The Chairman, Abuja municipal Area council (AMAC), Hon. Micah Yohanna Jiba has commended the Federal Capital Territory Authority (FCTA), for the land infrastructure swap model noting that the initiative will bring rapid development in the metropolis.&n...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) said it arrested 21 persons for various environmental offences between March 10 and April 12, 2012. This, the administration said, was in furtherance of efforts to maintain a well kept environme...
Residents of an indigenous settlement, situated along the Airport road, Gosa, has dragged the Minster of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Sen. Bala Mohammed and the Nigeria Police to court for abuse of their fundamental human rights and force...
Taking yoghurt could make you both slimmer and sexier, according to a study made at Massachusetts Institute of Technology - at least if you are a mouse. In a bid to prove whether yoghurt could help stave off age-related weight gain in humans, researche...
Holidaymakers are advised to slap on plenty of suncream to reduce their risk of skin cancer. But now scientists are saying an ingredient in some bottles could possible harm the skin. Early research from Missouri University suggests that zinc oxide, whe...
Gov. Jonah Jang of Plateau said that the state government planned to make Jos Airport an export zone for agricultural produce. Jang stated this in a statement made available to newsmen in Lagos on Sunday. The governor said that...
Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), has predicted that the current security challenge confronting the country will soon be a thing of the past. Adeboye, who was speaking at the Northern Niger...
The Borno Police Command said it had arrested 13 suspects in connection with Saturday's attack on Mafa police station in Mafa Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. Unknown gunmen attacked the station at about 9 p.m. kil...
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says it has arrested some senior officials of three companies in Lagos for alleged failure to remit taxes totaling N2.17 billion. A statement issued by the service in Abuja on Sunday said an enforcement team le...
A United States of America based group, Justice For All Nations (JFAN) has described the reinstatement of the suspended President Court of Appeal (PCA), Justice Isa Ayo Salami as a bad omen for the judiciary in Nigeria, saying; "it is obvious that...
The Nigeria Football Association (NFA) intends to organise an under-15 football championship in honour of late Super Eagles’ striker Rashidi Yekini. Alhaji Aminu Maigari, the NFA Chairman, disclosed this on Saturday in Ira, Oyun Local Gover...
Some members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have applauded the National Judicial Council (NJC) for the reinstatement of Justice Ayo Salami as the President of the Court of Appeal. The lawmakers made their comments in an interview with the News A...
The National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) has rejected the 50 per cent wage increase for workers in the 17 Local Government Areas of Plateau. Mr Samson Mafuyai, state Chairman of NULGE, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Mrs Bilikis Rasheed, one of the wives of late ex-Super Eagles striker Rashidi Yekini, has urged government to assist in catering for the education of the deceased’s children. Bilikis, who is based in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, made the call i...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday in Jos assured that the Federal Government would leave no stone unturned to ensure normalcy returned to all parts of the country soon. He gave the assurance at the 25th convocation ceremony of the University of ...