The mother and sister of Mr Kassim Mohammed-Kassim, member representing Akwanga South constituency in the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, abducted by gunmen on Saturday have regained their freedom.

Former military President, General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida will on Friday in Minna, Niger State give out his last daughter, Halimat, in marriage.

By Chinedu Adonu ENUGU-UNKNOWN gunmen struck on Tuesday night in Enugu the Enugu State capital killing the aide-de-camp (ADC) to the Deputy Governor of Enugu State, Mrs. Cecilia Ezeilo. Although details of the story was sketchy as at the time of going to press but the deputy governor’s aide Police Sgt. Hellen was said to […]

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday reverted the time for the meeting of the Federal Executive Council, FEC to 10am from 11am.

An Iranian student had to be taken to a police station at the weekend – because he looks too much like Lionel Messi.

French President Francois Hollande will formally hand power to his newly elected successor Emmanuel Macron at 10 am local time (4.00 a.m. ET) on Sunday, according to an official source.

Mr Bayo Yusuf, the Principal of Marafa Comprehensive School, Marafa Estate, Kaduna, says on Wednesday majority of holders of the National Certificate in Education (NCE) cannot deliver quality teaching in classroom.

Lagos-based MFM FC net buster, Stephen Odey, enmeshed in a transfer saga in Denmark, has tendered an unreserved apology to the management of the club after his botched move to a Danish club.

The company needs to do more than offering just 60 postgraduate scholarships to indigenes of the region; the subsurface research centre it built at the University of Ibadan is also misplaced; why would Shell build such a centre in a place where it has never extracted a drop of oil?

Senator Mohammed Ndume, representing Borno South, has said swapping 82 abducted Chibok schoolgirls with five top Boko Haram commanders is not only commendable, but also sent discerning signals to President Muhammadu Buhari’s critics that the present All Progressives Congress, APC-led government is working for the nation.

YENAGOA—A 25-year-old man, identified as ThankGod Owei, has been arrested by men from Akenfa Police Station, Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, for stealing two bundles of Vanguard newspapers meant for circulation, yesterday, at the Mbiama Junction.

FOLLOWING a recent statement credited to General Alani Akinrinade (retd) that the Igbo should have been allowed to secede, a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain in Delta State, Chief Sunny Onuesoke, has added his voice to the fray by advising the Federal Government on the best way to resolve the Igbo agitation for self realization.

THE House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education, yesterday, indicted the Ministry of Education over its lackadaisical attitude towards the death of three Queens College students in Lagos.

The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has called on the Federal Government to embrace the use of dialogue to resolve the lingering impasse between the management of Capital Oil and Department of State Services (DSS), over the illegal sale of petroleum products stored in their tank farm by the NNPC.

Contrary to the belief in some quarters that the list released Monday would be the same squad for the AFCON 2019 qualifier against South Africa, Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr has said that the list of players released yesterday was solely for the team’s training exercise in France and the Corsica friendly game.