Dr Abiodun Awolusi, Assistant head of Emergency Unit of the National Hospital, Abuja, has warned Nigerians against having indiscriminate sex with partners who imbibe the habit wearing unsterilised pants. Awolusi gave the warning in an interview with ne...
The Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) has directed operators of hotels, motels, guest houses, night clubs and eateries nationwide to register with the corporation within 30 days or be shut down. Otunba Olusegun Runsewe, the Director-Gener...
Super Eagles’ Head Coach, Stephen Keshi has invited only 11 foreign-based players for the Senior National Team’s 2013 African Nations Cup qualifying engagement with Rwanda in Kigali on February 29. The roll celebrates the retu...
In a 2009 interview with Oprah Winfrey, Whitney Houston was asked how Michael Jackson's passing affected her -- and the singer's words are particularly chilling given her own untimely death at age 48. The King of Pop died at age 51 from ...
Those alleging that Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe State, have endorsed their aspiration for the chairmanship of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the party’s forth coming national convention have been described as desperate named...
In a bid to avoid a repeat of the bloodshed in Nasarawa and Benue States over boundary disputes, the House of Representatives yesterday directed the National Boundary Commission and the Inter- State Technical Committee to liaise with the governors of O...
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Dahiru Musdapher yesterday said efforts are being made by the Federal Judicial Service Commission to improve on the procedures for the appointment of Judicial Officers to ensure persons of unquestionable inte...
The Independent and Major Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, Ilorin unit, Kwara State, yesterday, suspended its two day strike which paralyzed commercial activities in the State. The IPMAN chairman, Alhaji Agbolade Jamiu Bolaji said tha...
The Asset Management Coporation of Nigeria (AMCON) is in the process of selling the commercial lenders that it took over last year amid efforts to stabilize the country’s banking industry following a lending crisis, said central bank Govern...
Niger State government is set to streamline the taxation process and halt multiple taxations in the state in order to ease the difficulties faced by Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs). The state’s deputy governor, Hon. Ahmed Ibeto, made th...
Osun state chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has congratulated the national Leader of the party and former Governor of Lagos state, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his installation as the Agba-Akin Adinni of Ijeshaland. The party in a statem...
The Nasarawa State government is set to improve the power supply to the state. This was disclosed by the state governor, Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, when he paid a visit to the Akwanga power station. The governor based his optimism on the 30/40 mega watt po...
The Senate yesterday confirmed Mr Ibrahim Lamorde as the substantive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). During the open screening at the Senate, Lamorde admitted that there was corruption within the commission but added th...
The sudden cancellation of investigation into an alleged scam in the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) by the House of Representatives Committee on Health is creating ripples among its members, as some of them have alleged that the leadership of ...
The January 2012 report of Webometrics, a world tertiary education ranking institutions organisation, has shown that only three institutions in Nigeria made the list of first 100 best universities in Africa and none in the first 1,600 in the world. Mic...