After about one year of legal fireworks, the Court of Appeal in Jos, has fixed July 11 to decide whether or not the Senate President, Senator David Mark, will continue to represent the people of Benue South Senatorial District in
The Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) yesterday reached an agreement with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Civil Society Organisations on how to join forces to picket private schools in order to get them involved in the ongoing national strike.
Speaker of Adamawa State House of Assembly, Hon. James Barka, has announced that the impeachment charges against the state Governor Murtala Nyako (rtd) has been dropped.
A new identity card management scheme, which will commence by the end of the year is to cost about N30 billion, the Director-General /Chief Executive Officer of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Mr. Chris Onyem-enam, said yesterday.
Bayelsa State government yesterday sought intervention of the international community in the resolution of the protracted crisis in the Niger Delta region.
Son of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Dr Gbenga Obasanjo, yesterday, reiterated his decision to part ways with his estranged wife, Moji, adding that notwithstanding the dissolution of the marriage, Moji could continue to bear his name if she wants.
Dare devil armed robbers yesterday in Abuja sent commuters and passers by scampering for dear life after they opened fire on their victims and shot into the air taking charge of the intersection between Muhammadu Buhari and Ahmadu Bello Way
The World Bank, in an historic move, yesterday approved two credits totaling $450 million to support the Federal and State Governments of Nigeria in the fight against rural poverty.
Oil production at the Royal Dutch Shell's Bonga field is yet to return to full capacity after the recent recent attack on the facility be the dreaded Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta.
FIVE Itsekiri communities in Warri North of Delta State, where over 260 oil wells were ceded illegally to Ondo State by former President Obasanjo administration yesterday stated that the land returned to the state government belong to all the six
The current high prices of oil will aggravate poverty and starvation in the world's undeveloped countries, if urgent measures are not deployed to encourage private access to oil reserves, evolution of technologies and consumption efficiency.
The row at the House of Representatives over the Speaker, Hon. Dimeji Bankole's frequent overseas travels may have died down with his impassioned plea to his colleagues last week, but not so for the malaise of absenteeism which has afflicted
Minister of Science and Technology, Chief Grace Ekpiwhre has assured that the Federal Government will encourage and promote further research in the field of Stem-Cell Technology because of its critical role in enhancing our health care delivery system.
Minister of Finance Shamsuddeen Usman yesterday told the House of Representatives Committee on Capital Market that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE) did not manage the drop in the share prices of stocks witnessed recently
The death of former South-south Vice-Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Aminasoari Dikibo, reechoed at the Justice Kayode Eso-led Truth and Reconciliation Commission yesterday where the family pointed accusing fingers at the PDP for masterminding his death.
As the Senate yesterday condemned arrests of persons invited to give testimonies in the National Assembly within its premises, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will tomorrow arraign the two former Ministers of Aviation arrested over the N19.5 billion
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mrs. Farida Waziri, says corruption will be a major obstacle in achieving the seven-point agenda of the President Umaru Yar'adua's administration.
