NIGERIA: Man, 85 disappears from home
As she walked into the Corporate head office of Vanguard Media in Lagos, it was obvious that all was not well with Miss Perpetua Amaefule , as she later identified...
NIGERIA: Police parade 80-yr-old man for robbery
Kogi State Police Command yesterday arrested and paraded an 80-year-old man, Momoh Rapheal along with 14 others for different robbery cases. Other suspects paraded by the command yesterday are Saka...
Eid-El-Maulud: FG declares Jan. 24 as public holiday in Nigeria
The Federal Government has declared Thursday, Jan. 24, as public holiday to commemorate the Muslim celebration of Eid-El-Maulud. The Minister of Interior, Mr Abba Moro, made the announcement in Abuja...
N60m cell phone project: Nigeria activist calls for sack of Agric Minister, others
Human right activist, Alhaji Joseph Atseyinku, has lent weight to growing criticisms against the plan by the Federal Government to purchase cell phones for ten million rural farmers across Nigeria....
NIGERIA: Gunmen, Kidnappers on rampage in Gombe
A state of uneasy calm has enveloped Gombe state arising from the killing of the Minority Leader of the State House of Assembly and others. Security situation in Gombe state...
NIGERIA: I was promised a job, only to be robbed, gang-raped, laments teenage hawker
“ Life has been unfair to me”. This was the statement that greeted this reporter as he approached 19-year-old Chidi Okolie, who is currently going through psychological trauma following an...
NIGERIA: 38 cleaners earn salaries as Headmasters in Delta
A startling revelation was made yesterday when a total of 38 cleaners, two accountants and a driver were discovered in the payroll of a primary school in the riverine area...
Niger Delta devt: Jonathan has drifted, says ex-militant, Tamuno
A former Niger Delta militant leader, Mr. Tamuno George, also known as “General,” yesterday, took a swipe at the administration of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan and concluded that it has drifted...
NIGERIA: Security challenges are under control, Jonathan tells international community
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan yesterday said that the security challenges currently facing the country would soon become issues of the past, as according to him, ‘’our security challenges are under control.’’....
NIGERIA: FG, states, LGAs squander N80 trn in 9 years
BY the end of December 31, 2013 the three tiers of government in Nigeria would have spent N80 trillion or more, going by federal and states’ budget appropriations and statutory...