The Katsina State government has issued one month ultimatum to 36 allotees of land at its commercial layout to develop it or have their allocations revoked. Briefing newsmen, the State Commissioner for Lands and Survey, Husseini Garba Yarmama who issue...
The preliminary report of the consultant that carried out staff auditing in the 25 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Niger State has detected no fewer than 7000 ghost workers on the payroll of the councils. The Permanent Secretary in t...
Super Eagles stand in skipper, Vincent Enyeama, who has been accused of being responsible for the 1-1 draw against Malawi in Blantyre last Saturday, has spoken since the event. He called on his teammates to forget the encounter and the World Cup qualif...
President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Aminu Maigari yesterday charged the technical crew of the Super Eagles led by Coach Stephen Keshi to fashion out a plan that will see the team crush the Amavubi of Rwanda on Saturday without mercy. M...
The Nigeria senior men national team D’Tigers at the weekend started it’s build-up to the London 2012 Olympic Qualifying Tournament with two victories over China’s top club Foshan Long Lions basketball club on Saturday and Sunday. The...
The Niger State capital, Minna will witness hundred of polo lovers from all over the federation for this year’s 2012 polo tournament organised by the Polo Federation of Nigeria. This year’s event according to the secretary organizing commit...
Rafael Nadal has won a record seventh French Open title after emerging a 6-4 6-3 2-6 7-5 victor in the final against Novak Djokovic. The encounter had to be pushed into a second day after rain disrupted it on Sunday at the Roland Garros. Last year Nada...
The first campus emergency medical response Initiative in Nigeria has been launched at the Federal Polytechnic Oko, Anambra State. The project is a joint venture between the polytechnic, the Global Medical Horizon, an Israeli based healthcare provider ...
Officials of Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) have arrested some tipping truck owners and impounded their trucks over alleged illegal excavation activities within the capital city. The Director, AEPB, Isah Shaibu who led the board’s en...
Residents of Kpaduma Community in Garki Ward of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) have been rendered homeless following an alleged un-announced demolition exercise that took place in the community last weekend. A cross-section of the affected residen...
The Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) yesterday distanced itself from a report by an online media alleging that the ICPC had begun investigation of Mrs. Farida Waziri, former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFFC)...
It was fresh confusion at the Lekan Ogunsola mortuary of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) yesterday as many of the corpses retrieved from the wreckage of the Dana plane crash had begun to d...
In the aftermath of the Boeing 727 cargo crash in Ghana and the Sunday, June 3, Dana plane crash in Lagos, the federal government has inaugurated a nine-man technical and administrative review panel on domestic airlines to investigate and recommend way...
The Nigeria Football Federation on Monday applauded the Inspector-General of Police, Alhaji M. D. Abubakar and the Nigeria Police in general for the great job it deed in freeing Nigerianinternational player Christian Obodo from kidnappers. The p...
West African nations will seek a UN Security Council mandate for military intervention in Mali where rising Islamist militancy has made the country an international security threat. Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou, who made this known on Monda...