A Northern political leader and former presidential candidate of the defunct National Republican Convention in the aborted Third Republic, Alhaji Bashir Tofa, has traced the problems...
A valedictory session has been held in honour of the late Benedict Odiase, the composer of the Nigeria’s National Anthem. The event took place Friday at...
The best contribution the military can make to democracy is to stay out of politics. Institutional incentives should be geared to wider, national objectives rather than...
Facial expressions sometimes mirror what is in the mind but no one can be completely sure of what goes on in other people’s thoughts. Not being...
As sons, daughters and friends of Usi Ekiti mingled excitedly through the town and especially the St Andrew Primary School play ground venue of the yearly...
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Governor Abiola Ajimobi of the western Nigerian state of Oyo has commiserated with the royal family of Ile-Ife and the entire civil service in...
When the Lagos State government moved against street begging a couple of months ago, it drew different reactions. But the beggars stayed off the streets. FUNMI...
Nigeria has deported some 22,000 illegal immigrants over the past couple of months as part of a crackdown linked to its fight against an Islamist insurgency,...
What could two men be doing on a bridge in the dead of the night with the remains of a toddler? That is the question the...
What could two men be doing on a bridge in the dead of the night with the remains of a toddler? That is the question the...
More than N3bn Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) funds in Plateau State are still unspent since January 2012, the Plateau State House of Assembly has...
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