Late last year, the Supreme Court of Nigeria ratified the death sentence imposed on Police constable Emmanuel Ochiba for the killing of a citizen Mr. Godwin Momoh in cold blood. Currently some more police officers may have...

  From Edwin Olofu & Bala Nasir, Kano To douse mounting apprehension of a likely       outbreak of ethno-religious crisis in Kano state, leaders of a Muslim group known as Concerned Citizens of Kano (CCK) and the Christian...

  The fuel subsidy strike is set to continue into a second week after the failure of weekend talks to settle a crippling dispute over the scrapping of fuel subsidies. Here are some details about the strike and day-by-day...

  By Abdulrahaman Abdulraheem with AP report For the third time in one week,                 talks between organized labour and the Federal Government to end the ongoing strike over petroleum subsidy removal were deadlocked...

The cousin of former military President, Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida who is also a chieftain of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Alhaji Datijo Aliyu, and a former senior special assistant to Governor Mu’azu Babangida...

Home News National News FCTA’s 2012 recurrent budget to be slashed, says Hon. Jime The chairman House Committee on Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Hon. Emmanuel Jime, has stated that the National Assembly will cut down the...

From Uche Nnorom, Makurdi &   Sunday Ejike Benjamin, Abuja The Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of Works and Maintenance, Force Headquarters, Abuja, Sale Abubakar yesterday in Makurdi, the Benue state capital, made...

Home News National News Court halts sack of LG chairmen in Plateau A High court sitting in Jos, Plateau state capital has granted an order of interim injunction restraining the state Governor Jonah Jang, Plateau State Election...

Home News National News Tribunal: ACN, PDP in stormy session over Suswam’s certificate forgery case The Benue state governorship election petition tribunal yesterday experienced a stormy session as parties in the matter between...

Home News National News Fashola requested for soldiers in Lagos since 2010, says NSA, Azazi National Security Adviser (NSA), General Andrew Owoeye Azazi, has said that the deployment of soldiers to Lagos state was in order...

By Julius Ogar and Abdulwahab Isa The promise by President Goodluck Jonathan that workers’ salaries would be paid on the 20th of each month has been broken as civil servants contacted on Friday, disclosed that their January...

Home News National News Boko Haram: UN condemns Kano onslaught United Nations Secretary General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, has expressed regret over last weekend’s attacks by Boko Haram in Kano which led to the killing of over 200 people.

The police on Saturday in Lagos, arrested 11 members of a robbery gang, through the mobile telephone number given by a randy member of the gang to his girl friend. A reliable police source told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...

Motorists in Lagos metropolis have lamented heavy presence of adulterated petroleum products sold by filling stations in the metropolis. Motorists who spoke to our correspondent at the weekend, said most of the fuel imported...

From Bala Nasir, Kano & Nankpah Bwakan, Jos President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday arrived in Kano to condole with the governor, Dr. Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso and the people of the state over Friday’s multiple bomb blasts in the...

Home News National News Poor budgetary allocations may mar 2015 elections, says Jega Chairman of the ndependent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, yesterday told the House of Representatives that the...

There was pandemonium in Sabon Gari area in Fagge local government of Kano state yesterday after an explosive device exploded at a motor park. At least two people sustained injuries in the confusion that trailed the blast as...

The immediate past National Secretary of the Action Congress of Nigeria, Dr. Usman Bugaje has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to resign for demonstrating incompetence and lack of grasp with the current realities of the country.

In the wake of ceaseless bombings and gun attacks in many parts of the country credited to Boko Haram in recent weeks, President Goodluck Jonathan has finally offered an olive branch to the sect. Speaking in an interview with...

By Richard Ihediwa, Sunday Ejike, Sam Egwu, Blessing Tuno and Ayodele Samuel There appears to be tension and confusion in Kogi state as two governors were sworn in to replace sacked Governor Ibrahim Idris  following yesterday’s...