THE United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, UNICEF, Tuesday, urged Ebonyi State government to remain focused and committed to the payment of its counterpart funds to ensure smooth realisation of its activities in the state.

Kidnappers of the five members of the National Youth Service Corps in Omademe in Ikwerre Local Government of Rivers State have demanded for N100 million ransom to effect the release of the corpers.

VICE President Namadi Sambo,Thursday, presided over a two-hour security council meeting over the Boko Haram insurgence which has reached alarming proportion in recent weeks, claiming several lives.

Nigeria’s Falcons are in the middle of their training tour in Austria ahead of the FIFA Women World Cup starting June 25 in Germany. But former team coach Effiong Ntiero has advised the Nigeria Football Federation to beef up the bench of the team for better results.

GOVERNOR Godswill Obot Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State, on May 29, took oath of office to continue the business of governance in the state, alongside with his new deputy, Obong Nsima Ekere, at a crowded ceremony held at the Uyo Sports Stadium.

Maiduguri – Gov. Kashim Shettima of  Borno on Wednesday promised that the state government would  pay compensation to those affected by Tuesday’s triple bomb blasts  in Maiduguri. Shettima made the pledge  while inspecting one of the sites of the deadly blasts  at Saint Patrick Catholic Church, Maiduguri. He said government would  also foot  the medical […]

By Olayinka Latona COME Friday, June 10, 400 years of the King James Version, KJV, of the Holy Bible will be celebrated globally. To celebrate the milestone, the West Africa Theological Seminary, WATS, in conjunction with the Bible Society of Nigeria,  BSN, will organise a two-day Bible conference and exhibition scheduled for Lagos, Enugu, Abuja, […]

The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has called for an immediate probe into the May 27th mass deaths at the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP campaign office in Kwara, as part of measures to prevent a recurrence of such tragedy.

To ensure the success of President Goodluck Jonathan’s transformation agenda, the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has called for an end to the spate of bomb blasts in the country, saying, the nation could hardly record expected development or investment in a state of chaos or violence. This came as NANS had fixed its national convention for next month in Abuja.

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has been called upon to consider the case of the Amnesty Phase III, with a view to extending the programme to members of the group in the interest of the Niger Delta region.

President Goodluck Jonathan is expected to address the comity of nations about the country’s investment potentials to investors ahead of this year’s Commonwealth Heads of Government, CHOGM, in Australia.

The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, NPHCDA, said, yesterday, that it has so far deployed 3,500 midwives to 1,000 rural health facilities across 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

Security operatives in Rivers State have intensified effort to secure the release of five corps members allegedly kidnapped at Ikwerre Local Government Area of the state.

Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau State has decried the persistence of corruption in the country despite efforts to curb it, lamenting that the menace is slowing down her growth.

At least 30 un-employed licensed Nigerian pilots and engineers, yesterday, stormed the office of the Nigerian Association of Aircraft and Pilots, NAAPE, protesting the influx of expatriates in the country’s aviation industry.