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The complex interplay between the demand for petroleum products, especially kerosene and their availability to consumers has remained a problem in the country manifesting itself in scarcity, high price and adulteration which often result in explosion a...
Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, yesterday threatened to revoke the Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) of any property in the state rented to armed robbers or used for the perpetuation of criminal activities. Fashola, who dangled the...
More Nigerians have continued to pay condolence visits to the family home of the late Publisher of Guardian Newspaper, Chief Alex Ibru. Those who visited the Ikoyi home of the late media guru included former Minister of Transpor...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), yesterday, destroyed heaps of marijuana which weighed 24,700kg with a riot act on hemp farmers in Oyo State to beware. The chairman of the agency, Ahmadu Giade, in his keynote address described th...
The Group Managing Director of the Odu’a Investment Company Limited, Mr Adebayo Jimoh, and four other management officials of the conglomerate were yesterday invited by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC...
Both the security operatives and the general public are to blame for the current insecurity bedeviling the country, according to the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, DIG Audu Abubakar, asserted this yesterday in Bauchi State during his official visi...
The governorship candidate of Justice Party (JP), Mrs. Aisha Elejo Audu-Emeje, former wife of the former governor of Kogi State and candidate of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Prince Abubakar Audu, has notified her intentions to reform the North Cen...
The Borno State chairman of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Alhaji Zanna Shettima, yesterday called for the dissolution of the state executive council.Shettima, who made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maidu...
The governorship candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in Kogi State for the December 3 polls, Chief James Ocholi (SAN) spoke to journalists in Lokoja last week, shortly after concluding his consultations with the western and eastern s...
New Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi, said he will not be part of the coaching team of the Nigerian U-23 scheduled to compete in the Olympic qualification in Morocco, is however, in the North African country to play advisory role for the team. Keshi w...
After spending one season in the lower division, Nigeria Customs Service basketball club is back into the top flight DStv Premier Basketball League. They bounced back into the league after winning the national division-one championship last weekend in ...
Aiming to model AFN Golden League after IAAF Diamond league, Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has opened its door to corporate organisations for sponsorship. AFN president, Solomon Ogba stated this during an interactive session with sports writers...
The president of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, Solomon Ogba, has said that unless Nigeria buckles up and prepares adequately for the Olympics, the country will be disappointed. Nigeria has been plagued by the perennial problem of shoddy preparat...
Two of the biggest teams in Europe, AC Milan and Barcelona will tonight renew their rivalry at the San Siro. Both teams have already qualified to the knockout stage and a victory for either side will see them top the group. In the first leg at the Nou ...
Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has earmarked the sum of three hundred and fifteen million naira (315m) for its programmes and activities next year. AFN president, Solomon Ogba, made this known yesterday at a press conference to unveil AFN’...