Some European tourism companies have expressed interest in exploring Nigeria's tourism potential, Otunba Segun Runsewe, Director General of the Nigeria Tourism Development Corporation has said. Runsewe, who just returned from this year's World ...
Dolphins FC of Port Harcourt manager, Stanley Eguma, says the team is prepared to play in the CAF Champions League. Dolphins will play their first match at away, against a club from Equatorial Guinea later this month. Eguma told sportswriters in Port H...
Contrary to a recent High Court judgment, Etubom Traditional Council in a surprise move at the weekend, re-elected the dethroned Obong of Calabar, Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu V as the Obong of Calabar. A Calabar High Court presided over by Justice...
A State Security operative was on Sunday night shot by unidentified gunmen in Damaturu, Yobe. Alhaji Lawal Tanko, the Commissioner of Police in Yobe, confirmed the incident on Monday, in a telephone interview with a NAN correspondent. He said tha...
The National Action Coalition (NACO) on Sunday held a closed door meeting in preparation for the national dialogue scheduled to hold in Lagos on Monday. The national dialogue is being packaged by the National Summit Group to discuss sundry natio...
A provincial member of South Africa's Health Department has expressed worry over the frequent rape cases in South Africa's hospitals. The member, Magoma Masike, who is South Africa's North West Province Member of Executive Committee (...
For reportedly admitting that he played a central role in scuttling the participation of the immediate past Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva in the latest party primary election in which a serving member of the Federal House of Repr...
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has apologised for the decay in infrastructure at the nation’s airports, adding that infrastructure at the airports was not developed in line with the increase in traffic. FAAN’s Managing Dir...
Omatek Computers Plc is planning to invest billions of naira on a new solar panel and electric bulb factory in the country. This development is aimed at consolidating on the company’s achievements and its extensive presence in Nigeria. The...
The National Lottery Regulatory Commission (NLRC) has commended the transparent manner in which the draws for the Ecobank’s Salary Account Domiciliation Promotion were conducted. The commendation was made at the prize presentation to one of the s...
President Goodluck Jonathan will on Thursday, February 9, commission the multi-billion dollar new Dangote Cement plant, situated in Ibese, Ogun State, the company said yesterday in a statement. The new Plant, the company disclosed, has an installed cap...
Three international companies, Arik Air Ltd, General Electric (USA), and Rockson Engineering Ltd, have begun talks for takeoff of a business partnership to boost the nation’s power and aviation sub-sectors. Chairman of Arik Air, MD Rock Engineeri...
The Senate is set to unravel the mystery surrounding the unending contract and the yearly budgetary provisions for a petroleum training ship yet to duck anywhere near Nigeria. A Joint Committee of the National Assembly and the Oil and Gas sector have a...
The Chief Executive of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has said the Nigerian economy was not beyond salvage, but only required visionary leadership. Dangote also said the Nigerian economy required concerted effort at development strate...
Aso Savings and Loans Plc, a mortgage finance bank, has recorded a total of 40,000 mortgages in the country, about N32 billionsince inception. The amount the bank said, accounted for about 67 per cent of the mortgages in the country. Managing Dir...