Three secondary school students writing on-going West African School Certificate Examination, WASCE have been killed and over 200 others injured when the building of the examination hall located at Alpha Academy, a private secondary school in Mararaba, Donga local government area of Taraba State collapsed. The tragedy which occured late on Wednesday was confirmed today by the Chairman of Donga local council ...

Former head of state, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, President Goodluck Jonathan and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal are among Nigerian leaders that have paid tributes to the literary icon, Chinua Achebe who died in the U.S thursday night. In his tribute through a statement signed by presidential spokesman, Mr Jonathan said  he received with" immense sadness, news of the passing away ...

After about a week of battling old age sickness in a hospital in Boston, Massachusetts in the United States of America, 82 year old Africa’s foremost novelist and author, Prof Chinua Achebe succumbed to the cold hands of death yesternight. His health had deteriorated over a week ago after which he was rushed to the hospital but just as there was hope that the literary icon may survive it, things fell apart ...

No fewer than nine persons including students and security agents were feared killed today as a peaceful demonstration staged by students of the Nasarawa state university, Keffi, to protest lack of water supply in their campus turned violent. iReports-ng.com gathered that the students have been having problems with supply of water to the school campus due to a breakdown of the public water plant in Akwanga ...

Enugu state governor, Sullivan Chime who returned to the country recently after 140 days abroad has opened up on why he has to stay that long outside the country, stressing that he was away to treat cancer of the nose and of the neck. Chime who spoke with a select group of journalists in Enugu Monday night at the Government House said that though he is still recuperating from the terminal ailment, he is how ...

No fewer than four persons were feared killed and over 30 injured with several factory buildings destroyed in a late evening explosion at a popular brewing factory, the Nigeria Distilleries Limited, located at Ijako, Sango-Ota in Ado Odo/Ota Local Govrnment Area of Ogun State today. The Ogun State  Police Command spokesman, Supol Muyiwa Adejobi who confirmed the incident on the telephone however disputed th ...

To give it further boost,  a number of  world agencies have indicated interest in  partnering with the Ondo state government on its  Abiye- safe motherhood programme. The state Governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko  mentioned this to newsmen on Thursday night while returning to the country from the United States of America. Dr Mimiko had  presented a report on the basics and implementation of the   programme to worl ...

  The safe motherhood-Abiye project initiated by the Ondo State government to checkmate deaths recorded at childbirth in the state has been identified by international study bodies as  a promising  home grown effort to nip the trend in the bud and also build a comprehensive, sustainable and evidence -driven approach that ensures women have reliable access to quality maternal health services. The state Commi ...

Veteran Nollywood actor, Enebeli Elebuwa is dead. He died in an Indian hospital in New Delhi at the age of 66. The death of Elebuwa who was an indigene of Utagba Uno, Delta State is coming shortly after the death of another veteran actor, Pete Eneh who was amputated few weeks ago in connection with diabetes.   Elebuwa was said to have died as a result of complications from stroke at the Asian Institute ...

The traditional ruler of Aluu in Ikwere local government area of Rivers state tops the list of 13 indigenes of the town so far arrested by the police in connection with their alleged complicity in the killing last Friday of four students of the University of Port Harcourt. The students simply identified as Ugonna, Llyod, Tekana and Chidiaka were last Friday stripped naked, beaten to a point of unconsciousne ...