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The Senate yesterday unanimously approved night journey and movement of commercial vehicles on Nigeria highways. It had earlier rejected a motion to outlaw same a fortnight ago.The Senate formerly unveiled the lists of new board members of the reconsti...
The Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Lafia, Nasarawa State, yesterday reserved its judgment in a petition by former Nasarawa State Governor Aliyu Doma of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), challenging the election of Governor Umaru&n...
The Jigawa State Government has declared that it would not pay the N18,000 minimum wage because it was not captured in the state's 2011 budget.
Gov. Sule Lamido, who disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Government House in Dutse...
If you had seen the four lads sipping pints in a Kuala Lumpur hotel bar, you might have thought – if you couldn't see their faces – they were just four Irish lads, abroad for work, catching up over a beer; chatting about going home, abo...
As part of its ‘Catch Them Young’ programme, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) is organising information technology quiz competition for all secondary schools in Nigeria. The first stage is f...
For those, who attended primary school when the Universal Primary Education (UPE) programme was introduced, nothing could be heart-warming than the experience of those good old years. It was perhaps, the golden era in which government’s attempt t...
There are strong indications that Super Falcons coach, Eucharia Uche will not continue as head coach of the team. This is because her failure to qualify the team for next year’s Olympics has made it difficult for the Nigeria Football Federation (...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, (NERC) has said it was set to begin investigations into the nation’s poor metering system.
Disclosing this in Abuja yesterday, Chairman of the Commission, Dr Sam Amadi, said a high powered co...
Super Eagles and AC Milan left back, Taye Taiwo is hoping to get more action with his new club in order to improve his game in his new club. The player is currently aiming to adjust fast in Italy. Taiwo joined AC Milan on a free transfer from Olym...
Arsenal is ready to loan out several of its promising starlets including Nigerian, Chuks Aneke.The team’s manager Arsene Wenger is planning to ship out Aneke along with Ignasi Miquel, Sanchez Watt, Oguzhan Ozyakup, and Daniel Boateng to lower lea...
Three players in the Nigeria Premier League (NPL) are chasing the goal king award to be given to the highest goal poacher. The Golden Boot award this season is very competitive after former Kano Pillars star, Ahmed Musa beat Eugene Salami to score 18 g...
Air Nigeria is rewarding passengers on her loyalty scheme, eagleflier with a flexible offer of paying for their travel tickets using a combination of earned miles and cash to further reduce the actual cost of purchasing tickets for both regional and do...
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) said aggrieved passengers whose rights have been infringed upon by airlines could avail themselves of the opportunities made available by its consumer protection unit to address any issues they might have wi...
Members of the human rights community on Monday stormed the office of the Lagos state Governor Babatunde Fashola, to stage a protest against the proposed removal of fuel subsidy by the federal government as well as the poor electrcity generation in the...
The Federal Government has ordered the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria(FRCN) to review the curriculum of the accounting profession to enable students gain exposure to practical applications of the International Financial Reporting Standards.It a...