Despite the scandalous loss to the world best Olympics basketball team 156-73 and making history as a team to record the worst defeat ever in an Olympics basketball game, coach of the Nigerian team, Ayo Bakare believes his boys can still qualify. His w...
Nigerian basketball star, Ike Diogu, who alone contributed 27 points in Nigeria’s 73 overall, has blamed D’Tigers’ historic loss to too many mistakes committed by the side. He said any team that commits such against an experienced sid...
Three Team Nigerian athletes have qualified for the semi finals of their respective fields in the athletics events of the London Olympics. Omolara Omotosho, Amechi Morton and Regina George zoomed into the semi finals to raise hopes of medals for a nati...
As compelling security, political and economic challenges push Nigeria to the brink, two elder statesmen and former military heads of state - retired Generals Olusegun Obasanjo and Ibrahim Babangida bite the bullet and express weighty positions in a no...
President Goodluck Jonathan has commended former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Tony Anenih’s commitment to the common good, as well as the sustained growth and development of the nation. The commen...
An Abuja High Court yesterday threatened to issue a bench warrant on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mallam Lamido Sanusi come Thursday, if he fails to obey an order absolute it made against the apex bank to pay a judgment sum of N460 milli...
Ever experienced what it feels like to be tossed by the waves? Okey try driving along Olusegun Obasanjo Way- a stretch of road from Zone Four through Zone Seven, or Michael Okpara road at Zone Five. Abuja as a city was created in February 1976, and man...
The remains of late Madam Agatha Ufot, a renowned Kaduna-based business woman and devoted Christian was yesterday interred in her family compound off Market Road, Ikot Ndua-Iman, Onna local government area of Akwa-Ibom State. In his tribute, the Managi...
More than 5, 000 drums, containing 225 litres of petroleum products each, were yesterday destroyed at Ikang, Bakassi local government area of Cross Rivers State, by the Joint Task Force (JTF) in Calabar, the state capital. The products were seized from...
The Bayelsa government on Friday said that graduates of Izon language would be given automatic employment by the State Government. The state's Commissioner for Culture and Ijaw National Affairs, Dr Felix Tuodolo, made the announcemen...
The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, on Friday announced the approval of supplementary admissions for five new courses at University of Agriculture, Makurdi. This is contained in a statement issued in Bwa...
The Kwara Government has pledged to assist the National Population Commission (NPC) to achieve the set goals of the commission. The Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Sola Gold, gave the assurance on Friday while re...
Gov. Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State on Friday swore in Alhaji Nuhu Adamu as the new Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice of the state. Adamu replaced Alhaji Inuwa Abdulkadir, who is now the Minister of Youths Development&n...
South Africa has hailed the adoption of a provincial constitution in Somalia hoping it will pave the way for stability and prosperity. "We extend our hearty congratulations to the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia, the Somali people and a...
It is important for the African Union to mobilise business across the continent as it has a role to play in creating wealth and alleviating poverty, says newly-elected AU Commission chairperson and Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma. "Ou...