UMUAHIA—Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State has commended national telecommunications operator, Globacom for initiating programmes that will secure the future of Nigerian youths and ensure the safety of corporate investments in the country.

Governor Orji, who gave the commendation in Umuahia at the launching of the first batch of the Glo/Abia State Youth Empowerment Programme, [...]

By  Chidi Nkwopara

OWERRI—No fewer than 18 senior seminarians have been raised to the service of deacons by the Catholic Bishop of Orlu Diocese, Most Rev. Augustine Ukwuoma.

In his sermon, during the colourful event,which took place at Saint John’s Catholic Church, Umuobom, Ideato South Local Government Area of Imo State, Bishop Ukwuoma commended the [...]

The late Dr (Mrs) Maryam Babangida added a lot of glamour to the office of First Lady when her husband Gen. Ibrahim Babangida was military President between 1985 and 1993.

At least eight people were killed in Bauchi today as another Islamic religious sect, Kalo-Kato struck in Zango area throwing the state capital into pandemonium. The sect was demanding the release of its leader said to have been arrested by security agents.

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi will, Thursday, December 31, 2009 swear-in Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu as the new Chief Justice of Nigeria.

By Taye Obateru

Jos — The Plateau State Chapter of Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, has called on the state government and security agencies to investigate alleged plans by some people to bomb churches in the state.

Chapter Chairman, Rev. Sam Alaha, made the call at a press conference, yesterday, saying since previous crises in [...]

FOLLOWING loud criticisms in the media of his trip abroad after Vice President Goodluck Jonathan had instructed otherwise, the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Dr. Rilwanu Lukman, has clarified the circumstances surrounding his controversial trip to Vienna, Austria, asserting that contrary to widespread media reports that he defied the Vice President’s order, he had actually secured the permission of the Vice President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, before traveling.