The anti-immigration UK Independence Party (UKIP) was celebrating some of its best ever results on Friday following local elections which delivered a bloody nose to Britain’s...
A Federal High Court, Lagos, yesterday upheld the powers of the National Assembly to legislate on how political parties should nominate candidates for elections. It refused...
BRUSSELS (AFP) – Recession in the crisis-hit eurozone will continue unabated for the rest of the year with unemployment remaining at record levels, the EU warned...
World Press Freedom Day is annually observed on May 3 to inform the international community that freedom of the press and freedom of expression are fundamental...
A Federal High Court in Lagos has upheld the powers of the National Assembly to legislate on how political parties should nominate candidates for elections. Justice...
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has rejected the preliminary report on the destruction of Baga, a border community about 180 kilometre north of Maiduguri, Borno State. The report...
In an extreme case highlighting the immense pressure schoolchildren can face, two teens in eastern China committed suicide after failing to complete homework assignments. In a...
Plans are underway to send a bill on the special status for Lagos to the National Assembly, it was learnt yesterday. The bill is being sponsored by the...
The Committee to Protect Journalists highlighted Nigeria and Brazil on Tuesday as among the worst offenders for violence against reporters — and failure to bring culprits...
By Felix Ayanruoh The European Union (EU) recent decision to enact a law that will make oil, gas, mining and logging firms declare payments to governments,...
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt As the political crisis in the oil-rich Rivers state festers,the the National Association of Nigerian Students, the umbrella body of all Nigerian students,...
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