the...
View ArticleObasanjo has no personal grudges against Tukur, says aide
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said on Thursday that he had no personal animosity against the former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur. The Media Assistant to the...
View ArticleKaduna: Police arrest dismissed soldier for robbery, murder suspects
The Kaduna State Police Command on Friday said it had arrested a murder suspect and two other persons for armed robbery. The Command’s spokesman, Aminu Lawal, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, said...
View Article‘No victor, no vanquished’ says new APGA chairman
Chief Maxi Okwu, the embattled National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) on Friday described his re-emergence as the party’s National Chairman as a “no victor, no vanquished...
View ArticlePolice foils robbery operations in Ibadan
The Oyo State Police Command on Friday announced the killing of four car robbers from two different robbery operations in Ibadan. The State Commissioner of Police, Mr Mohammed Indabawa, said this at a...
View ArticleForum partners Chinese Council on International Trade for economic growth
The Nigeria Entrepreneurs Forum (NEF) says it is exploring areas of partnership with the China Council for Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) to promote economic development in both countries....
View Article