August 02

• Nigeria: Confusion As Man Dies During Tarawiy Prayer

  There was confusion in Okelele community of Ilorin East local Government Area of Kwara state following the death of a secondary school principal during Tarawiyh Ramadan prayer on... Read more »

• Nigeria: 'Failed Clauses May Resurface During Harmonisation' [interview]

  Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, who is the Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution, recently interacted with Senate Correspondents on the... Read more »

• Nigeria: Zakkat - the Purifier

  By Allah whom none has the right to be worshipped, whoever had camels or cows or sheep and did not pay their Zakkat, Read more »

• Nigeria: 'LG Autonomy Will Engender Devt'

  Autonomy for local government councils in the country if approved would engender development in all sectors of the economy, the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE)... Read more »

• Nigeria: Defence Headquarters - Insurgents' Trainer Captured in Niger Rep

  The military said yesterday in Abuja that one of the training instructors of the insurgents in Nigeria has been arrested in Niger Republic. Read more »

• Nigeria: Unicef Worried Over Low Breastfeeding in Nigeria

  Despite Breastfeeding being recognised as the most effective and inexpensive way of saving a child's life, the rate of breastfeeding is quite low in Nigeria. Read more »

• Nigeria: Flood - NEMA Sensitises Stakeholders On Evacuation

  The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) yesterday in a field exercise prepared stakeholders in the North-central region on flood pre-impact evacuation drill in order to... Read more »

• Nigeria: NFF Cancels Federation Cup Third Place

  In line with the new format adopted for the Federation Cup, the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has said that henceforth there will be no third place match, beginning from this... Read more »

• Nigeria: Mothering in Style

  The image of a mother is incomplete without an infant in tow-and then a husband to round up the picture. Modern mums set to update that picture argue there is a lot more to women... Read more »

• Nigeria: Kano Attack - Terror Fight Not Over - IG

  Inspector General of Police Mohammed Abubakar said the resurgence of terrorist attacks especially the recent killing of over 20 people in Kano state is an indication that terror... Read more »

• Nigeria: SEC to Partner National Planning On U.S.$360 Billion in Infrastructure Funds

  The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is ready to partner with the National Planning Commission to raise the estimated $360 billion which is needed to plug Nigeria's... Read more »

• Nigeria: Sarkin Zana, Ya'u Lere, Dies At 96

  A one-time member of the Northern region House of Assembly, Alhaji Ya'u Lere, Sarkin Zanan Zazzau, is dead. He died Wednesday in Lere, Kaduna State at the age of 96 following a... Read more »

• Nigeria: Why FG Rejected Gay Marriage - Turaki

  Minister of Special Duties Alhaji Kabiru Tanimu Turaki has said the government took the decision to reject gay marriage at the Federal Executive Council (FEC) during which it... Read more »

• Nigeria: Taraba Assembly Flays Poor Land Administration

  The Taraba State House of Assembly yesterday criticized what it described as the poor land administration system in the state which has resulted to indiscriminate erection of... Read more »

• Nigeria: Insecurity - Police Begin Patrol of Schools in Jigawa

  The Jigawa State Police Command has began an patrol of all senior and junior secondary schools in the state as part of measures to forestall attack on schools. Read more »

• Nigeria: Days of PDP Are Numbered - Rep Kawu

  Deputy Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Rep. Suleiman Abdurahman Kawu Sumaila (ANPP, Kano), yesterday said that with the registration of All Progressives Congress... Read more »

• Nigeria: Fashola Hoists APC Flag On Official Car, Party Secretariat

  Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has changed the flag of defunct Action Congress of Nigeria hopisted in front of his Land Rover Jeep official car and replaced it with APC... Read more »

• Nigeria: The Wicked Step Mother [opinion]

  The length some women go in maltreating their step children boggles the mind and makes one to question the inherent compassion in women. Read more »

• Nigeria: Deputy Speaker Explains Constitution Review Passage

  Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Constitution Review and Deputy Speaker, Emeka Ihedioha explained yesterday that the House endorsed the autonomy of the Local... Read more »

• Nigeria: INEC New Secretary Assumes Office

  The new secretary of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mrs. Augusta Chinwe Ogakwu has yesterday assumed office following the retirement of the immediate past... Read more »

• Nigeria: Judge's Absence Stalls Judgment On Muslim Convert's Case

  The Bida Shari'a court in Niger state could not deliver judgement on the case of 25-year-old Aisha Uzoechina seeking protection for fear that her parents could harm her for... Read more »

• Nigeria: Teaching Children the Virtue of Self Confidence [opinion]

  There is still this debate on whether curriculum on virtue should be taught in school or not. I do not know if it should either, but one thing I know however, is that it is first... Read more »

• Nigeria: Man Caught With Human Eyes in Plateau State

  A man suspected to have killed one Goltona Salihu for ritual purpose has been arrested with two dry human eyes believed to have been those of the victim. Read more »

• Nigeria: Two Human Heads, Two AK47 Rifles Recovered in Onitsha Brothel

  The Anambra State Police Command, yesterday stormed Upper Class hotel along old Market road in Onitsha recovered two human heads in a brothel. Read more »

• Nigeria: Lagos Residents Protest Ban On Tricycles

  Residents of Lagos State were on the streets for several hours Wednesday, protesting the state government's ban on the operation of commercial tricycles in some parts of the state. Read more »