An oil marketer, Opeyemi Ajuyah, yesterday, faulted the claim by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) that her company diverted over 10,000 metric tonnes of petrol. Ajuyah and her company, Majope ...

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, yesterday said that the authority would sanction any of the crew member found culpable of the $9.3 million laundered from Nigeria to South Africa. Disclosing this  to ...

IN an interview with Daily Trust newspaper last week, spokesman of Borno Elders Forum, Dr Bulama Gubio lamented that the people of the north east feel as if they are not Nigerians. That plaintively revealing ...

A lawmaker in Rivers State, Mr. Evans Bipi, has cautioned the state government against stopping Federal Government from going ahead with its plan to construct a model school in Ogu community, Ogu/Bolo Local ...

The Chief Judge of Cross River State, Justice Okoi Itam, has called for the employment of more staff for the judiciary to ease the increasing administrative functions of the judiciary and the need for efficient ...

Hypertension is a major public health issue. It contributes to the burden of heart disease, stroke and kidney failure and premature mortality and disability. VICTOR OKEKE examines an expert’s view According to the ...

Former Minister of Lands and Housing, Chief Nduese Essien has again called on the people of Akwa Ibom State to respect and accommodate the demand of Eket senatorial district to produce the state’s governor in ...

The ongoing trial of four Ilorin-based Islamic clerics before the Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly defrauding a businesswoman, Mrs Basirat Akinbisehin of N43million was yesterday stalled due to the absence ...

The Katsina State Chief Judge, Justice Abdullahi Yusuf, on Thursday in Katsina constituted two tribunals to adjudicate over petitions arising from the Sept. 6 local government council elections in the state. Yusuf ...

A lawyer phoned the governor’s mansion shortly after midnight. “I need to talk to the governor, it’s an emergency!” exclaimed the lawyer. After some cajoling, the governor’s assistant agreed to wake him ...

A lawyer defending a man accused of burglary tried a creative defense to get his client off the hook. “My client merely inserted his arm into the window and removed a few paltry items. His arm is not himself, ...

A damning report by the office of Nigeria’s Auditor General has indicted a former Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Stephen Oronsaye, over an alleged N123billion fraud perpetrated during his tenure, ...

Lagos State Tribunal of Inquiry into the July 4 road traffic accident and subsequent arson, destruction of Bus Rapid Transit, BRT,  looting and rioting that occurred in Ikorodu Lagos, yesterday, at its inaugural ...

THE National Assembly on July 17, 2014 embarked on its annual vacation to allow the legislators have some rest after hectic legislative assignments. It also afforded them the opportunity to consult with their ...

THE Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, yesterday, declared the seat of a member of House of Representatives, Ifedayo Abegunde, representing Akure South and North Federal Constituency vacant. ...

AS the National Assembly resumes today, the Senate has promised to give priority to President Goodluck Jonathan’s request of $1 billion loan to fight against terrorism in some parts of the country, especially the ...

Bangladesh’s highest court has rejected appeals by the country’s opposition leader Khaleda Zia, clearing the way for her to stand trial on embezzlement charges that could see her jailed for life, Al Jazeera ...

The compromise verdict reached by judge Thokozile Masipa in the Oscar Pistorius case is wrong. It should be reversed on appeal. The judge found reasonable doubt that Pistorius intended to kill his girlfriend, Reeva ...

The dancing obscenity of Shekau and his gang of psychopaths and child abductors, taunting the world, mocking the BRING BACK OUR GIRLS campaign on internet, finally met its match in Nigeria to inaugurate the week of ...

The controversy over alleged sponsors of Boko Haram took a twist yesterday when Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka said information about a suspected financier of the terror group within the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) ...