Suspected armed robbers on Wednesday killed a police Inspector and one civilian at marina area of Sokoto metropolis. The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) reports that Alhaji Aliyu Musa, commissioner of police, confirmed the incident. Mus...
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and an NGO, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), have called for diligent prosecution of those indicted in the fuel subsidy probe report. The groups made the call on Wednesday while reacting t...
A Black polythene bag placed in a water chamber beside the Baptist model Nursery/primary school by the ever busy Ahmadu Bello way on Wednesday, caused panic as people thought it contained an explosive. The news went round Kaduna and its environs that a...
The World Gala Premiere of Nollywood movie - LAST FLIGHT TO ABUJA will hold at the Troxy Cinema, 490 Commercial Road , London, E1 0HX on Friday, June 8th, 2012 from 6.30pm.
Of late, stories about the Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, both sweet and sour, have been in the news. In this interview with KAZEEM AKINTUNDE, Aregbesola speaks on the steps he is taking to restore a healthy socio-economic life for his people, a...
Former Super Eagles captain and Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Ambassador, Nwankwo Kanu has described Mikel’s involvement in Chelsea’s historic win of the European Champions League as another milestone for Nigerian players. Nwankwo, who ...
The President of the Nigeria Polo Federation Francis Ogboru has said he is very impressed with the just concluded Unity Polo Tournament held in Abuja. The week long tournament which was hosted at the Guards Brigade Club Abuja had 21 clubs with over 80 ...
The travel travails of the Super Eagles are yet to be over just a day before the international friendly in Lima against Peru. On Sunday, drug incident at the Murtala Mohammed Airport in Lagos, forced the cancellation of the Iberia Airliner that the Sup...
Nigerians who still lament the non qualification of the country’s male and female football teams for the forthcoming summer London Olympic Games need not to cry any more. This is because the supervising minister of sports and Chairman National Sp...
Rafael Nadal yesterday snatched the Rome Masters crown from Novak Djokovic with a 7-5 6-3 victory. The title - a record sixth in Rome for Nadal - also returned the Spaniard to No.2 in the world rankings after Roger Federer displaced him a week ago. It ...
Ajax head coach Frank de Boer has said he is “honoured” to be approached by Liverpool over the managerial vacancy at Anfield, but insists he will be staying at the Dutch club. De Boer, who has guided the Amsterdam giants to back-to-back Ere...
Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck has revealed that the club’s owner Roman Abramovich is targeting another three Champions League wins following Saturday’s triumph. The Blues won Europe’s premier cup competition for the first time with vict...
The Abia State governor, Chief Theodore Orji, was last week, conferred with the award of National Peace Ambassador in recognition of his achievements in the area of security, which has made state a model in peaceful coexistence and security in the coun...
In Nigeria, many development projects currently being undertaken in the rural communities, often adopt the bottom-top approach in design and execution. This is perhaps in line with the recommendations of some scholars and development experts. And under...
It is no longer news that the Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE), has commenced the sale of properties belonging to the Nigerian Coal Corporation(NCC). But what is news is the nature of properties that are being sold, and whether due process was followe...