Six persons were killed and two others injured when gunmen attacked Gambiri village in Ganjuwa Local Government Area of Bauchi State.

President Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday shocked members of the Federal Executive Council as he sacked nine members of the council.

Ogun An  articulated vehicle driver, Walab Olasunkanmi, who allegedly drove his vehicle recklessly and killed five people, on Wednesday appeared before an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun.

Israel’s President Shimon Peres warned Wednesday that the United States would pursue military action against Syria should its regime fail to destroy its chemical weapons in line with a Russian proposal.

Syria’s army has won many victories in more than two years of civil war, but its men went down to defeat on a Damascus football pitch against local team Al-Wahda.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the Federal Government’s insincere and amateurish handling of the strike that has paralyzed academic work in public universities in the country for the third month running.

France said Wednesday it would remain poised to launch military action against Syria over its use of chemical weapons despite ongoing attempts to find a diplomatic solution to the crisis.

ANY nation, state, collectivity or institution that is cocooned in the tenebrous oubliette and horrendous labyrinth of corruption and thievery in all things cannot walk the promenades of greatness. Hence, such moral contretemps will precipitate the mortal entropy of “venit summa dies et ineluctile tempus” (the last day has come and the evitable doom). Is this what is happening or going to happen to Nigeria and its oil industry in the light of crude oil theft?

Suspected vandals have invaded farms in Gyel and other communities in the Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau, destroying crops and plants.

Super Eagles’ head coach Stephen Keshi on Tuesday in Kaduna expressed satisfaction with his team’s performance against Burkina Faso, assuring that the team would get better with time.

The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South West, yesterday, faulted reports that the office of the National Secretary and other offices meant for the South West would be conceded to former President Olusegun Obasanjo as part of the ongoing reconciliation efforts within the PDP.

President of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, has expressed concern over the abduction of the Archbishop of the Niger Delta Province of the Anglican Communion of Nigeria, His Grace, Most Reverend Ignatius Kattey and his wife, Beatrice.

THERE was a man who serially conducted his own governorship primaries/congress using his powers to dictate and force down his ambition upon the party. Yet no one asked the simple but necessary probing questions of how he always does such.

Yenagoa — A 12-year-old girl, Monday, allegedly committed suicide in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, the police told the News Agency of Nigeria, yesterday.

Fears that flood may again ravage the riverine communities in Bayelsa State have heightened as the rivers in the state have started rising.