A lecturer at the University of Abuja, Prof. Femi Odekunle, says the current ASUU strike is not about salary or benefits but about ensuring an effective university system

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan to, within seven days “use his leadership and position to urgently instruct the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, and the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, to reverse the new electricity tariff as it is manifestly arbitrary, unfair, unjust and discriminatory.” 

GUNMEN shot dead an Army Captain, simply identified as Joseph, in Port Harcourt, yesterday. 

Islamist supporters of deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi rallied in their thousands for his reinstatement on Friday as the interim premier suggested a crackdown on their protest camps was imminent.

Leaders of various organizations and professionals of Igbo extraction in Malaysia and its environs has condemned the deportation of 72 indigenes of Anambra State by the Lagos State government, saying that the action was unconstitutional and that it does not reflect the spirit of one Nigeria

Nigeria music icon, Innocent Idibia, popularly known as Tuface, has urged Nigerians to shun pirated intellectual materials, just like adulterated drugs.

English Premier League side Hull City are to change their name to Hull City Tigers, owner Assem Allam said in an interview published on Friday, explaining that the new title would make the club stand out.

The Chairman of the  Senate Committee on Rules and Business, Sen. Ita Enang, on Wednesday  said President Goodluck Jonathan is constitutionally qualified to seek re-election in 2015.

Flooding recorded in the first week of August, has claimed one life and damaged no fewer than 14 houses in Bauchi metropolis, an official has said.

Democracy, which is government of the people, by the people for the people, thrives best when the people have choices from which to pick who should lead them in any election.

An Ethiopian military cargo plane crash landed and burst into flames Friday at Mogadishu airport, killing four crew members, officials with Somali security and AU forces said.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday arrested a 46-year-old bricklayer from Anambra, who attempted to smuggle 2.07kg of cocaine into the country.

ONITSHA – Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, yesterday, accused Delta State Police Command of killing seven of its members in two separate raids allegedly carried out by an anti-riot policemen and local vigilante operatives in Delta State.

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a woman who allegedly defiled a two-and-a half-year-old girl in Ilupeju area of Lagos.

On Sunday, July 14, 2013, a deadly gang of robbers, led by notorious robbery czar, Abiodun Ogunjobi, aka, Godogodo, attacked a warehouse belonging to Blessing Aporie Nigeria Limited at Ajao Estate area of Lagos State and carted away mobile phones worth more than N50 million.