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Women wondering whether or not to take the next step with a new man in their life should heed the advice of Russian scientists - and take a deep whiff. Sniffing a potential partner’s scent could tell if Mr Right has a sexually transmitted disease...
Following a successful completion of the reconstruction of the Union Bank’s shares, the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) at the weekend lifted the full suspension placed on trading in the shares of the bank on the floor of the Exchange. It wou...
Concerned that foreign investors control about 80 per cent of investments at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said it has drawn up strategies that would attract local investors to invest more in shares on ...
As the Nigerian Stock Exchange proposes a new set of listing requirements, Chris Ugwu in this write-up examines its need in the nation’s fledging capital market. Unlike some of the markets in other climes, since the beginning of the econom...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says three of its rescue officers were involved in a motor accident while conveying some victims of yesterday’s bomb blast in Madalla, Niger State to the hospital in Abuja. A statement signed by NEM...
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has urged Nigerians to be vigilant and security conscious during this festive season. Fashola made the appeal in his Christmas message to Lagosians yesterday. He said that Jesus Christ, whose birth gave rise...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged security agencies to ensure that those behind the Christmas bombings in Madallan, Niger State and other parts of the country are brought to book. Acting National Chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Abubakar Kawu B...
The Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, has asked Christians not to lose sight of the essence of Christmas and mirror themselves in the life of Jesus Christ who had to overcome challenges to bring salvation to his people. Suswam, in a statement re...
Members of the Islamic sect, Boko Haram have claim responsibility for the Christmas day bomb blasts in Madalla, Niger State and Jos, the plateau state capital. Abu Qaqa, a spokesman for the group told BBC hausa, monitored in Kaduna told Journalists in ...
A bomb blast around 12 noon in Damaturu sent people scrambling to safety and others fleeing the state, even as the Nigeria Army and Police battle the dreaded Boko Haram members who are highly armed. Following the bomb blast, the police has sealed off t...
The Federal Government is to beef up security in churches and mosques in the country to forestall attacks by terrorists, Minister of Police Affairs Caleb Olubolade, has said. Olubolade announced this on Sunday in Madalla in Niger State while inspecting...
Vaccines for treatment of diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus are now available in the country, the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), has said. Dr Ado Mohammed, Executive Director of the agency said in Abuja that the disappea...
Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) Director-General Otunba Olusegun Runsewe rounded off the corporation's ``National Peace Week in Plateau'' on Sunday with a declaration that only a ``sincere approach can totally end'' ...
Gov Babangida Aliyu of Niger State on Sunday called on President Goodluck Jonathan to convene a national security summit to address the spate of bombings in the country.  ...
Kano Kano State chapter of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has called on the Federal Government to take urgent steps to tackle the current security challenges in the country. The call was contained in a Ch...