The Federal Government has ordered that the toxic waste laden containers on board MV Marivia Monrovia be shipped back to the port of origin in the U.K. Dr Ngeri Benebo, the Director General of National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA), disclosed to reporters on Thursday.

The Bayelsa Police Command on Thursday confirmed the release of four foreigners kidnapped by pirates on Dec. 13, 2012. The foreigners were kidnapped about 74 kilometres off the Atlantic coast of Bayelsa.

Ogun State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, Thursday, condoled with the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, on the inferno that gutted his palace on Tuesday.

IMF Managing Director Ms Christine Lagarde in Abidjan on Wednesday said sub-Sahara was among the fastest growing regions in the world. 

Mobile telephone subscribers on Thursday in Abuja called for a uniform tariff for Short Message Service (SMS) from all telecom operators in the country.

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Prof Itse Sagay, on Thursday urged the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Alooma Muhktar, to rid the judiciary of corrupt judges. 

Pakistan (AFP) – A bomb attack killed 11 people and wounded dozens more in a crowded part of Pakistan’s southwestern city of Quetta on Thursday, police said. The target was not immediately clear, but local TV channels said the bomb detonated close to a paramilitary checkpoint in the capital of Baluchistan province, which suffers from […]

Mr Babalola Ogundana, the Controller, Rivers State Command of the Nigerian Prisons, said on Thursday that wardens under his command were not responsible for the impregnation of female inmates.

Mr Mike Omeri, Director-General, National Orientation Agency (NOA), has said that the Federal Government has no plan to restrict the use of social media.

Mr Anibe Onuche, Network/Communication Manager, Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria, on Wednesday called for an update of the curricula of ICT related courses in Nigerian universities.

Fighting resumed Thursday in Mali’s central Mopti region between the army and armed Islamists who have occupied the north of the country, a military source said.

ABUJA – The Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion has threatened to breakaway from the Church of England over the decision of the later to drop opposition to gay bishops in civil partnerships.

December comes with merry-making and shopping for Christmas and New Year. But parents do these with tuition fees and school materials in mind, because immediately after the fun time, schools resume. Across the country many resumed on January 6 and others will resume on January 14.

Asaba—TWO persons who allegedly played key roles in the kidnap of Prof. Kamene Okonjo, mother of Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, from her husband’s palace at Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State, have been arrested.

A sense of loss may have forced some of the commissioners in Ekiti State to abandon their meals after Governor Kayode Fayemi, yesterday announced the dissolution of the State Executive Council, SEC, as they dashed out of the Executive Chambers, venue of the meeting looking dejected.