Differences between American and British English (Vocabulary)2

CANCER, the dreaded six-letter word, is considered one of the most feared disease conditions on earth. Unfortunately, scientists have not been able to pinpoint what exactly causes cancer. They, however, believe that the only solution is early detection/diagnosis.

THE Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin, Professor Osayuki Oshodin, yesterday, called on the ethnic groups in Nigeria to use the centenary celebration of Oba Ovonramwen to unite the country.

The people of Otonyatsere community in Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State, have implored Seplat Petroleum Development Company Limited to dialogue with them with a view to compensating them over an oil spill in their community caused by the company’s equipment failure at its Ovhor line, on December 23, 2013.

A group of Urhobo ex-militants has vowed to join forces with President Goodluck Jonathan and security agents to curb oil theft across waterways in Delta and Bayelsa states.

Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State, yesterday, has reaffirmed his faith in the indivisibility of Nigeria and called on Nigerians to ignore prophets of doom predicting the country’s break up in 2015.

By JOHNBOSCO AGBAKWURU & JOSEPH ERUNKE ABUJA — SENATOR  Ali Ndume, yesterday, insisted that four bombs were thrown at his convoy from a military helicopter, belonging to the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, last Saturday, in Paulka village near Maiduguri, but Air Force authorities refuted the claim. Reacting to the statement credited to the NAF that […]

Novena University, Ogume, Delta State which prides itself as the only tertiary institution in Nigeria that offers courses on security has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nigeria Police Force to boost security intelligence in the country.

Indian police rounded up a group of homeless men Wednesday over the alleged gang-rape of a 51-year-old Danish tourist who lost her way near the main backpacker’s area of the capital, officers said.

The President, Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Comrade C.B. Asomugha, on Wednesday described government’s response to its current strike as haphazard and unconvincing, saying the strike became necessary following the snail speed pace of the review of the Federal Polytechnics Act at the National Assembly.

The embattled chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Bamanga Tukur yesterday made a surprise appearance at the Board of Trustees of the party meeting in Abuja saying he has not resigned his position.

With over twenty films to her credit, actress Lydia Owan has proved to her fans that she has come to stay in the industry. In this interview, she talks about her career and what her fans should expect from her in this new season.

Dean, Student Affairs, University of Ilorin, Prof. Lawal Omotesho, said today that the publication of the names of 24 expelled students was to serve as deterrent to others.

BUSINESS activities were disrupted, Wednesday, in the commercial city of Onitsha following violent protests by hundreds of youths over the alleged killing of a staff of the Anambra State Transport Agency, ASTA, by a trailer driver of Northern extraction.