Army Quizzes Newspaper’s Staff over Unfavourable Report
Troops from the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army yesterday invaded the Maiduguri Regional Office of the Media Trust, the publishers of Daily Trust newspaper and quizzed two of its...
Terrorism: Crashed NAF Helicopter Pilot Given Emotional Burial
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday mourned the demise of Nigerian Air force Helicopter pilot, late Flight Lieutenant Akweke Junior Nwakile, who died in the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Mi-35 Helicopter crash...
NIGERIA: Obasanjo, Amosun Register, Call for Inclusion of Blood Group in National ID
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun yesterday registered for the National Identity cards in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital. The former president who registered at the...
Low Turnout Mars Osun Osogbo Festival over Ebola Fear
The grand finale of the annual Osun Osogbo festival was yesterday celebrated low key following the announcement by the state government that foreigners should be restricted from the festival. The...
NIGERIA: Gunmen Kill 3 Policemen at Checkpoint
Gunmen have killed three Policemen at check point after Tilden Fulani Village in Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The Bauchi State Police command Public Relations Officer DSP Haruna...
‘Indigenes Sponsored for Oversea Studies Must Serve Sokoto for 4 Years’
Sokoto State government, Friday said indigenes sponsored for post graduate studies abroad, must serve with the state for four years. The state Commissioner of Health, Alhaji Ahmed Aliyu, made this...
Tragedy Averted as NSCDC Boss Allegedly Escape Police Assassination
The growing rift between the men and officers of the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) took a dangerous turn yesterday over an allegation...
Abia Advisory Council Warns Against Devisive Use of New States
With expectations rising on the creation of new states following the recommendations of the just concluded National Conference, the Abia State Advisory Council yesterday urged the people to use new...
EFCC Arrests Impersonator of Okonjo-Iweala’s Secretary
Luck ran out of a suspected fraudster that impersonated Mr. Wilson Amarachi, Secretary to Minister of Finance and Co-ordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as he has been...
Obasanjo, Annan to Meet Ghanaian President on Drug Challenges
The Chairman of the West Africa Commission on Drugs, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and the Chairman of the Kofi Annan Foundation, Mr. Kofi Annan, are to meet with the Ghanaian President...