Nigeria: Governor Rochas Okorocha the Man, the Politician, the Artist
The name Okorocha has become a household name in Imo state, and many other South East states. This is due to his vision and mode of governorship that has for...
Nigeria: I’ve received strange messages over cabinet dissolution –Fayemi
Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi claims he has been receiving strange messages since he announced the dissolution of his cabinet on Wednesday. Fayemi, during the inauguration of new permanent secretaries...
Nigeria: Fashola urges FG to relocate tank farms
Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola has urged the Federal Government to relocate fuel discharging facilities (tank farms) from Tin Can Island. The port complex houses MRS Oil tank farm/depot which...
Nigeria: Delta opposes FG’s affidavit on Ibori’s $15m bribe
Delta State Government on Thursday opposed the Federal Government’s application seeking an extension of time to file another affidavit in the controversial $15m cash allegedly received as bribe by the...
Nigeria: Kano receives school donation in Abuja over insecurity
A ceremony to hand over the 317 schools built by the Japanese government to Kano State took place in Abuja on Thursday. However, our correspondent learnt that the ceremony, which...
Nigeria: Ndigbo urges President to address S’East roads, power
Members of a South-East socio-cultural organisation, Ndigbo Lagos, on Thursday met with President Goodluck Jonathan to discuss issues of grave concern to the region in particular and the nation in...
Nigeria: Ondo lawyer arraigned for alleged murder
A legal practitioner, Mr. Busayo Oroyo, was on Thursday arraigned before a Chief Magistrate Court in Akure for allegedly killing a 25-year-old man, Orioye Oyetakin. The police arrested Oroyo last...
Return toxic waste containers to UK – FG
Federal Government has ordered that the toxic waste containers on board MV Marivia Monrovia be returned to the port of origin in the United Kingdom. The Director-General of National Environmental...
‘Why Nigeria may lose war against same-sex marriage’
The Forum for Justice and Human Rights Defence said on Thursday that unless sections 37 and 43 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria were amended, the...
Why would anyone want to become a doctor?
The news about a medical doctor who abandoned medicine to become an oil pipeline thief may have cast a pall on the prestige of what is supposed to be a...