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PHCN Unions Acting Like Outlaws —Bart Nnaji

Professor Barth Nnaji, the Minister of Power on Monday said the various unions to which workers of Power Holding Company…

TERRORISM: Group Decries Action Of State Govs

The Foundation for Sustainable Peace and Conflict Resolution in Africa, a Non-Governmental, Non-Political Organization with Regional Offices in other African…

Gunmen in Cab Rob RCCG Pastor

A Pastor (simply called Gideon) with the Redeemed Christian Church of God was over the weekend robbed of all his…

Increasing Revenue, Wasteful Spending

The six months target hit by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has resulted in more posers for the Goodluck…

Assad’s regime collapsing, says former PM

Former Syrian Prime Minister Riyad Hijab said on Tuesday President Bashar al-Assad’s government is falling apart and only controls 30…

Nigeria’s Plateau state splits as bridge collapses

The Shendam bridge in Jos on Tuesday collapsed, cutting off most parts of Plateau South from the rest of the…

Power minister invites scrutiny of PHCN pension funds

The Minister of Power, Professor Bart Nnaji, has requested leading Civil Society Organizations (CSOS) in the country to look into…

28 die, many missing as flood ravages Plateau state

Flooding caused by heavy rains in Plateau state, central Nigeria, has killed at least 28 people, with many others still…

Borno sacks caretaker council committees

The Borno government has announced the dissolution of its 27 local government caretaker committees in the state after the expiry…

Police officer arrested for killing driver

The Bayelsa State Police Command last night confirmed the arrest of a police officer attached to MOPOL 30 Squadron in…

Prophet turns woman sex slave for fake spiritual aid

Cyriacus Izuekwe A self-styled prophet, Dennis Mmadu, 35, is now cooling his heels at Kirikiri Prison, Apapa, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria,…

Gov. Akpabio: State police panacea to security problems

Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom state said the establishment of state police will help check the spate of violent…

Olympics: Chukwumerije wants sports managers sacked

Sen. Uche Chukwumerije on Monday in London called for sanctions against all the people responsible for the country’s failure to…

NUC conducts forensic survey of Achievers varsity

Nigeria’s National Universities Commission (NUC) has commenced a forensic survey of the Achievers University, Owo, Ondo State, having lifted the…

Jonathan breaks fast with muslim diplomats

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday called on Muslims to use the remaining period of the Ramadan to seek Allah’s intervention…

Exxon Mobil causes oil spill in Akwa Ibom

An oil spill has been detected along the coast of southern Nigerian state of Akwa Ibom, near operations for US…

UNILAG not UNIBEN Nigeria’s first in web ranking

University of Lagos has been ranked number one among Nigerian universities, in the latest webometric ranking of 100 universities in…

PDP boss: ‘They want to chop Airhiavbere’s money’

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin The verbal altercation between members of the Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), over the…

FG declares Monday and Tuesday public holiday

Monday 20th and Tuesday the 21st August have been declared as public holidays to commemorate the 2012 Eid-ul-fitr Sallah celebrations…

Riot in Senegal after boy dies in custody

Police fired teargas at stone-throwing demonstrators in south-eastern Senegal Monday, injuring one person as protests erupted over the death of…

Nigerian Cop on church guard duty killed

Unidentified gunmen today attacked the All Saints Catholic Church, Kanoyel in Gombe State, killing a policeman who was on duty…

20 Boko Haram members shot dead

Twenty suspected Boko Haram militants in Maiduguri,have been killed by Nigerian soldiers in a shootout. But the army lost one…

ACN passes confidence vote on Senator Akume

SENATOR GEORGE AKUME REMAINS SENATE MINORITY LEADER – ACN The Action Congress of Nigeria has passed a vote of confidence…

VP Sambo prays for Nigerian peace in Saudi

Nigeria’s Vice-President Namadi Sambo on Saturday in Madinah joined other Muslims to pray for peace, unity and development of Nigeria.…

Malians rally for peace in Bamako

Up to 60,000 people gathered Sunday for a peace rally in Mali, which was split in two after Islamists wrested…

Boko Haram in shootout with Nigeria police

A shootout has been reported in the Bindigari area of Damaturu, capital of Yobe state, where militants of the Boko…

Israel readying for Iran strike tests missiles

Israel on Sunday began testing an SMS system for warning the public of an imminent missile attack as chatter over…

PDP opts out of Edo election petition

Nigeria’s ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has called on Edo Election Petition Tribunal to strike out its name…

Be warned…flooding predicted in 14 Nigerian states

Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Environment has predicted downpour between now and August 19, which might cause flooding in 14 states.…

Obama’s rival hits campaign with running mate

Mitt Romney and newly minted running mate Paul Ryan will try to energize supporters in North Carolina Sunday after they…