Literary icon; Professor Chinua Achebe was on Thursday buried in his hometown of Ogidi, Anambra state with a funeral service at the St. Philips Anglican Church. President Goodluck Jonathan and his Ghanaian counterpart, John Mahama were some of the guests that attended the church service to pay their last respects to the late writer. The two leaders described Professor Achebe as a man of conviction who never ...

Nigeria’s foremost private university, the Pan-African University has undergone a name change. It is now to be known as Pan-Atlantic University. This was announced by the institution’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Juan Elegido at a press conference held at the Victoria Island campus of the university. Professor Elegido explained that the decision to take a new name was necessitated by the need for clarity bec ...

The House of Representatives has called on the Inspector General of police to intensify efforts to apprehend armed bandits that laid siege to the town of Daura, in a six hour operation that led to lose of lives and property. The attackers brought down a police station and robbed banks and homes. They also freed detainees at the police station in the town and then threw explosions at the station and prison I ...

Maria Taiwo Abati, the mother of the Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati, is dead. Mr Abati made the announcement of the death on behalf of his family. The late Mrs Abati, 81, was described as a devout Christian, a very kind and loving person. She was born on 7th August 1931. She was born into the family of late Samuel Jobo Arowotadina and Late Elizabeth Efund ...

After years of litigation, the Federal Government of Nigeria has recovered the Ajaokuta Steel Complex in Kogi State. Speaking in an interview with journalists at the National Assembly complex, a Senator lawmaker representing Kogi state, Smart Adeyemi said the federal government is also in the process of negotiating the return of the Iron Ore Mining Company, Itakpe, also the state. The Federal Government has ...

The management of Imo State University (IMSU), Owerri has expelled about 60 students of the institution including those in final year for making below 1.00 grade points. Those who made above 1.00 but below 1.5 grade points for the 2011/ 2012 session were asked to repeat. The acting Vice Chancellor of IMSU, Professor Ukachukwu Aloysius Awuzie said the Senate of the Institution initiated the measure in order ...

The Director General of the National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM), Yusuf Abdallah Usman has warned some individuals, organizations/institutions and State Governments who have been setting up private Museums without the necessary and statutory supervision, regulation and approval by the Commission. Mr Usman made this call in Ilorin during the celebration of this year’s International Museum Day ...

Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has called on wealthy individuals in the state to embark on projects that will give back to their communities of origin. The Governor said this while commissioning a block of eight classrooms in Evbobanosa Orhiowon Local Government Area rebuilt General Superintendent, New Covenant Church, Rev. Felix Omobude. Reverend Felix Omobude said he embarked on the project ...

The Isoko North Local government council in collaboration with the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) has built a 46 bed fully equipped cottage hospital including a doctors and nurses quarters and a theatre in Ekuigbo Iyede. During the commissioning of the hospital, the secretary to the state government, Comrade Ovuozorie Macualay commended the effort of the state government ...

The Yobe state Government has approved N187.4 million as assistance to those whose houses were burnt and those killed by unidentified gunmen or bomb blast in the state. Rising from the executive council meeting held in Damaturu the state capital, on Wednesday the council said it hope the money will assist those whose houses were burnt while relatives of those killed by the insurgents will be assisted. The s ...