Crisis: FCT monarchs disown natives’ scribe
Traditional rulers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) under the aegis of FCT Council of Chiefs have disassociated themselves from…
Rights violation: ECOWAS court okays suit against Nigerian government
The Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), on Tuesday, granted an application seeking…
FG orders investigation into Big Brother Nigeria Controversy
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has been directed to investigate the circumstances surrounding the reported shooting of the ongoing Big…
FG tasks NANS on eliminating cultism, drug abuse among students
THE Federal Government has tasked the leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) to work hard as a…
Court injunction: Oyo Govt suspends LG elections indefinitely
THE Oyo State Government, on Tuesday, suspended the planned local government elections slated for February 11, following an injunction by…
Membership Registration: S-East, S-South politicians urged to embrace APC
Senators, House of Representatives members, as well as well-meaning political gladiators from the South-South and South-East zones have been urged…
Stakeholders back Petrol Pump Price downward review
The House of Representatives ad hoc committee, on the review of the pump price of petrol and petroleum products, on…
UNN marks its 46th Convocation, turns out 12,448 graduates
VICE CHANCELLOR of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), Professor Benjamin Chukwuma Ozumba has said that the institution will on…
Arrest our member who foment trouble – Ondo NURTW chairman
THE Chairman of the Ondo State chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Comrade Adetula Ariyo, on…
Chibok girls: FG warns BBOG not to constitute an opposition
THE Federal Government, on Monday, asked the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) group to stick to its role as an…
Living on the edge: Nigerian community threatened by extinction
Residents of Agwagune community in Cross River State are currently in dire straits. Faced with a natural disaster that could…
Indefinite shutdown
The Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa, has not been functioning for about two months due to a crisis over remuneration. AUSTIN…
Rising prices, dwindling fortunes: Nigerians’ unending agonies, frustration
Between December last year and now, prices of services and commodities have risen exponentially. TADE MAKINDE report that Nigerians are…
Why I went for corpse’s head —Suspect arrested in Oyo
Some years back, the Olomi axis was known for its notoriety in driver union’s clash with law enforcement agents and…
How touts run court business in Ikeja
AYOMIDE OWONIBI-ODEKANYIN and KEHINDE AKINSEHINDE-JAYEOBA look at the strange activities going on in the backyard of the judiciary in Lagos.…
Techniques we used to beat Customs: Story of a former car smuggler
The ban on vehicle importation through the land borders has upped the smuggling ante. TOLA ADENUBI, NEWTON-RAY UKWUOMA and NAZA…
Gambia MPs extend President Jammeh’s term
Gambia's national assembly has adopted a resolution to allow President Yahya Jammeh to stay in power for three more months,…
Obama approval hits 60% as end of term approaches
President Barack Obama will leave office Friday with his highest approval rating since 2009, his presidency largely viewed as a…
UK evacuates 3,500 nationals from Gambia
THOMAS Cook is beginning its evacuation of 3,500 Brits from The Gambia after the Foreign Office warned against all but…
George Bush hospitalised since Saturday – Spokesman
Former president George H.W. Bush has been hospitalised, his spokesman told CNN early Wednesday morning. Jim McGrath said that Bush…
