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Delta State Governor Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has warned community leaders to desist from protecting criminals in their midst as they…

Brutal communal violence is being perpetuated in central Nigeria because of a failure to tackle the root causes of the bloodshed and prosecute those responsible, Human Rights Watch said Thursday. The global rights monitor said in a new report that formal…

“I want to be able to persuade people in power that girls’ education is important,” says Simon Abigail, 15

Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi (left), presenting a gift and his recently authored book, “Regaining The Legacy” to the…

Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi; acknowledging cheers from workers, after an interactive session with Local Government Employees, in Gboyin…

Let me begin with Chinweizu, the non-conformist pan- African intellectual who wrote The West and the Rest of Us, a…

The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has admonished Ekiti men that the signing of the Equal Opportunities Bill…

L-R: Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi; Ewi of Ado-Ekiti, Oba Rufus Adejugbe; Chairman, Sawmillers Association of Nigeria, Ekiti State…

Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Prof Modupe Adelabu (middle), beaming with smile while Wife of the Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi (right)…

The Permanent Secretary of Water Resources Ministry, Baba Umar Faruk has called for stakeholders’ concerted efforts towards tackling the enormous…

The Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Alhaji Kabiru Tanimu Turaki has assured Nigerians that the Federal Ministry of…

The Senate Committee on Special Duties has again rated the Federal Ministry of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs high, on…

The Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson has signed into law a 2013 supplementary budget of N42.2bn after its passage…

As the nation warms up for the conduct of general elections in 2015, the Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake…

The Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson on Tuesday reiterated his administration’s commitment to zero tolerance for crime and criminality,…

Human Rights Watch on Friday called for Boko Haram to stop targeting ordinary Nigerians, claiming the banned Islamist group had abducted scores of women and girls and used children as young as 12 in fighting. The organisation also called on the Nigerian…

Report cites discrepancies between evidence of environmental damage from Nigeria spills and claims made by oil company

Most Nigerian farmers now abandon growing food and economic crops for cannabis in a bid to become instant millionaires, the country’s anti-narcotics agency said on Saturday. In a statement, Ahmadu Giade, the chairman of the Nigeria’s National Drug Law…

The Nigerian presidency on Wednesday hit back at criticism by former president Olusegun Obasanjo, describing his widely leaked letter accusing Goodluck Jonathan of leadership failures as “indecorous” and “reckless”. Presidential spokesman Reuben Abati…

Most Africans believe their politicians can commit crimes such as stealing and mismanagement with impunity, according to a survey released on Wednesday of 22 of the continent’s natural resource-producing countries. Despite attempts to improve governance…