Month: May 2014

A human rights organisation, for Women BAOBAB yesterday demanded an apology from the First Lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan, for parents of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls for expressing doubts that the...

Residents and some government officials in Borno State on Wednesday expressed displeasure over the alleged “ill treatment” of the state officials at the presidency in Abuja during interrogation over the...

Major Nigerian carrier, Arik Air, has alerted air travellers on the new security measures put in place at Nigerian airports by the federal government and therefore advised all intending air...

President Goodluck  Jonathan yesterday met with the United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. James Entwistle, in Abuja to discuss modalities for the actualisation of the offer made by President Barrack...

The TY Danjuma Foundation has launched a $5 million endowment at the Centre for Comparative Law in Africa, University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa to fund African scholars’ research...

President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday thanked the World Economic Forum (WEF) for its decision to organise the event in Nigeria, stating that with the recent rebasing of Nigeria’s GDP, the country...

There was anxiety and confusion among aviation officials at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja Thursday with the news that the security experts were expected to fly into the country...

Three people were confirmed dead in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, yesterday following heavy downpour that seized the city for several hours.   A middle-aged man was killed in the...

Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Amaechi, has said the current security challenges in the country could be linked to poverty and unemployment.   Amaechi disclosed this when the Senate Committee on...

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has applauded the decision of the United States, Britain, China and other countries to assist in rescuing the over 200 schoolgirls abducted by the Boko...