Indian police on Tuesday arrested a man who was allegedly trying to plant a crude bomb near the home of one of the accused in the New Delhi gang-rape and murder case.

*Opposition NPP may shun event LAGOS — SIX days to the January 7 swearing-in of Ghana’s President-elect, John Dramani Mahama, 11 heads of state including President Goodluck Jonathan, have confirmed their participation in the historic event. Delegations are also expected from 18 governments across the world. World leaders expected include Faure Gnassingbe of Togo, Mahamadou […]

A PAN-YORUBA organisation, Afenifere Renewal Group, ARG, has alleged that there is a calculated attempt to relegate the Yoruba to the background in the polity.

A demand for the disclosure of the salary, allowances and other entitlements enjoyed by the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi was, yesterday, submitted to the bank under the Freedom of Information Act.

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Housing, Sen. Bukar Abba-Ibrahim (ANPP-Yobe) said on Monday in Abuja that the North was opposed to the Petroleum Industry Bill because of its lopsidedness. 

The Police in Lagos on Monday arrested a Facebook lover for defrauding his lover of N200,000. 

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State yesterday signed the 2013 appropriation bill of N499.105 billion into law, just as he charged Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, to strengthen their Internal Generated Revenue, IGR strategies.

LAGOS—WITH unanimity, eminent Nigerians yesterday decried the poor achievements of the government in 2012 and urged President Goodluck Jonathan to improve the lot of the citizenry with good governance in 2013.

IT was challenging making choices in a year that left you with few options. All the unimpressive issues were thrown up when we were to make the choices, they were clear markers of the sort of year Nigerians had.

The electricity sector was characterized by a pot pouri of events in 2012. As the privatisation of the sector was fine-tuned for a smooth sail, the labour unions in the sector continued with their agitations for the Federal Government to do the needful with regard to workers welfare and other issues bordering on the privatisation process.

OKADA refers to a town in the Ovia North East local Government Area of Edo state. Its popularity was made possible by Chief Gabriel Osawaru IGBINEDION, the Esama of Benin Kingdom. Chief Igbinedion named his private airline service OKADA AIR. However the motorcycle got its present local parlance of being called ‘Okada’ from the unique and peculiar marketing style of the Okada Air Ticketing Staff. In the 80s Okada Airline had no particular route.

Former Permanent Secretary Lagos State Ministry of Health, and an expert in family health, Dr. Adetoun Agbe-Davies has called for more education, communication and awareness of HIV and AIDS to help in educating people about its prevention and management.

MTN Songstar’s musical app may sound so nominally simple but that simplicity in words hardly mirrors the depth of efficiency. More so, the winning prize of a Porsche Cayman is just a measure of how valuable the musical app is. Giving an entertainment-driven and aspiring Nigerian youth population the opportunity to express their deepest crave for stardom says it all.

Petrol is now sold for between N125 and N130 per litre as against the government’s approved pump price of N97, the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports.

A journalist, Mr. Edward Alyemen, has been killed by a hit and run driver in Elelenwo area of Rivers State.