The Chairman of Public Petitions Committee in the House of Representatives, Mr. Uzo Azubuike, yesterday, insisted that the Minister of…
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In an act that looks like a scene from a horror movie, a boy in Daya Village, Fika Local Government…
The Federal Government, yesterday, said it was investigating suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mallam Sanusi Lamido…
The first Secretary to the Military Government and Head of Service in Ogun State, Chief Adedotun Adedeji Kayode Degun has…
Fortified by a faith in God and a Guinness stout — or a tot of something stronger — Ololade Rabiu reckons she must have dug hundreds of wells in her time. But the 46-year-old mother of six is a rarity in Nigeria, where forging deep into the red earth…
Kenyan police have arrested more than 650 suspects a day after six people were killed in bomb attacks in the capital Nairobi, the interior minister said Tuesday, in a crackdown on suspected Islamist insurgents. “This act of cowardice perpetrated against…
The UN’s refugee agency said Tuesday it was prepared to help evacuate some 19,000 Muslims at risk of attack from mainly Christian militias in the conflict-torn Central African Republic. “What we don’t want is to stand by and watch people being slaughtered…
Download image Marriott Becomes Largest Hotel Company in Africa BETHESDA, Md. and CAPE TOWN, South Africa, April 1, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Marriott International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAR) today became the largest hotel company in Africa according to published…
NEW YORK, April 1, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The following statement was issued by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General…
Supervising Minister of Education, Chief Nyesom Wike has denied rumors making the rounds that he has resigned his appointment, attributing…
As preparations for the 2015 general elections gather momentum, the Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brig.-Gen. Bamidele Olawunmi,…
FROM LEFT: Gov. GABRIEL SUSWAM OF BENUE; Senate President DAVID MARK; President GOODLUCK JONATHAN AND THE PDP CHAIRMAN, ALHAJI ADAMU…
Prominent Islamic cleric, Sheik (Dr) Ahmad Abubakar Mahmud Gumi has described the ongoing National Conference as futile, null and void…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has warned the party leadership…
Ogun State Government has released N1.5 billion for the payment of gratuities to pensioners and severance package of former political…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on March 31, 2014 arraigned one Felix Amadi before Justice U.N Agomoh of…
In furtherance of the Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation between the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and Western Australia…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has described the demise of eminent lawyer, Chief G.O.K. Ajayi as the end of…
Nigerians living in Saudi Arabia Monday urged the Federal Government to establish primary and secondary schools to cater for Nigerian…
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) today took staged a protest at the Lagos State Government secretariat, Ikeja over…