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THE Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, has counseled policemen in Anambra State to approach their duty with caution in the democratic dispensation. Part of that caution, he said, is that in quelling protests, they should aim to maim and not to kill. He spoke against the backdrop of allegations that policemen killed some protesters…

THE Emir of Zuru, Maj-Gen. Sani Sami (rtd) has identified insincerity on the part of the Dr. Goodluck Jonathan administration as the main reason why the country is still battling to defeat the Boko Haram insurgency that has claimed...

… Dickson Constitutes Panel To Investigate Election Violence

IT was a triumphant farewell as family members and dignitaries from all walks of life yesterday bade farewell to one of Nigeria’s foremost anesthesiologists, Professor Wensley Vidal Maobolaji Fowler. Described as a loving father, grandfather and husband as well as an erudite scholar, the late Fowler was one of the founding fathers of the West…

A JOYFUL atmosphere pervades Warri, Delta State as Prince Godfrey Abiloye Ikenwoli Emiko, will be formally installed as the 20th Olu of Warri today....

A 36-year-old man, Sanusi Saheed, was on Friday arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for stealing N860,000 belonging to his employer Mr Alex Ogbebor

A manager of a company, Christopher Henshaw, who allegedly obtained N100 million from a bank under the pretext of financing a contract, was on Friday arraigned in an Igbosere Magistrates' Court, Lagos.

The Jigawa Government says it will train 150 nurses and employ 60 medical doctors in 2016 to address the shortage of medical personnel in the hospitals in the state.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday promised to reveal the names of former government officials who have voluntarily returned looted funds to the coffers of the Federal Government in "due course", saying that early disclosure of their identities "may jeopardize the possibility of bigger recoveries." "In due course, the Central Bank of Nigeria will make information…

No fewer than nine persons lost their lives in a road accident that occurred along the Abakaliki-Enugu highway in the early hours of Friday, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

The Nigerian Army has advocated joint training and contingency planning between the military and other security agencies to tackle emerging threats to national security.

The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) on Friday assured Nigerians that the current scarcity of petrol would soon come to an end.