Benue State governor, Mr. Gabriel Suswam, and his counterparts Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers), Ibrahim Shehu Shema (Katsina), Liyel Imoke (Cross River), Rochas Okorocha (Imo) and Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun) will today present Nigeria business and development oppor...
President Goodluck Jonathan will leave Abuja for New York on Monday to join other world leaders where they will be addressing the 66th General Assembly of the United Nations (UN). The President, who is among over 30 world leaders that will be speaking ...
The minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Senator Bala Mohammed, has said that only 15 per cent of the territory has been developed, after over 35 years of its existence and has attributed it to the astronomical population growth of the city...
The chairman of Kuje area council, Mr. Danladi Zhin has called for the recognition of traditional rulers in the country as a mark of respect for indigenous cultures and tradition of Nigerians. Zhin who made this known to newsmen at a workshop on capaci...
A National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Dr. Okonkwo Nnemeka, has rehabilitated a long abandoned water borehole and has also provided a local water well to Gbessa Community in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC). The corps member also donated writ...
The Minister of the federal Capital Territory (FCT), Senator Bala Mohammed, last Friday led thousands of Muslim faithful in the FCT in a special Jumat session to pray for the repose of the souls of the victims of the United Nations (UN) house bomb blas...
Natives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have been complaining of marginalisation, despite their contribution to national development. In this interview with CATHERINE AGBO, senior special assistant to the FCT minister on political matters, Jibri...
Manchester United claimed a record-equalling 18th successive home win to march two points clear at the Premier League summit with victory at Old Trafford. And that does not even scratch the surface of a day of drama against Chelsea. First-half goals fr...
Kaduna United have been eliminated from this year’s CAF Confederation Cup after they lost 1-0 at home to Club Africain of Tunisia yesterday. Kaduna needed to win by a big score yesterday, but instead they fell to their Tunisian rivals after they ...
National U-23 coach, Austin Eguavoen will tomorrow defend his Olympic games qualifying programme before the Barrister Chris Green-led technical committee of the Nigeria Football Federation. Eguavoen, who is presently undergoing the ritual of becoming a...
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said that the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standard and implementation of Basel framework will impact positively on the safety, soundness and stability of the financial system. The Deputy Governor, Fin...
The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) has expressed its support for the organisers of the 2011 summit of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG). The Commissioner for Insurance, Fola Daniel, gave the assurance on behalf of the Commission, when a...
The Chairman of African Insurance Brokers Association (AIBA), Dr. Feyi Soyewo has called on insurance stakeholders to cooperate with the Nigerian Council of Registeread Insurance Brokers (NCRIB) and ensure that the provision of the Act establishing the...
Following the persistent market depression, the Nigerian Stock Exchange(NSE) has expressed hope that when the economic and market environment steadies, companies from sectors such as power, upstream oil and gas, telecoms and agriculture would choose th...
The contracts awarded to Dekit Construction Limited and Darcon Nigeria Limited, for the construction of the National Institute of Petroleum Strategy and Policy, Kaduna, by the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) was at the weekend terminated b...