THE wife of Mr. Adetona Olayimika, an Ughelli-based businessman who was kidnapped 9 days ago on his way home from work at Ughelli, Delta State, has cried out to the abductors to release her husband.

The Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Steve Ayorinde, says the purchase of three additional helicopters by the state government has become necessary in the wake of a rising crime rate.

Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Timi Frank has raised alarm of threat against his life by individuals in Bayelsa following his decision to withdraw his membership from the governorship Campaign Organization of Chief Timipre Sylva.

Rachael Harvey, the Chief, Child Protection, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has said that six out of 10 children would suffer one form of violence before they reached the age of 18. Harvey made this known on Wednesday at a two-day workshop organised by the Lagos State Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation (WAPA) in collaboration with UNICEF in Lagos.

North-East youths under the aegis of North-East Youth Peace Development and Empowerment Initiative, NEYPDI, has commended Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki for the confirmation of all ministerial nominees sent by President Muhammadu Buhari.

SENATE President,Bukola Saraki,Wednesday, swore in Alhaji Baba Kaka Garbai,as a senator representing Borno Central Senatorial zone.

Nairobi, 2nd October 2015- African Media Initiative (AMI) and General Electric (GE) have partnered to boost media coverage in Africa of Energy and Infrastructure issues. Some 20 journalists drawn from the East Africa region will undergo basic training on the Energy sector in Africa, and on using sector data to tell impactful stories that will […]

The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has urged for citizen participation in the formulation of legislative agenda for the 8th Senate.

It wasn’t just luck that the Ebola epidemic didn’t spread once it reached Lagos. Here’s what other countries can learn from Nigeria’s effective response.

The Chief Judge of Oyo State, Justice Munta Abimbola, has released 59 out of the 903 inmates awaiting trial in Agodi Prison in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State

Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has charged the new state Head of Service, Mrs Olabowale Ademola, to build on the gains of recent reforms and realignment undertaken in the civil service. Ambode spoke on Wednesday at the Lagos House, Alausa, during the swearing-in ceremony of Ademola, who became the 19th person to hold the office in the state.

France will lift a ban on gay men donating blood, introduced in the 1980s to prevent the spread of AIDS but criticised by rights groups, the health minister said Wednesday. “Giving blood is an act of generosity, of civic responsibility, and the donor’s sexual orientation cannot be a condition,” Marisol Touraine announced in Paris.

Rev Rowland Jide Macaulay, the gay minister who founded House of Rainbow, Nigeria’s only gay church, which was forced to close in 2008, has expressed his gratitude to God in celebration of his 50th birthday.

Nigeria will face Tunisia in the preliminary round of qualifiers for the Futsal Africa Cup of Nations billed for South Africa in 2016.

Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta announced his resignation on Wednesday over a nightclub blaze that killed 32 people, a day after more than 20,000 people rallied in Bucharest to demand he quit. “I am stepping down as prime minister,” he said in a television broadcast. “I hope the government’s resignation will satisfy the people who […]