The Senate will today screen the most senior justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar as nominee for chief justice of Nigeria (CJN). This was disclosed by chairman of the Senate Committee on Rules and Business, Senator Ita Enang who s...
The Ambassador of the State of Israel, His Excellency, Mr Moshe Ram has expressed his country’s readiness to partner the federal government to combat insurgency in Nigeria. The envoy who presented a paper on Suicide Terrorism: The Israeli Experie...
Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Council on International Relations, Chief Emeka Anyaoku yesterday blamed the current security challenges facing the country for the setback of its foreign policy, and said was inimical to foreign investments in Nig...
The President of the Senate, David Mark, yesterday, said that the death of Senator Gyang Dantong should serve as the sacrifice needed for peace in Plateau State and Nigeria. Mark, who described late Sen. Dantong as sacrificial lamb, also decried the pr...
The United States President, Barrack Obama, has said that frustrations were the major reasons behind the activities of Boko Haram, sect which has claimed responsibilities for most of the killings in the Northern parts of Nigeria. Speaking during a spec...
Former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has described the Jos shootings that claimed the life of Senator Gyang Dantong and Hon Gyang Fulani of the Plateau State House of Assembly as a tragedy and challenge to Nigeria. Tinubu, in a statemen...
As the nation continues to grapple with the challenge of housing for its citizens, the President, Nigeria Institute of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV), Emeka Eleh, in this interview with CATHERINE AGBO, says the deficit can only be addressed throu...
Arsene Wenger has turned down the opportunity to manage both Arsenal and France, but would not rule out such a role in the future, according to L’Equipe. Following Laurent Blanc’s resignation after a disappointing Euro 2012 campaign, Wenger...
Andre Villas-Boas has been appointed as the new Tottenham head coach on a three-year contract, as confirmed by the club. The former Chelsea boss emerged as the outstanding candidate during a three-week-long process that started when Spurs sacked Harry ...
Head coach of the Nigeria national team, Stephen Keshi has identified Anthony Laffor as the main threat his side will face when the Super Eagles face Liberia’s Lone Star in the final round of qualifying for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. Both na...
Following the government pronouncement last week after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting that there would be no government’s official delegation to the 2012 Olympics in London, Minister of Sports and Chairman National Sports Commission ...
Rivers State Governor has asked players and officials of Dolphins to go all out and give him another League trophy. Rivers State Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has charged Dolphins to win the Nigeria Premier League again and return to government hous...
Former Super Eagles Coach and founder of SiaOne Soccer Academy, Samson Siasia has called on Nigerians to beware of an alleged fraudster called Nigel Aisosa who claimed to be organizing a football Academy Camp this Saturday at the NYSC Camp, Kubwa in Ab...
For many indigenes of Ibese, a sleepy town in Egbado north local government area of Ogun State, June 25, would forever, remain evergreen in their mind. That was the day crisis broke out between the Yoruba and their Hausa brothers. To many indigenes of ...
These are not the best of times for Chris Okotie, pastor and head, Household of God. Since he announced his separation from his second wife, Stephanie two weeks ago, many Lagosians have been wondering whether it was proper for the man of God to divorce...