Two women suspected to be human traffickers have been arrested by a vigilante group at the Etim Edem motor park in Calabar Municipality. The suspects were reportedly chasing two underage girls in the park in an attempt to re-capture them after the girl...
Senator Abubakar Girie represented Adamawa Central in the Senate from 1999 to 2003 under the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). In this interview with ISAIAH BENJAMIN, he discusses the issues that were raised during a conference org...
Recent reports bordering on the 2015 presidency suggest that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may implode in its power game. GEORGE AGBA, in this report examines the situation within the backdrop of the body language of key players. A mild dra...
As the Senate is now in new session, the obvious fact is that they will be confronted with several key issues. What is the agenda? UCHENNA AWOM writes that the new agenda may have a far reaching implication in the political and economic restructuring o...
Lionel Messi has revealed despite Barcelona’s failed Champions League and La Liga bids last season, he believes it wasn’t a bad one after all. Reflecting, he said his side can still be proud of their efforts. La Blaugrana won four trophies ...
Matches of Week 3 of the Nigeria Bankers Games (NBG) produced a mixed bag of results with Union Bank and First Bank the only teams that collected all three points in their matches on a day Fidelity Bank drew their second game and the star match between...
The Chairman, House of Representatives. Committee on Sports, Godfrey Gaiya has urged President Goodluck Jonathan not to entrust the rehabilitation of the six national stadia to the National Sports Commission (NSC). Gaiya, in an interview with the News ...
Two Nigerian tennis young stars have done the country proud in the recently held International Tennis Federation tournament held in Benin Republic and Togo. The tournament was the ITF West and Central Africa Juniour Circuit for the 18 and under categor...
Dynamo Kiev’s Nigerian defender Taye Taiwo (C) is about to renew his personal rivalry against PSG. Dynamo Kiev’s Nigerian defender Taye Taiwo, who is about to renew his personal rivalry against Paris Saint Germain, believes Tuesday’s ...
On Thursday, September 20, 2012, the International Conference Centre, Abuja, will host the nation’s crème de la crème in politics and business at the public presentation of an Abuja-based newspaper, the ‘Blueprint’. The event which ...
Despite some recovery in headline Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to 6.28 per cent and decline in inflation, analysts have issued fresh warnings that the so-called growth in the nation’s economy is rooted precariously on shaky fundamentals that coul...
Following its plans to increase the value of coins, the Central bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revealed plans to introduce coins dispensing Automated Teller Machines (ATMs)in the country. This new strategy, the CBN said would encourage Nigerians imbibe the ...
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) yesterday temporarily grounded one of Aero’s B737 planes for re-certification following an aborted takeoff of its Lagos bound flight at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja due to a snag (fa...
Following the shutdown of system 2b, a major pipeline that evacuates between nine to 11million litres of fuel from Lagos to Ibadan, Ilorin and the north, due to serious vandalism by oil thieves a few weeks ago, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporati...
The fracas between the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and licenced customs agents and freight forwarders yesterday took another turn as Aviation Security officers (AVSEC) and the Police yesterday barred clearing agents and freight forward...