Anambra poll: Court decides Andy Uba’s fate today
PORT HARCOURT – A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt is expected to rule today on notice for interlocutory injunction seeking to uphold the candidacy of Andy Uba in place...
How a Nigerian, Emmanuel Ekhator jailed in US stole $11m
ABUJA — Details emerged, yesterday, of how a Nigerian, Emmanuel Ekhator, successfully ripped off unsuspecting persons across the United States and Canada to the tune of $11 million (N1.782 billion)...
Nigeria: Baby Factories – Growing Lawlessness
SALE of babies has been going on for a while. Teenage girls with unwanted pregnancies give out the children, for adoption, usually to couples who want them. Such couples get...
Strike: Suswam’s committee didn’t advise FG properly, says ASUU
UMUAHIA – The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has blamed chairman of universities’ NEEDS Assessment Committee and governor of Benue State, Mr. Gabriel Suswam, for the lingering strike by...
STRIKE: Go back to negotiation, NANS urges ASUU
National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has disapproved of the protracted industrial action embarked on by Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, calling on the lecturers to resume negotiations with...
Cultists rape woman, kill husband, three others during clash
LAGOS — Rival cultists, Tuesday night, clashed in Somolu and Ketu areas of Lagos, leaving four persons dead and several others injured. In Ajelogo area of Ketu, it was gathered...
The Happiest (and Saddest) Countries
The United Nations General Assembly's second World Happiness Report ranks countries based on several measures of well-being and analyzes the factors that contribute to that well-being. Here are the country...
ASUP At Last, Agrees To End Strike As ASUU Snubs Senate Education Committee
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Tuesday heeded pleas from the Senate Committee on Education, Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufa'i and his Labour and Productivity counterpart, Chief Emeka...
Fake hymens for sale – how women in Abuja are getting their virginities back
An unidentified 20-year-old undergraduate at the University of Abuja, recently tested the limits of the the product, and now according to reports the new hymen is gaining ground in Abuja....
Nigeria: President Jonathan sacks nine ministers
President Goodluck Jonathan today reshuffled his cabinet, dropping nine ministers. The ministers affected are Ruqayat Rufai (Education); Zainab Kunchi (Power, [state]); Buka Tijani (Agriculture [state]), Shamsudeen Usman (National Planning;...