Federal and state governments have been advised to implement the five-year single term for principal officers in Nigerian polytechnics.

BY CHIDI NKWOPARA OWERRI—The non-remittance of N234  million, which the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development deducted from the 27 local government councils for services rendered by Imo Broadcasting Corporation, IBC, has started fueling fears that “the huge fund may have disappeared in transit” The current fear over the money may not be unconnected […]

BY  Tony Edike and Chinenyeh Ozor ENUGU—Activities at both the Nsukka and Enugu campuses of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, were paralysed yesterday as more than 1000 members of the university community abandoned their offices and converged on Nsukka campus to protest the suspension of the institution’s Pro-Chancellor, Dr. Emeka Enejere by the Federal […]

Two men, Ahmed Joseph, 21 and Kayode Olusola, 34, who allegedly stole a handbag containing N15,000 and other valuables, were Wednesday arraigned in Ota, Ogun State.

Leading telecommunications service provider, Airtel Nigeria and Google today launched a unique Internet service tagged Free Zone powered by Google.

Street begging and the scourge of VVF in the north could be curbed if the girl child who subsequently becomes a mother is given quality education.

Plateau State Commissioner for Women Affairs, Mrs. Olivia Dazyem and Hajia Aminu Salihu disclosed this in Jos weekend at the 3rd Plateau Roundtable organized by Carefronting Nigeria in collaboration with Freedom House.

U-17 striker Taiwo Awoniyi has said he is willing to battle more experienced strikers so as to be at the 2014 CHAN.

Bayelsa State chapter of Host Communities of Nigeria Producing Oil and Gas, HOSTCOM, yesterday, described the oil-producing communities in the state as worse off in the Niger Delta with noticeable high crime due to neglect and endemic poverty.

As the sectarian violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) rages, the Federal Government has perfected plans to evacuate 200 Nigerians in Bangui, the country’s capital.

NIGERIA, Africa’s largest oil producer, plans to begin privatizing its four state-owned oil refineries before the end of the first quarter, Petroleum Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke said.

A 33-year-old man, Bode Oluewu, Wednesday, appeared before a Shomolu Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, over alleged unlawfully possession of live ammunition and engaging in occult activities.

Nigeria’s U-20 girls know the ropes and are surely the overwhelming favourites for Saturday’s FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup qualifying match against Tunisia.

The hope of some pipeline vandals to make brisk business before the end of the year has been dashed as the OyoState command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, intercepted their fuel tankers before delivery.

The Catholic Archbishop of Owerri Ecclesiastical Province, His Grace, Anthony Obinna, has criticised the discriminatory school fees being charged by government in the state.

Veteran journalist and former governor of Ogun State, Aremo Segun Osoba, Wednesday, gave credence to the rumpus between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and his daughter, Iyabo and confirmed the details of the letter as it pertained to him.

Osoba confirmed that the contents of the letter as exclusively published by Vanguard were true and reflected discussions she had with the former senator and first daughter of the former president.