FG, NGSG Give Free Seeds, Fertiliser To Rice Farmers
The Federal and Niger State Government respectively have given 50 kilogrammes of improved rice seeds and three bags of fertiliser as incentives to dry season farmers in Niger state.
View ArticleTribal Clash Kills 8 In Kenya
Eight people were killed when raiders armed with guns, machetes and arrows attacked a village in Kenya's Coast Province yesterday in what police said was politically instigated fighting linked to...
View ArticleLet SMS Be Free, Telecom Subscribers Tell Operators
Mobile telephone subscribers on Thursday in Abuja called for a uniform tariff for Short Message Service (SMS) from all telecom operators in the country.
View ArticleSecurity: Assembly Directs KDSG To Clear Bushes Along High Ways
Kaduna State House of Assembly on Thursday directed the state government to clear bushes along all high ways in the state to enhance security and reduce accidents.
View ArticleAsk Naij: Can One Have Sex 2 Weeks After an Abortion?
I had unprotected sex with a girl, 3 weeks after she claimed to miss her period (she claimed she was on ovulation the time we had sex) and demanded some money for abortion and the money was paid to her...
View ArticleNigerian Baby Kidnapped In S/Africa
A six-month-old Nigerian baby has been kidnapped by his parents' neighbours in South Africa.
View ArticlePHOTO: BRT Bus Involved In Accident, Three Injured
Eyewitnesses say an accident involving a BRT bus and a saloon car, happened this morning in the Ikotun area of Lagos
View ArticlePolice Confirms Release Of 4 Abducted Foreigners
The Bayelsa Police Command on Thursday confirmed the release of four foreigners kidnapped by pirates on Dec. 13, 2012. The foreigners were kidnapped about 74 kilometres off the Atlantic coast of Bayelsa.
View ArticleOkorocha vs Anyanwu: Was It a Convoy Clash or 2015 Election Rehearsal?
The seeming political serenity of Imo State was punctured last week when Governor Rochas Okorocha and Senator Chris Anyanwu's convoys clashed, thus heating up the polity in the state ahead of the 2015...
View ArticleHow to Tackle Poverty In the North
The latest information on the Nigeria's human capital index, released last weekend by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), returned a grim picture of its northern region.
View ArticleMonalisa Chinda Excites Fans With Dance For Life
Delectable actress and Glo ambassador, Monalisa Chinda, is set to accomplish more on her already resume, this year. Aside thrilling fans and colleagues with her dancing prowess at the maiden edition of...
View ArticleEFCC Arrests Former CBN Governor Charles Soludo
The officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission this afternoon arrested immediate past Governor of the Central bank of Nigeria, Charles Soludo in connection with the Australian polymer...
View ArticleLamido's Son Granted Bail
Kano police command has released on bail, Aminu Sule, the eldest son of Jigawa state Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido detained in connection to a fatal auto crash that claimed the life of a middle aged man...
View ArticleFG Orders Return Of Toxic Wastes Containers Sent From U.K
The Federal Government has ordered that the toxic waste laden containers on board MV Marivia Monrovia be shipped back to the port of origin in the U.K. Dr Ngeri Benebo, the Director General of National...
View ArticleCPC Blasts Obasanjo Over Comments On Boko Haram
The Congress for Progressive Change has blamed former president Olusegun Obasanjo over his comment on the Boko Haram sect.
View ArticlePlateau Women Protest Unjust Arrest of Youths
On Thursday, women in Du village of Jos South LGA of Plateau State came out in their hundreds to protest the unjust arrest of their youths by the STF in the state.
View ArticleFire Guts New Market In Oyo, Goods Worth Millions Lost
Barely twenty-four hours after a section of the royal Palace of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Olayiwola Adeyemi III was razed by fire, another major fire incident occurred at the New Gbagi Market in Ibadan...
View ArticleInsecurity: Police Arrest Five Newspaper Vendors In Maiduguri
The Police in Maiduguri , the Borno state capital has yesterday clampdown on some sensitive areas considered to be flash points where Newspaper vendors and other people including disabled youths beg...
View ArticleVIDEO: Black Teenager Punches Woman After She Calls Him "Smelly Nigerian"
This is the shocking moment a furious mixed-race teenager tried to hit a woman on the Tube after she made a racist remark. The mobile phone footage posted on YouTube yesterday is entitled "Racist Woman...
View ArticleSylva Left Only N400,000 In Bayelsa's Account - State Govt
The Bayelsa State government has declared that it inherited a little over N400,000 from the last administration of former Governor, Timipre Sylva.
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