December 3

• Nigeria: FRSC Boss Tasks Officers On HIV/Aids

  The Lagos State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Mr Nseobong Akpabio, on Saturday advised HIV positive officers to take care of themselves.. Read more »

• Nigeria: Nigerian Celebrities, Footballers Say No to Discrimination of PLWHA

  Gen. Yakubu Gowon, former Head of State, has identified love and care as the best way of encouraging People Living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA). Read more »

• Nigeria: Primate Dismisses Calls for Taxes On Churches

  The Primate of All Nigeria Anglican Communion, Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh, on Saturday dismissed calls in some quarters for Churches in the country to be mandated to pay tax to... Read more »

• Nigeria: DHQ Orders Redeployment of Senior Officers in Jaji

  The Chief of Defence Staff, Adm. Ola Ibrahim, has ordered the redeployment of AVM Ibrahim Kure, the Commandant, Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji. Read more »

• Nigeria: NCPP Urges Government to Provide Cancer Vaccines for Citizens

  The National Cancer Prevention Programme (NCPP), has urged government at all levels to make budgetary provisions for vaccines to protect people against the Human Papilloma Virus... Read more »

• Nigeria: Artistes, Comedians Rock Comedy Assembly in Abuja

  It was the gathering of Abuja finest last weekend at 3Js hotel Utako Abuja, when notable faces in the Abuja entertainment scene came in their numbers to relax with best of comedy. Read more »

• Nigeria: Agro-Allied Business Can Decongest Labour Market - Kachikwu [interview]

  Mr. Justus Kachikwu, is the Chairman of Cassava Farmers Association, Delta State, and also an agro-allied businessman who said there are opportunities in the agro-allied industry... Read more »

• Nigeria: Trust, Not Commitment, Makes a Lasting Relationship [opinion]

  A lot of people feel that getting married is the main objective of a relationship, but trust is the glue that can make such commitments last long and be enjoyable. Blessing Ukemena... Read more »

• Nigeria: Why Violence Against Women Must Stop

  Among the challenges facing the women folk in the society, abuses in the form of sexual violence and sheer brutality are the worst that have continued to defy solutions. Blessing... Read more »

• Nigeria: Using Standard Weights, Measures to Stop Economic Bleeding

  The Federal Government loses about N2.2 trillion annually due to inaccurate measurement system across all sectors of the economy, especially the oil and gas sector which accounts... Read more »

• Nigeria: The Quest for a Truly Peoples' Constitution [opinion]

  The contentious claim to autochthony in the opening line of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria (as amended) has remained a fundamental defect of the document. As a result, there have... Read more »

• Nigeria: Randy Pastors Sleep With Barren Women

  Women seeking children through prayers have continued to fall prey to "pastors,", who defile them even on the altar. Read more »

• Nigeria: It's Hard to Break Even As a Filmmaker - Tunde Olaoye [interview]

  The movie, Married But Living Single, is presently receiving rave reviews not just because of the actors and actresses that featured in the multi-million naira box-office hit but... Read more »

• Nigeria: Controversy Trails Patience Jonathan's Cab Project

  The Lady Chauffeur Training Scheme (LCTS) initiated by the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan under her pet project, Women for Change Development Initiative in partnership with the... Read more »

• Nigeria: Obasanjo Torpedoed Northern Unity - Sen. Aruwa [interview]

  Senator Mohammed Aruwa represented Kaduna Central Senatorial Zone at the National Assembly under the platform of the All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP), between 1999 and 2007. In... Read more »

• Nigeria: Bid for Regions Not Secession Plot - Fayemi

  Ekiti State governor Kayode Fayemi, has said that regionalism being clamoured for in some parts of Nigeria is not a secessionist response but aimed at enabling regions to control... Read more »

• Nigeria: Age Has Nothing to Do With a Good Marriage - Doyle [interview]

  Gloria Doyle is a gospel singer, evangelist, and cosmetologist. The fun loving mother of three has made a name for herself in the entertainment industry having acted, sang and hung... Read more »

• Nigeria: Insecurity - Nigerian Army Vows to Restore Normalcy

  When the leadership of the Nigerian Army met last week in Asaba, Delta State capital, only two issues were placed before the military top brass; the insecurity in the land and the... Read more »

• Nigeria: Varsity Threatens Legal Action Against Some Lecturers

  The management of Akwa Ibom State University has threatened to initiate legal action against the families of some lecturers who refused to return to the institution after their... Read more »

• Nigeria: Kaduna State Records Decline in HIV Cases - Yakowa

  Kaduna State has recorded a drastic decline in new HIV infections, Gov. Patrick Yakowa has said. Read more »

• Nigeria: Kebbi Govt Pledges Support for HIV/Aids Eradication Efforts

  The Kebbi Government has pledged full support for efforts to eradicate HIV and AIDS in the state. Read more »

• Nigeria: National Assembly to Provide Special Funds to Secure Military Barracks - Rep. Adamu

  The National Assembly would appropriate special funds in the 2013 budget to enable the Federal Government address the nation's current security challenges, Read more »

• Nigeria: Gombe Govt Strives to Attain Zero HIV Infections - Commissioner

  The Gombe State Government says that it will strive to achieve zero HIV infections in the state in the coming years. Read more »

• Nigeria: Kano Govt Plans to Immunise Eight Million People Against Meningitis

  The Kano State Government said it had concluded plans to immunise eight million people in the state against meningitis in the exercise which begins on Dec. 1. Read more »

• Nigeria: Kalu Calls for 38 States

  Former Abia State Governor Orji Uzor Kalu yesterday urged President Goodluck Jonathan to ensure the creation of two more states in the South to balance the Nigerian states... Read more »