The Special Task Force (STF) on Sunday banned commercial motorcycles, known as `Okada’, from operating in Jos beyond 7p. m, following the bomb blasts that occurred in some parts of the city on Saturday night. The STF, the team in-charge … read more
Several persons seeking compromise means of travelling and settling in parts of Europe and United States of America may have had a travel-made-easy process, as their claim to being gay could brighten their chances of seeking asylum in such countries. … read more
As part of plans to address the Boko Haram problem, a meeting has been scheduled for all former National Security Advisers (NSAs), today in Abuja. The meeting is being convened to tackle the activities of militia groups operating in Nigeria … read more
President Goodluck Jonathan is pushing to curb spending on wages and scrap fuel subsidies next year to help narrow the budget deficit in Africa’s largest oil producer. Jonathan, who will give his budget speech in Parliament in Abuja at 12 … read more
Two blasts rocked the Nigerian city of Jos on Saturday, residents and an official said, with one death and a number of injuries reported at a bar where fans watched the Barcelona-Real Madrid soccer match. One of the explosions was … read more
In what was suspected to be reprisal attack, a powerful explosion yesterday rocked a mosque in Sapele, the administrative headquarters of Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State as worshippers were gathering for the morning prayers. This was the first … read more
Shipwrecks have become a major eyesore along the nation’s coastal waters. Despite the security, economic and environmental challenges posed to the country by the unpleasant phenomenon, efforts aimed at finding a lasting solution to abandoned ships are being frustrated by … read more
Nigeria’s late President Umaru Yar’Adua grew so weak while in office he needed once to be carried by a soldier off a runway during a state visit to Togo, ultimately becoming unable to speak in the last weeks of his … read more
Nigeria’s late President Umaru Yar’Adua grew so weak while in office he needed once to be carried by a soldier off a runway during a state visit to Togo, ultimately becoming unable to speak in the last weeks of his … read more
Nigeria, on Thursday, came under attack at the United Nations headquarters in New York, United States of America, over the recently passed Senate bill banning same sex marriage in the country, as human rights activists who spoke at the world … read more