Dr Kofi Annan, the former Secretary-General of the UN and Chairman, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) on Thursday solicited for increased support for small scale farmers in recognition of their valuable contribution to the fo...
KRISTEN Stewart has clearly got something to smile about as she steps out in France. The Twilight star was seen grinning uncontrollably as she attended Balenciaga's Spring/Summer 2013 show at Paris Fashion Week. Kristen, 22, seemed far happi...
Justice Husseini Baba-Yusuf of the FCT High Court on Thursday dismissed a suit filed by a company executive, Mr Ebere Enyi, against the Inspector-General of Police for ``obviously lacking in merit''. Enyi, the Managing Director o...
Chelsea captain John Terry has been banned for four games and fined £220,000 after being found guilty of racially abusing QPR defender Anton Ferdinand by the FA. The Blues star announced his retirement from international football with Engl...
The Senate President, Sen. David Mark, on Wednesday, called on the Nigeria Prisons Service to turn the prisons into places of reformation rather than centres for punishment. Mark made the call in a keynote address at the International Prayer Brea...
The NDLEA in Osun has arrested an Akure high chief for allegedly being in possession of eight bags of Indian hemp. The agency’s acting Commander, Mr Samuel Gadzama, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Osogbo th...
The Minister of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation, Chief Edem Duke, has called for sustainable energy to boost tourism sector. He told newsmen in Abuja that the call became necessary if social, cultural, political and economic values of t...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved the purchase of 16 million textbooks and library resources materials for distribution to all public primary schools and Junior Secondary Schools across the country. The Minister of State for Edu...
Tension is building up in Kaduna following the killing of a commercial motorcycle rider by a mobile police officer for unknown reasons. The incident which took place at the Kaduna Stadium round about in broad daylight generated heavy tensio...
The Plateau Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Mr. Silvanus Dantoe, says the State is now a safe place for tourists to visit at any time. Dantoe told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Jos on Wednesday that government had put all security measures ...
Some stakeholders have advised the Federal Government to be more transparent in the bidding process towards the sale of PHCN power plants. In separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigerian (NAN) in Lagos on Wednesday, they said that the pro...
The UN Security Council is to hold discussions later on Wednesday on ways to co-operate with the Arab League on conflict resolution, particularly with situation in the Middle East in the wake of the Arab Spring. The meeting, attended mostly by foreign ...
Okitipupa (Ondo), Sept. 26, 2012 (NAN) The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday called for full participation of the citizens in Ondo State to make their votes count in the Oct. 20 governorship election. Mr Joseph Dahunsi, INEC...
Eighteen fuel-laden ships are waiting to berth and discharge their contents at the various oil terminals in Lagos ports, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has said. In its daily publication, ``the Shipping Position’’, made available ...
Agricultural transformation is a real possibility in Africa if governments will put in place the right policies, infrastructure and input support for small farmers, former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Wednesday. Speaking to journalists before t...