A jailed Bahraini activist who has been on hunger strike for 56 days has been moved to a police hospital as his health deteriorates, the government and his lawyer said. His health deterioration had raised fears for his life. Abdulhadi al-Khawaja was mo...
The N8 billion loan being source by Plateau Government from Zenith Bank Plc to boost water supply in Jos metropolis will be repaid by the residents, the state government has said. The Commissioner for Water Resources, Alhaji Idi Waziri, made this known...
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka and the Akran of Badagry, De Wheno Aholu Menu Toyi I, will on Saturday feature in the Fitila procession from Lagos to Badagry to herald the 2012 Black Heritage Festival. The festival, which began on April 2, wou...
All Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) and Area Commanders in the FCT have been directed to remain at their duty posts throughout Easter to take charge of the security of their areas. Mr Jimoh Moshood, the FCT Command Public Relations Officer, disclosed...
Armed Robbers in the early hours of Tuesday, stormed the account department of Katagum Local Government Secretariat in Bauchi State and carted away the March salary of workers worth millions of naira. Confirming the incident to our correspondent on pho...
The Lagos State Police Command on Wednesday said that 10 policemen attached to the command have been dismissed over offences bothering on unethical conduct in the last one year. The command's spokesperson, SP Joseph Jaiyeoba, made the disclosure in...
An explosion killed at least six people at Somalia's newly reopened national theatre in Mogadishu on Wednesday during an event attended by government officials, the AU force in Somalia said. “So far six died and 10 were injured, mostly civili...
Ex-Nigeria coaches Samson Siasia and Austin Eguavoen are among five coaches short listed by South Africa’s Orlando Pirates for next season. Champions Pirates have parted ways with the Brazilian Julio Cesar Leal after some indifferen...
A house wife, Mary Temitope Ogundana, has accused her husband, Jubril Ogundana of being too fetish and has constantly threatened to destroy her. Temitope made the accusation at an Akure Customary Court on Wednesday, at the resumed hearing of a petition...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Osun on Wednesday inaugurated a seven-man committee for the state chapter of voter education programme for public secondary schools. Amb. Rufus Akeju, State Resident Electoral Commissioner, who he...
Some stakeholders in the education sector on Wednesday expressed worry over increased cases of examination malpractice and continued mass failure. In interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, the stakeholders said that the challe...
The Nigeria Football Federation has debunked claims that the match between Nigeria and Egypt will not go on due to failed sponsorship talks. The federation yesterday said nothing has happened to jeopardise the planned international friendly match betwe...
Three-time champions of the DStv Premier Basketball League, Kano Pillars and Atlantic conference leaders Dodan Warriors of Lagos put up superb performances at the weekend. They snatched victories away from home. Pillars whose reign as the Nigerian leag...
The government of Nigeria and Rwanda will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in sports that will further strengthen the existing bilateral relationship between the two countries. This was made known yesterday by the supervising Minister of Sports...
Two years after his controversial removal from office by the executive committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), for alleged financial misappropriation, Alhaji Sani Lulu Abdullahi, erstwhile president of the NFF, has opened up on the corrupti...