All roads, last Saturday, led to the Yaba Fishing Lake in Abaji Area council in the FCT. It was the second edition of the FCT fishing competition in the Abuja gateway council and was expected to draw Nigerians and foreigners from all works of life. Ord...
Time Magazine has listed President Goodluck Jonathan as one of the 100 Most Influential Persons in the World. Jonathan is the only African leader named on the list which was published on Wednesday. The citation on Jonathan, written by the President of ...
An Ikeja Magistrates' Court on Wednesday fixed May 14 to begin the trial of 23 students of Police College charged with falsification of their educational qualifications. The students were first arraigned before the Magistrate, Mr Olufemi Isaacs, on...
The Nigeria Football Association (NFA) on Wednesday, in Abuja, inaugurated two standing committees and two ad hoc committees it said would be crucial to the rebuilding process of Nigerian football administration. The standing committees, which w...
The Nigerian Labour Congress has called on the government to address the social and labour issues that might ensued from the report of the Presidential Committee on the Rationalisation of Federal Government Parastatals, Commissions and Agencies. The St...
Mr Joachim Olumba, the Public Relations Officer of Nigeria Immigration Service, says the organisation has repatriated more than 50 illegal immigrants in the last one week. Olumba,who said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on We...
The Senate on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to deploy all instruments of national power at its disposal to end the Boko Haram insurrection in the northern part of the country. The resolution followed a motion sponsored by Mohammed Saleh, (CPC-...
The Nigerian Ports Authority says it has removed 24 critical wrecks from Lagos channels. Chief Micheal Ajayi, NPA General Manager (Public Affairs), disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos. Ajayi said that the draught of...
Gov. Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State says his administration will create an environment where basic amenities and a conducive environment will be provided for business and commercial activities to thrive. The governor, who spoke on Wednesday during an unsc...
No fewer than 31 people died in different road accidents in Anambra between January and March, the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) said on Wednesday. The Anambra Sector Commander of FRSC, Mr Hyginus Omeje made the fact known in ...
An Abuja High Court on Wednesday granted leave to an aggrieved PDP member, Mr Cyracus Njoku, to explore modalities for out of court settlement. Njoku filed a suit against President Goodluck Jonathan, PDP and INEC, seeking to stop Jonathan from contesti...
An ophthalmologist, Dr Francisca Ekwuribe, has said that smoking is a major risk for the development of cataract. ``Smoking destroys the antioxidants that help to maintain the transparency of the eye lens,’’ Ekwuribe told the News Agency of...
The IMF has approved the disbursement of 110.9 million dollars to Kenya under the country's three-year loan program . The Fund warned the authorities to keep an eye on risks posed by the euro zone debt crisis and possibility of higher oil prices. I...
The Farouk Lawan led House of Representatives Ad – Hoc Committee on probe of the federal government's petroleum subsidy Regime on Wednesday presented its report for the consideration of the lower House. The release of the report ends weeks of...
The Chairperson of the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), Abia chapter, Mrs Uzoamaka Uche-Ikonne, has raised an alarm over the rising cases of rape and other sexual assaults in the state. Uche-Ikonnetold the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) ...