The Barrister Maxi Okwu’s led faction of All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, yesterday said that the timetable released by the National Secretary of the party, Alhjai Sani Shinkafi for the November 16, 2013 Governorship election in Anambra State was fake.

Abeokuta – The Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr Olaokun Soyinka, on Friday in Abeokuta denied that there was cholera outbreak in the state. He told newsmen that 104 cases of “Gastroenteritis” have been ‘line listed’ since the outbreak in June. Gastroenteritis is a condition characterised by inflammation of the gastro-intestinal tract. It affects both […]

Calabar – The Cross River Police Command has arrested an armed robbery syndicate that operates between Taraba and Ikang in Bakassi Local Government Area of the state. Briefing newsmen on Friday in Calabar on security situation, the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Kola Shodipo, said the gang was into illegal arms dealings and […]

A blockade on exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Nigeria has been lifted following a partial resolution of a tax dispute between the gas firm and the maritime agency, the company said Friday.

The driver of a speeding train that hurtled off the rails killing 78 people in Spain was detained for “reckless homicide”, Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz said Saturday.

General Motors said Saturday it has fired “several employees” after violations of company policy led to the recall of 114,000 of its Chevrolet Taverna sport-utility vehicles in India.

Soldiers have been advised not to engage themselves in looting during crisis management or take sides with politicians during an election period.

SOME might call this a miracle, others might say she is favoured, but whichever category you’ve chosen to classify this, it is however interesting to know that this young girl Binta Danjuma, 17, could walk again after being paralyzed for over six years by a strange illness termed “Tuberculosis (TB) of the spine”.

AHEAD the 2015 Presidential election, Northern elders and youths yesterday stormed the National Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Abuja to endorse President Goodluck Jonathan for the exalted position, just as they pleaded with him to make himself available and vie.

A two-year-old Chinese girl who was thrown to the ground by a man in his 40s during a row with her mother over parking has died, state media reported Saturday.

Dozens of Mohamed Morsi’s supporters were shot dead in the Egyptian capital on Saturday as violence erupted following a night of massive rallies for and against the ousted Islamist president.

Gerardo Martino, officially unveiled as Barcelona’s new manager on Friday, wasted no time in telling Manchester United that Cesc Fabregas was not for sale.

Dozens of Mohamed Morsi’s supporters were shot dead in the Egyptian capital on Saturday as violence erupted following a night of massive rallies for and against the ousted Islamist president.

NATIONAL chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur has described the alleged suspension of former governor of Ekiti State, Chief Ayodele Fayose from the party by a faction of the PDP as a violation of laid down procedures and cannot stand.

“I was short of breath. I couldn’t breathe. I couldn’t talk. My chest was heavy. It felt like a heavy weight was pressing down on my chest. I was sweating even though the air-conditioner was on. I felt faint and fatigued. Then the pain…oh the pain! I can’t forget that pain. It was raw, deep and intense. It was scary. It still scares me.” Such was the account of a friend who suffered an “incident” recently. She didn’t know it, but she was suffering a “petit mal” or “little death”. In common parlance she was having a heart attack. How many times have you felt similar symptoms? Never, once, twice, occasionally?