The Enugu State Police Command has arrested a 22-year-old security guard, identified as Gideon Musa, for raping a nine-year-old girl to death in the state capital.
According to reports, the suspect, who is a guard near the victim’s house, took the teenager to a nearby bush and raped her to death.

Ebola is a viral illness of which the initial symptoms can include a sudden fever, intense weakness, muscle pain and a sore throat, according to the World Health Organization, WHO.

Lagos State Government yesterday said planned repairs of Eko Bridge would commence next weekend, explaining however that it would not necessitate total closure but a phased partial closure at each expansion joint location.

WHen the Chairman, PDP Board of Trustees (BOT), Chief Tony Anenih last week announced in Calabar that President Goodluck Jonathan would contest the presidential election in 2015 on the platform of his party, many were not surprised. It was an open secret.

JUST five years ago, few believed that the alien and macabre incidence of suicide bombing was possible in Nigeria. Nigerians were known as easygoing by nature, and rated as “the happiest people in the world”.

A section of those in the Enugu State governemnt are determined to see the back of the incumbent deputy governor, Mr. Sunday Onyebuchi.

Even before the courts would pronounce on the case filed by the former speaker of the Ebonyi House of Assembly, Governor Martins Elechi led the heriarchy of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to overturn the impeachment. What role the governor and the PDP have in sitting as umpire in an issue among House members is a wonder to many.

Imo State Council of Elders has accused the Presidency and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state of masterminding security breaches and attacks on Governor Rochas Okorocha.

Nigerian companies are now taking advantage of the window opened through the successful issuance of Nigerian Sovereign Eurobonds, to raise long term funds, having issued a total of nine bonds to raise $30.4 billion from the International Capital Market.

By Chris Ochayi ABUJA — The Federal Government declared, yesterday, that it is currently making serious effort to unlock full development of gas resources of over 186 trillion standard cubic feet of gas with a view to making the commodity available for the power sector and other domestic industries. Besides, the government in collaboration with […]

Former Federal Capital Territory Minister, Gen. Jeremiah Useni, yesterday, dismissed media reports claiming that northern delegates to the National Conference were opposed to the re-election of President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015.

President Goodluck Jonathan has stressed the need for a revolutionary expansion of the oil and gas industry for the country to become the leading African nation in the sector.

The Federal Government has sacked all resident doctors in the country indefinitely. The doctors had been on an indefinite nationwide strike since July 1, in protest of Federal Government’s non-implementation of some agreements it had with the union. Other demands included immediate appointment of a Surgeon-General of the Federation and increase of hazard allowance to […]

World football governing body, FIFA has reinstated impeached President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Aminu Maigari with immediate effect. It also directed that the planned August 26 elections must hold on the said date.

Okpe Awareness and Integrity Network, Delta State, OAIN, has petitioned the Inspector General of Police, asking him to probe the Secretary to Delta State Board of Internal Revenue, Mr. Isaacs Itebu, for allegedly receiving salaries from two different government agencies.