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Traders Protest In Abuja Over Multiple Tax

Hundreds of traders in Abuja on Thursday staged a peaceful protest against imposition of multiple taxes on them by Abuja…

Ebola: Nigeria records two new cases

By Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu has announced that two more Nigerians have been infected with…

Environmental Sanitation: Zamfara Govt employs 29,000

The Zamfara Government has employed 29,000 youths from across the state as part of its efforts to boost its environmental…

Ebola: Dr Adadevoh’s Letter on Patrick Sawyer

Many reports have been written on social media, some straight, others embelished or distorted about what actually transpired when the…

Herbalists Buy Human Skulls For N30k

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested two suspected human parts dealers who allegedly bought and sold human skulls in…

Man Sacks Wife, Marries Woman With 7 Kids

Cyriacus Izuekwe An embattled housewife, Adeteju Olaniyi, has narrated before a Lagos court how her husband, Folayan, threw her and…

OAU Students Blame Union Leaders For ‘Needless’ Strike

Akintola Lukman Students of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, Osun state, have blamed their Students’ Union leaders for  embarking on…

Lagos Poly Wears New Look

Harrison Iyoha Management of the Lagos State Polytechnic, LASPOTECH, Ikorodu Campus, has moved to dismiss earlier suggestions that no development…

Oyo Residents Turn Out In Droves For Voters Registration

Many residents of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, turned out enmasse for the Continuous Voters Registration exercise organised by the…

Plateau Gets 1,542 Additional Polling Units

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Plateau has increased the number of polling units in the state by 1,542…

Constituencies Delimitation To Conclude After 2015 Elections —Jega

Prof. Attahiru Jega, Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), said that delimitation of constituencies would be concluded after the general…

Confab: Report Of Delegates A Living Document, Says Sambo

Vice President Namadi Sambo has expressed described the recommendations of delegates at the just concluded national conference as a ‘living…

Singapore, Australia to boost intelligence sharing on jihadis

Australia and Singapore vowed Friday to enhance intelligence sharing in the face of growing fears about the threat posed by…

UN chief slams ‘paralysis’ on Syria as death toll tops 191,000

More than 191,000 people have died in Syria, United Nations rights chief Navi Pillay said Friday, hitting out at “international…

Thousands receiving aid after Boko Haram attack

Nearly 11,500 people from one town in northeast Nigeria are receiving emergency aid after fleeing Boko Haram militants, the country’s…

I will implement National Conference report – Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday said he was going to implement the relevant aspect of the National Conference report, noting…

Gundiri wants PDP primary election in Adamawa

Markus Gundiri, governorship aspirant on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Adamawa, said aspirants should be given equal…

Inadequate funding hampers completion of east-west road

Mohammed Bashar, outgoing Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, said inadequate funding was a major constraint to the completion…

Confab: Jonathan did not influence our decisions – Kutigi

Justice Idris Kutigi, Chairman of the National Conference, on Thursday said President Goodluck Jonathan did not influence the decisions of…

Americans among 12,000 foreign fighters in Syria

Some 12,000 foreign jihadists from 50 countries, including Americans, have gone to fight in Syria since the conflict began, the…

Ebola: NIS urges Health Ministry to send personnel to borders

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Thursday urged the Federal Ministry of Health to provide its personnel at the borders…

Tsav advises Police against involvement in politics

Former Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Abubakar Tsav, on Thursday advised the new police management team to insulate self from…

Sack of resident doctors threat to specialist health care – Consultants

By Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) has said the recent suspension of residency programmes…

Obanikoro assures military retirees of payment of arrears

The Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musliu Obanikoro, on Thursday in Abuja assured military retirees that all their pension…

Islamic State ‘beyond anything we’ve seen’ – US

The Islamic State poses a greater danger than a conventional “terrorist group” and is pursuing a vision that could radically…

Ebola: Nigeria may still record a few cases – Health minister

Ayorinde Oluokun Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu, Nigeria’s Health Minister said on Thursday that few cases of the Ebola Virus Disease could…

Instant noodles carry health risks for women

Women who eat instant noodles, like Ramen, at least two times a week face a greater risk of high blood…

9 arrested for stealing Permanent Voter’s Card in Delta

Jethro Ibileke/Asaba Nine persons have been arrested by the Delta State Police Command for allegedly stealing about 1301 permanent voters’…

Job Creaton: NABTEB To Partner Secretary Schools On Skill Acquisition ‎

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Prompted by the urgent need to prepare and empower secondary school leavers for the harsh economic realities in…

Insurgency has boosted Air Force capacity – CAS

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosun, has disclosed that Nigerian Air Force has actually benefitted…