Mr Mike Omeri, the Director-General, National Orientation Agency (NOA), has suggested that Sept. 16, be observed yearly as a National Symbol Day for Nigeria’s Flag and Coat of Arms. Omeri, who made the proposal at a news conference in Abuja on We...
Somalia's new President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and the visiting Kenyan Foreign Minister on Wednesday escaped an apparent suicide bomb attack on a Mogadishu hotel. They were holding a news conference at the hotel when the bomb exploded but they were ...
A former Managing Director of the Intercontinental Bank Plc, Erastus Akingbola, on Wednesday told an Ikeja High Court in Lagos that he did not steal N47.1 billion from the bank. Akingbola made the denial while testifying at his ongoing trial before Jus...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved the execution of 44 infrastructural development projects for the nine oil producing states. Minister of Information Labaran Maku disclosed this after the Council meeting presided over by P...
The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) on Wednesday attributed Nigeria’s rising debt profile and budget deficit to its inability to diversify her economy. RMAFC said this in Asaba at a two-day advocacy workshop for Nige...
Dr Ado Mohammed, the Executive Director, National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, says the Federal Government will spend N1.6 billion on the MenAfriVac immunisation campaign. Mohammed said this in Abuja on Wednesday during a stakehol...
The National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) said in Lagos on Wednesday that it would take the country 20 years to produce the 1.3 million teachers required to bridge existing teachers shortfall at basic education level. The Executive Secre...
The former vice president Alex Ekwueme and former super permanent secretary, Chief Philip Asiodu yesterday attributed the pervasive rot in the nation’s civil service to the military rule in Nigeria. Ekwueme and Asiodu, who were chairman and guest...
The Minister of Works Mike Onolememen has expressed confidence that the nation’s roads will be passable by the end of this year. This is the ministry has launched a new programme called ‘Project Safe Passage as part of efforts to check the ...
Measures have been taken to ensure adequate security of lives and property in Sokoto and its environs following reported threat by terrorists to attack the city. One of the steps taken by the federal government yesterday was the mass deployment of secu...
After nine days of a thorough search, the body of the Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company (KRPC) Deputy Manager, whose vehicle plunged into River Jere in Jere town in Kargrko Local Government in Kaduna State, was yesterday recovered b...
Kano State government and the Republic of Niger have entered into bilateral agreement in the areas of agriculture, energy and other economic activities to strengthen their long existing relations. At the opening of the first Kano/Republic of Niger Trad...
Leading telecommunication company, Globacom has demonstrated its commitment to sports development in West Africa as it unveils the Glo Soccer Academy; a TV Reality show tagged The Dream Team in Lagos yesterday. Speaking during a press conference held t...
After the lack-lustre 2-2 draw away in Monrovia on Saturday against the Lone Stars, Super Eagles captain, Joseph Yobo has begged President Goodluck Jonathan and football-loving Nigerians to rally round the team. He said the team need that support when ...
Former African Player of the Year, Victor Ikpeba believes that Nigeria can carry on with their building process under Stephen Keshi without John Mikel Obi and Peter Osaze Odemwingie. Ikpeba made this statement as a guest analyst in a football magazine ...