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The departments, agencies and parastatals under the ministry of trade and investment said they would create additional 3,100,850 jobs within the next three years.This was one of the highpoints of the communiqué issued at the end of a three-day retreat...
Ammasco International Limited, an independent lubricant blending company in the country has again reassured users of lubricants that it would always deliver products that met the best international standard. Chief Executive Officer of the company, Alha...
Oubi Bachir is the ambassador of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic to Nigeria. In this interview with KINGSLEY OPURUM, Bachir talks about the intractable conflict between Morocco and Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic, and suggests the way forward. ...
The Flying Eagles of Nigeria will today take on England in the quarter finals of the World Youth Championship. The Flying Eagles have been impressive so far finishing top of their group with the maximum nine points. Others that achieved same feat are S...
Nigeria has stepped up its preparation ahead the 26th edition of the FIBA Africa Basketball Championship for Men in Madagascar this year. The Nigerian team Monday night defeated Netherlands 84-66 points in London in a 3-Nation invitational tournament. ...
Juan Martin Del Potro has issued a Grand Slam warning to his opponents by grabbing a 6-4 6-0 first round win over Finland’s Jarkko Nieminen at the Rogers Cup in Montreal. The Argentine has continued his impressive comeback with the US Open on the...
Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in women today and also the most common cancer among women. Ironically, a new study reveals that the male hormone stimulates growth of breast tumours in women leading to breast cancer. Hauwa Ma...
The long battle between the Federal Government and Organised Labour may be coming to an end as they are expected to sign an agreement for the implementation of the new wage package today. Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC...
The Minister of Power, Prof Barth Nnaji, has said that the federal government has concluded planes commence a power load study that would last for about six months. Nnaji, who stated this yesterday in Abuja while receiving a United States delegation, a...
A 40-year-old school teacher, Nurudeen Algoni Umar was on Sunday night shot dead by gunmen suspected to be members of the Yusufiyya sect popularly known as Boko Haram in Gwange ward of the Maiduguri metropolitan council. Our correspondent gathered that...
The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III has declared that lack of patriotism was the major obstacle to the peace and unity of the country. The royal father, who was in Sokoto on Sunday at a special Ramadan breakfast (Iftar) organised fo...
The Kaduna State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has accused Governor Patrick Yakowa of using the free Ramadan feeding directive to local governments as a ploy to siphon public funds and enrich the illegal council administrators, just a...
Benue State Governor, Gabriel Suswam has denied the corruption and money laundering allegations levelled against him by one Bemgba Anyor in an online journal, saying the name of the petitioner is fictitious. Bemgba Anyor, in a petition sent to the Econ...
The director of Transport in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Transport Secretariat, Mr. Wilson Unougwu has said that transporters involved in intra-city taxi service in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) will pay N3,000 to the FCT transport secret...
This call was proved fruitful in Kano and Bauchi States in the heavily and violently rigged 2007 general elections. This is the reason the P.D.P. was jittery in the build up to the 2011 elections concerning this call and attempted to do all they could ...