FRESH tributes came for the late Nigerian novelist, Prof. Chinua Achebe, as the Archbishop of Canterbury – the leader of the Anglican Church Communion worldwide – the Most Rev. Justin Welby, led a full Anglican service of songs for him in London. The Bishop of Woolich, Rt. Revd. Michael Ipgrave

In furtherance of its crackdown of Boko Haram sect in Nigeria's troubled North-East region, the Defence Headquaters in Abuja has ordered deployment of 1000 combatant soldiers to border areas of Adamawa State. A senior military officer who spoke with an online news agency SaharaReporters in Abuja sa

A SOFTENING of stand in response to the healthcare needs of the masses has seen the Taliban in Afghanistan backing polio vaccination in that country in order to arrest its continual scourge in the country. In a statement supporting health programmes in the country, with particular reference to poli

Abia State government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a private firm under a Public Private Partnership to build and develop an industrial markets city-Abia International Industry City (ABIIC)-for traders and other business ventures that would be comparable to international stand

As the world prepares to bid the late literary sage, Prof. Chinua Achebe farewell, Primate of the Anglican Communion, Most Revd. Nicholas Okoh has described him as one of the greatest gifts God has given to Africa, Nigeria and the Igbo nation at large. “Prof. Chinua Achebe was God’s gift to Afri

The United Kingdom and the United States have indicated interest to assist Nigeria curb the menace of crude oil theft which President Goodluck Jonathan has described as “blood oil’’. The minister of petroleum resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, made the announcement at a lecture

Says Nigerian presidency is not the birthright of Kaita’s family    … Annkio Briggs is undoubtedly one of the leading female activists to have come out from the Niger Delta region. President of the Agape Birthright, spokesperson of the Ijaw Republican Assembly (IRA) and also the U

President Goodluck Jonathan has thanked Nigerians for their support for the state of emergency declared last week in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States. Senior Special Assistant to the President, Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, made this known in a statement on Sunday. The statement read, “Presiden

The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 1 Division Nigerian Army, Kaduna, Major-General Garba Wahab, at the weekend said the media should not eulogize criminals as the Division has arrested a suspected orange seller who spied for terrorists and over N600 million was found in his bank account within th

The Nigerian military has launched air raids on militant training camps in the north-east of the country, officials say. An army spokesman said jets and helicopter gunships had been used to attack several camps. He told the BBC that a plane had been hit by anti-aircraft fire but had managed to ret