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Redeemed Church ordains 7000 deacons

The 60th Convention of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) started on Monday with the ordination of 7,000 deacons…

Hillary Clinton arrives Nigeria Thursday

US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton is scheduled to arrive Nigeria on Thursday in continuation of her tour of African…

Fashola: Why we made a new traffic law

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Monday said the State’s new Traffic Law was aimed at achieving compliance…

Nigeria: 2 arms of government cross swords

UBONG GEORGE/MAKURDI The crisis between the Executive and the Legislative arms of government in Nigeria’s Benue State has resulted in…

PDP withdraws petition against Governor Oshiomhole

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin The Edo State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may have distanced itself from the petition filed last…

UNIBEN ranked first among Nigerian universities

Jethro Ibileke, Benin The University of Benin (UNIBEN) has emerged the leading university in Nigeria, courtesy of the July 2012…

Ghana Lessons For Nigeria

Ghana, Nigeria’s calmer cousin, offers a number of lessons on how  the business of government should be conducted For the…

The Wasteful President

Not only is the presidential system of government expensively operated by Nigeria, President Goodluck Jonathan has demosntrated that he’ll rather…

The Brazil Example

In global ranking, Brazil and Nigeria are grouped as Third World countries. But indices of recent economic developments in the…

UK Also Has Lessons For Nigerian Leaders

Ken Achufuna, a lawyer and Coordinator, Citizen Rights Lawyering, a London-based human rights group that promotes, campaigns and protects’ citizen…

Seven Suspected Internet Fraudsters Arrested

The Kwara State Police Command has arrested seven suspects who allegedly specialise in defrauding banks through the internet. They are…

Varsity Graduate Marries Disabled

Hundreds of guests at a church wedding on Saturday witnessed the triumph of love over material possession and other considerations…

Teacher Dies Plucking Pear For Girlfriend

A teacher with the Federal Housing Estate Secondary School, Calabar, the Cross River State capital, southsouth Nigeria, has plunged to…

Banker, 2 Others Nabbed For Robbery

A banker with a new generation bank in Lagos, Wunmi Oyediran and two other suspects, Adewale Ogunbiyi and Richard Imoh,…

Beggars Protest At Alausa

Hundreds of beggars in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, today stormed the Lagos State Government Secretariat and the House of Assembly…

Drive Against Traffic, Face 3-Year Jail Term

Bullion van drivers and other motorists who drive against traffic will now face three years imprisonment without fine. This is…

Lagos Wages War Against Land Grabbers

The activities of land grabbers, popularly known as Omonile in recent times in Lagos State, southwest Nigeria have given the…

Lagos Takes Technical Education To New Level

With the establishment of Samsung Engineering Academy designed to train and retrain graduates from the state technical colleges and the…

Guards Foil Theft At Catholic Church

Vigilant security personnel at the St. Augustine’s Catholic Church, Ukhegie, Benin City, Sunday arrested a suspected motorcycle thief in the church premises…

Redeemed Church Retires 3 Elders

The Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, has retired elders of the church. The retirees were honoured at the service…

Jonathan rebuffs Boko Haram leader on Islam

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday dismissed as “blackmail” a call on him by the suspected leader of Islamist group…

Usain Bolt remains world’s fastest man

Jamaica’s Usain Bolt sealed his status as the greatest sprinter of all time after retaining the men’s Olympic 100m title…

5 Nigerian soldiers killed by Boko Haram’s bomber

Forty eight hours after a failed suicide bombing failed to hit a high profile target in Damaturu, Yobe state, another…

Boko Haram leader attacks Obama, Jonathan in video

Abubakar Shekau, the man suspected to be the leader of Nigeria’s terrorist group, Boko Haram has criticised US President Barack…

Olympics: Okagbare dashes Nigeria’s medal hope

Nigeria’s greatest hope for an Olympic medal, Blessing Okagbare failed this evening to meet her nation’s expectation. She did not…

NASA probes life on Mars

Are we alone? Or was there life on another planet? NASA’s $2.5 billion dream machine, the Mars Science Laboratory, aims…

Nigerian troops in massive arrests of terror suspects

Explosions rocked parts of the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri Saturday as troops engaged suspected Islamic radicals and raided homes,…

Okada operators run riot in Kwara

Scores of commercial motorcyclists have staged a protest in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, against the decision of the government…

Governor Amaechi laments fall in revenue

Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Nigeria’s Rivers state has said that the monthly revenue of the state government has dropped from…

Nigeria’s Army uncovers bomb factory

The Nigerian Army in Kaduna on Saturday announced the arrest of a suspected member of a terror group after raiding…