Kaduna based GT2000 basketball coach Michael Oche has revealed the National Women’s League debutants have a mission for coming into the competitive league. GT2000 which is playing in the Zenith Bank sponsored league for the first time shocked bas...
Nigeria football boss Aminu Maigari has ordered an end to a face-off between the country’s coach Stephen Keshi and his captain Joseph Yobo. An unhealthy exchange of words between the two principal characters in the Nigeria squad has dominated the...
Obafemi Martins has dispelled fears that his sensational switch to the MLS in the USA could end his international career. Martins has so far failed to take his chance in two comeback games for the African champions and his move to the Major League Socc...
Nigeria have again dropped skipper Joseph Yobo from a series of matches, which include World Cup qualifiers, in May and June. Yobo was overlooked for last month’s World Cup qualifying match at home to Kenya leading to a huge row with Coach Stephe...
Dr Kurfi Abubakar Muhammad is the national coordinator of a Non Governmental Organization (NGO) called Katsina Dialogue for Change (KDC). In this exclusive interview with ISAIAH BENJAMIN, he says every vote in the 2015 general elections will count in K...
Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has called on the government to review all labour laws to engender good and robust industrial relations in the country. In his address to the National Executive Council (NEC) mee...
The Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, has asked the management of Manitoba Hydro, the management contractors for the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to respect the rights of Nigerian workers as entrenched in the law of the land. The minister...
The Nigerian Stock Exchange has announced that it will be launching an Alternative Securities Market (ASeM) this month, for emerging companies with high potential for growth in Nigeria. ASeM will be a specialised board on the Nigerian bourse where smal...
Guaranty Trust Bank Plc has declared a N103 billion profit before tax for the financial year ended December 2012, representing 66 per cent growth compared to the N66.08 billion recorded in 2011, the highest for any Nigerian bank. The financial result w...
The Nigerian Football Federation would intervene in the face-off between some Super Eagles players and Stephen Keshi, the Chief Coach of the team, Emeka Inyama, Chairman, Media Committee of the NFF, has said. Inyama told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN...
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) is currently working on a framework that would enable it offer financial assistance to deserving primary mortgage institutions (PMIs) and microfinance banks (MFBs). Managing Director of the NDIC, Alhaji ...
PHCN Eko Electricity Distribution Company has said it was not responsible for the power interruption on Easter Sunday at Our Saviour’s Anglican Church during the President’s visit. This was contained in a statement issued by the Assis...
Chief Chike Udenze is a former acting chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra State and recently contested the post of National Publicity Secretary of PDP. In this interview with Silas Ezeugwu, he speaks on the need for politica...
Ismaila Ahmed Gadaka Represents Fika/Fune Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives. In this interview with CHIBUZO UKAIBE, he says the visit by President Goodluck Jonathan to Borno and Yobe states was a reaction to the visit of the 10 oppos...
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday reviewed the crises that have engulfed the party, especially the National Working Committee (NWC) led by Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, and admitted that it had challenges. This is even as the party confirmed ...