PRESIDENT Umar Musa Yar'Adua, yesterday, appointed Mr. Mike Okiro as 13th Inspector-General of Police. Until his appointment, the new IGP was the Deputy Inspector-General in charge of Works.
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) yesterday held the Chief Financial officer of the cash soaked company, Areeba Ghana, for upwards of three hours and subjected him to interrogations about the share holding and the purported capital call made by the
Absence of three of the six Judges expected to hear petitions on the just concluded elections in Kano is stalling hearing as over 26 petitioners had already filed their complaints at the tribunal challenging some election declarations after the April
After 89 years of legal battle, commitment, determination and doggedness has yielded justice for the Olorunfemi Ojo family of Egan in the Alimosho area of Lagos state as the family finally took possession of a disputed land at the Akesan
Few weeks after the Joint Task Force rescued seven Indians from the clutches of militants, Indorama Petrochemicals yesterday morning suffered another attack where three management staff, two ladies and two children were kidnapped while two policemen were killed.
Few weeks after the Joint Task Force rescued seven Indians from the clutches of militants, Indorama Petrochemicals yesterday morning suffered another attack where three management staff, two ladies and two children were kidnapped while two policemen were killed.
Three days after his victory in the presidential election, Governor Umaru Musa Yar'Adua hosted a dozen of presidential aspirants who had slugged it out with him in the remarkable poll. The aspirants came to congratulate him and declare their support
For most people, the beginning of the rainy season may be just a transition from one period of dry weather to that of the rainy season but for the tribes of the Bachama and Mbula of Demsa local government area
The Kano state government has donated the sum of N7 million for the kidney transplant of four patients with chronic kidney failure. The head of department, public relations, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Alhaji Aminu Inuwa, has said. He disclosed this
The notorious vehicular and human traffic associated with Oshodi disappeared last Tuesday (May 22) when social miscreants identified in local parlance as 'area boys' converted the ever busy market to a theatre of war. By the time armed policemen restored
Commercial motorcycle riders otherwise known as okada riders have accused petty traders of being responsible for most automobile accidents that occurred on major cities and towns in Katsina state. They are therefore seeking for the intervention of the authorities in
Twenty-yaer-old Abdul Malik, was sweating as he pushed a cart with used blocks down the road. For him, it has been a life of hardship as he toiled day and night to make ends meet. His mother abandoned him when
Utako Market traders who had earlier considered the expiring tenure of office of the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Mallam Ahmad Nasir el-Rufai, a harbinger of an end of the demolition exercise in the Abuja metropolis have had to bite their
Kano state governor, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, has been called upon to assist the families of those who lost their lives in two separate auto accidents which occurred in Bichi and Garko local government areas during the governor's campaign tour to
The war crimes trial of Charles Taylor, the notorious former Liberian president, begins on Monday with opening arguments in The Hague before the United Nations-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL).
A group of former fighters under the banner - Concerned Ex-combatants Union of Liberia (CECUL) in Monrovia has appealed to President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and her government to assist them to complete their educational pursuit in the DDRR Program.
The Nigeria police has said that touting would soon be a thing of the past at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos as the airport police station has been upgraded to a full fledged command.
The secretary of the Biotechnology Technical Implementation Committee of the University of Maiduguri, Professor S.S. Baba, has said that educating rural farmers on the crops they plant, providing agricultural subsidy and modern implements as well as ensuring markets for agricultural
The Nigeria Customs Service, Kano area command generated over N187 million revenue from duties, excise and CAC collections between January and April this year. This is an increase from the generated revenue recorded last year within the same time frame.
