The Borno Government said on Sunday that it had approved a 70 per cent subsidy on fertilisers being sold to farmers for this years cropping season. Gov. Kashim Shettima made the pronouncement at the launch of the sale of the commodity&nb...
The NNPC said it would on Monday re-open the Pipelines and Products Marketing Company (PPMC) Depot in Aba, closed almost a decade ago due to pipeline vandalism. This is contained in a statement signed by the acting Group General Manager...
ECOWAS Heads of States on Saturday in Ouagadougou said peace keepers would be deployed to Mali to restore the ``territorial integrity’’ of the country and democracy. Ivorian President and ECOWAS Chairman, Alassane Ouattara, annou...
ADESUWA TSAN and EDEGBE ODEMWINGIE in this report play up a view being silently expressed among federal lawmakers on the propriety of the secret probe of the latest bribery tale rocking the House of Representatives Who blinks first?The past two weeks ...
First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan has expressed gratitude to the Federal Government for the appointment of more women into key positions of leadership in the country. Jonathan stated this when she was hosted by Dr Dalhatu Tafida, Nigeria's High Co...
Is there trouble in paradise for Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez? PEOPLE reported that Gomez, 19, “was crying about Justin and was upset” during Ashley Tisdale’s birthday bash last week. But multiple photos from the fete show the &ldqu...
Most times when artistes become successful in their chosen career, they tend to forget their roots. This is witnessed when they fail to honour shows organised in some rural areas where they once craved to be given audience. Anthony Ada Abraham in this ...
Tom Cruise controlled Katie Holmes like a puppet master... making every major and even minor decision in her personal and professional life ... and in the end, she felt like she couldn’t breathe without his permission ... sources close to the act...
Though, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led-government in Kwara State, has been roundly criticised by the opposition over its continuity agenda, the agenda seems to have paid off after all. When his administration came on board on May 29, 2011, the ...
President Barack Obama’s campaign has recruited a legion of lawyers to be on standby for this year’s election as legal disputes surrounding the voting process escalate. Thousands of attorneys and support staffers have agreed to aid in the e...
Mitt Romney’s wife has confirmed a tidbit about the vice presidential search process her husband largely has been keeping secret: He’s considering choosing a woman. “We’ve been looking at that, and I love that option as well,&rd...
China and Russia have separately rebuffed accusations by Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, that they are hindering the resolution of the crisis in Syria. Aljazeera reported that Liu Weiman, the Chinese foreign ministry spokesman, said Clinton...
Serena Williams was crowned Wimbledon champion for the fifth time on Saturday as the American subdued a brave fightback from Polish third seed Agnieszka Radwanska to win 6-1, 5-7, 6-2 in a dramatic final. Serena, who pockets a cheque for £1.15 mi...
Some 2, 000 members of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Lagos, led by Mr Abdulkareem Rafiu, a former security aide to Gov. Babatunde Fashola, on Saturday defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Rafiu told PDP big wigs and...
The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) on Saturday lauded the suspension of the operational licences of seven private universities in the country. Mr Solomon Onaghinon, the Secretary-General of the association told the News Agency ...