AS preparations by political parties and their supporters gather momentum for 2015 general elections, a group known as Youths for Ebele Jonathan, YEJ, weekend, said it had put everything in place to mobilise 2 million young people for the re-election of President Goodluck Jonathan.

Mr David Anyaele, Executive Director, Centre for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) on Sunday lamented the exclusion of hearing impaired persons as delegates to the forthcoming national conference.

Two South African police officers who were allegedly caught on video taking part in the beating and stripping of an unarmed man on a Cape Town street have been arrested, the police watchdog said on Saturday.

Healthcare services have collapsed in the northern part of Nigeria’s Borno state as doctors, nurses and pharmacists flee for their lives from brutal violence unleashed by Islamist Boko Haram militants.

The finals of the 2nd Lagos State Premier Lotto Athletics Secondary Schools Championships ended on Saturday at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos, with the setting of six new records.

The First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, has tasked other African first ladies to uphold the message of peace in their respective countries.

It’s a common enough scenario in Nigeria and across Africa: how to get rid of pesky mosquitoes whose buzzing disturbs sleep and whose bites can carry malaria and other diseases.

Armed attack by about 50 young men on Government House, Enugu in the early hours of yesterday was repelled by security operatives attached to the state seat of power

President Goodluck Jonathan says the defection of some governors, legislators and their supporters to the All Progressive Congress (APC) is a good omen for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), pointing out that since their defection, the PDP has been waxing stronger.

“I can say without any doubt that Nigeria in which I was born and in which I grew up as a child is far better than what it is today, but the Lord has revealed to me that Nigeria’s problems are not beyond His power.”