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NANS Rejects N5,000 Note

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has rejected the proposed N5000 note by the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN), saying…

Lagos To Generate 7,000 Jobs, Build 15 Bridges

The Lagos State Government says the expansion and reconstruction of the Mile 12-Ikorodu Road will generate over 7,000 jobs for…

Grandpa Elechi Unmasked

Here are the scandalous projects of Governor Martin Elechi of Ebonyi State Governor Martin Elechi of Ebonyi State spends more…

Gov Elechi’s Projects Are Worthwhile

Nwandugo Chukwura, Ebonyi Commissioner for Works tells FUNSHO BALOGUN that the state government is spreading its development projects across the…

No Project Of This Govt Benefits Our People

In this interview with FUNSHO BALOGUN, Ikechukwu Nwafor, chairman, Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria, Ebonyi State Council, speaks…

The Ugly Bribe For Peace

Analysts warn that the present huge payments to former militants for peace in the Niger Delta is not sustainable  On…

Gunning For Mr. Deputy Gov

The Deputy Governor of Taraba State, Alhaji Sani Danladi Abubakar is facing impeachment proceedings at the state House of Assembly …

Serena edges out Azarenka for 4th US Open title

Serena Williams has won her fourth US Open title, literally waking up from the dead to edge out Belarussian Victoria…

Adenuga, 148 others to get national honors

Chairman of Globacom, Dr. Mike Adenuga, will be honored 17 September by President Goodluck Jonathan with one of Nigeria’s highest…

Jonathan urges prayers for Nigeria

President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday advised members of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) to continue to pray for…

Early Mars may have been inhabitable, say scientists

Instead of a warm, wet and possibly life-bearing planet as some scientists contend, early Mars may have been a hostile…

Al-Jazeera mobile network hacked again

Qatar-based Al-Jazeera news network’s mobile service was hacked on Sunday, four days after a number of its Internet websites came…

Oyo government accuses court registrar of corruption

Nigeria’s Oyo State Government has petitioned the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, alleging abuse of office by the…

Bloody Sunday: Robbers kill 2 cops, 7 others

Cyriacus Izuekwe & Oluwole Adeboye Armed robbers went on the rampage this afternoon in Lagos and killed several people including…

Nigeria already late for Rio Olympics, says Ekeji

Nigeria is already late in beginning its preparations for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games to be hosted by Brazil, an…

26 die in 2 accidents on Sagamu-Benin expressway

No fewer than 12 persons were on Saturday burnt beyond recognition while three others sustained serious injuries in a ghastly…

Death toll rises in Adamawa flood caused by Cameroon

The death toll from flooding in Adamawa state, north eastern Nigeria after heavy rain and the release of water from…

NDA honours Liberia’s Sirleaf, Mark, Anyaoku

The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) on Saturday in Kaduna honoured Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Former Commonwealth Secretary-General Emeka Anyaoku and…

Palestine bids to change status at UN

(AFP) – Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said on Saturday he will make a bid on September 27 to obtain non-member…

Kano State sponsors students abroad

Nigeria’s Kano State Government has sponsored 25 indigenes of the state to study Marine Engineering in India and the United States.A…

Amaechi snubs ASUU, confirms appointment of VC

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Despite the current strike by lecturers at Rivers State University, Governor Chibuike Amaechi has confirmed the  appointment…

Jonathan to visit Malawi, Botswana

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will begin a three-day working visit to Malawi and Botswana on Monday. .President Jonathan who…

Canada cuts ties with Tehran

Canada has closed its Tehran embassy and ordered Iranian diplomats expelled, in a damning severance of ties in which it…

7 Boko Haram terrorists killed in gun battle

Suspected members of Boko Haram ,the Islamist extremist group and Nigerian soldiers exchanged gun fire in a battle in Maiduguri…

News Analysis: The demise of Air Nigeria

Jon Gambrell, AP Reporter Almost half the aircraft had been pulled out of service at Air Nigeria, the country’s second-largest…

NDDC meeting adjourned for lack of quorum

A meeting of governors of oil producing states, scheduled for today in Asaba, capital of Delta state has been called…

Nigeria acquires more gunboats for maritime security

Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Friday in Port-Harcourt inaugurated 10 new patrol gunboats to boost the operations of the Joint…

Liberian leader, Sirleaf arrives for NDA honour

The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) will honour Chief Emeka Anyaoku, former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, and Liberia’s President Helen Johnson…

No traffic booking next week, but drive carefully

From 10 September to 14 September, the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) will suspend traffic rules enforcement for a week-long…

Ebonyi buys 200 computers for e-library

Mr Dan Ibiam, the Director, Ebonyi Library Board, on Friday in Abakaliki said the State Government had concluded plans to…