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Former military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (rtd), former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prof Bolaji Akinyemi, and first Jigawa State Governor, Major General Olayinka Sule (rtd) were among the eminent Nigerians who graced the grand occa...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has described the ongoing debate for and against a State Police as uncalled for, unhelpful and diversionary. The NLC’s Vice President, Comrade Issa Aremu, who stated this while briefing Journalists in Kaduna said...
The United Nations Agencies and Organisations in Nigeria, yesterday, remembered all the 23 persons (13 UN staff and 10 non-UN staff) who lost their lives as a result of the unfortunate bombing of the UN House in Abuja on Friday, August 26, 2011. In a s...
A sixteen-year-old girl who was lured to a maternity home in Okwue area of Asaba along-side other girls, has narrated how they were promised N50,000 each to make babies for the operators of the home. She made the revelation after operatives of Asaba Vi...
The Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) would today commence its annual general conference with not less than 15, 000 lawyers expected to be in attendance. In a press statement signed by NBA Information Officer, Nneoma Anieto, she said that President Goodluc...
The Pharaohs of Egypt are looking forward to a friendly with Nigeria’s Super Eagles on September 11. The Pharaohs assistant coach, Diaa El-Sayed was quoted by reports in Egypt confirming the friendly with Nigeria. “Egypt will play two frien...
Chairman House of Representative committee on sport, Hon Geoffrey Aliyu Gaiya has called on the sports minister Bolaji Abdullahi not to put Super Eagles chief coach, Stephen Keshi under pressure as he rebuilds the national team. He decried statement cr...
Starting from today in Abuja, twenty six Super Eagles players will battle to impress Coach Stephen Keshi and his crew for shirts for the Nations Cup qualifier against the Lone Star of Liberia. The Eagles crew is expected at the end of the week to name ...
Heartland Football Club of Owerri yesterday emerged winners of the 2012 Federation Cup. It is the oldest trophy in Nigerian football and was the 67th edition. Heartland beat the Benue State team 2-1 in an explosive encounter. Ezekiel Bassey put Lobi ah...
The Kano State Police Command has pledged to support the State Government’s war against sale of illegal drugs in the markets. This is contained in a statement issued by the Public Relations Officer of the Kano State Ministry of Health, Mala...
The Special Fraud Unit (SFU) of the Nigeria Police says it has commenced investigation into the N832 million fraud allegedly perpetrated by some oil marketers. This is contained in a statement signed by the unit’s spokesperson, Mrs Ngozi Isintume...
A national study will be carried out on the extent of demand for power supply in the country, the Minister of Power, Prof. Barth Nnaji, has said. Nnaji said this in Asaba on Saturday at the end of a two-day t...
The Ukrainian Police has summoned a famous Nigerian Pastor Sunday Adelaja, who pastors the country's biggest church based in the Kiev, capital city, to report for what is feared may be an arrest and detention in a controversial case bordering on ra...
Gov. Idris Wada of Kogi has restated his resolve to create jobs for the teeming youths and other unemployed people in the state, A statement signed by Mr Michael Abu, the Chief Press Secretary to the Deputy Governor,...
Etisalat Nigeria says it has launched a 35,000-dollar prize for innovation in mobile broadband product or service in Africa. A statement by Mr Steven Evans, the company's Chief Executive Officer, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (N...