The Anglican Diocese of Ohaji/Egbema in Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of Imo state said it would  sanction  members found participating in wake-keep, ‘Owu Okorosha’ festival or any other idolatrous ceremonies.

The publisher of The New York Times assured readers and staff Thursday that his family has no intention of selling the newspaper.

Nearly 305,000 Zimbabwean voters were turned away and 206,000 received assistance from election officials during last week’s disputed vote, organisers said Thursday.

Former Federal Capital Territory Minister, Mohammed Abba Gana, yesterday came under attack from northern political leaders, who denigrated him for daring to canvass for four more years for President Goodluck Jonathan

Europe’s biggest sportswear maker Adidas warned on Thursday its targets for 2013, especially for sales, would be more difficult to achieve than originally thought, after posting a second-quarter drop in sales.

Gov. Jonah Jang of Plateau has cautioned Nigerians against allowing religion to stand on the path to growth, stability and progress of the country.

As the Ramadan fast comes to an end, the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Anambra State chapter has commended the judiciary for its recent land mark judgement that led to the discharge and acquittal of Al-Mustapha, former aide to General Sani Abacha, the late former Head of State.

It was a case of the hunter being hunted in Yagba West Local Government Area, Kogi State, Monday, as one of two sets of vigilante groups deployed to a crime zone fell to the bullets of another who mistook their colleagues for robbers, leaving one dead and two others badly wounded.

WITH the November 16 2013 governorship election about 103 days away, Anambra State political atmosphere has become turbo-charged.

Notorious South-West robbery czar, Abiodun Ogunjobi, aka, Godogodo, has said that lack of parental care was responsible for his becoming a deadly robber.

Former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, yesterday, rebuffed insinuations of bad blood between him and President Goodluck Jonathan, asserting that there was never a time he turned the President away from having breakfast in his house.

OGHARA—MORE than one year after former Delta State governor, Chief James Ibori, was convicted by a London court, his kinsmen and key political stakeholders in Delta State have called on the Federal Government to facilitate his release and subsequent return to Nigeria, describing him as an epitome of infrastructural and human capital development in the state.

UMUAHIA—THE youth wing of Igbo Socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has vowed to stop the All Progressives Congress, APC, from winning elections in the South East geo-political zone in 2015.

The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Dr. Paul Orhii, yesterday, lamented that over 194,000 Nigerian children under the age of five die annually as a result of diarrhoea.