Month: July 2013

UGHELLI—ARCHBISHOP of the Benin Catholic Province, Bishop Augustine Akubueze, yesterday, said that the departed Senator Pius Ewherido had played his role on earth and gone to rest. Meanwhile, two groups,...

A former commissioner for commerce in Osun state, Sola Oladeinde has cited five reasons why the candidature of Senator Iyiola Omisore is receiving overwhelming support across Osun state, declaring ``Iyiola...

ELDER Statesman and First Republic Minister of Aviation, Chief Mbazulike Amaechi is the last man standing in Southern Nigeria among the generation of nationalists who fought for the nation’s independence....

Helen Thomas, the long-time White House correspondent who was known for sitting in front rows to grill past presidents of the United States has died. She was 92 years old. Thomas,...

LAGOS — An Arik Air passenger en route Lagos-Owerri from London, yesterday, slumped and died at the entrance of the General Aviation Terminal, GAT, Terminal 1, Lagos airport. The passenger...

LAGOS — Operatives of the Special Fraud Unit, SFU, Ikoyi, Lagos have smashed a syndicate which specialised in defrauding members of the public by sending congratulatory text messages for winning...

ABUJA — Upset by Senate bid to peg official marriage age in Nigeria at 18, northern youths, yesterday, lashed out at the lawmakers, warning them not to stoke the embers...