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A former BBC journalist, Osasu Obayuwana, has voiced his opinion on the current state of Nigerian football.Obayiuwana, displeased at the recent stand-off between members of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and the self styled Nigeria Football Asso...
President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered and directed the Federal Ministry of Works with immediate effect to assess the damages on roads caused by heavy rainfall which broke the highway linking Gombe, Yobe and Borno states and cut away some local govern...
The Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has denied that he sacked 5, 000 workers in its employ for alleged falsification of certificates, age and other irregularities.Speaking to journalists at the weekend at the domestic wing of the Murtala Muhammed ...
Bishop Archibong Archibong, chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Cross River, has called on Nigerians to learn to live in peace irrespective of ethnic or religious differences. Archibong made the call yesterday in Calabar in an int...
Sen. Shaba Mohammed Lafiagi, representing Kwara North Senatorial District has urged the federal government to revitalise industries that have been shut down to create more jobs for Nigerians. Speaking with journalists recently, the former governor of K...
Trafficking in persons is gradually becoming the fastest growing crime in the world and the survivors who managed to make it back recount their sordid experiences. Victoria Mayaki in this report examines the pains of some of the survivors in their jour...
Hon. Umar Kassim Ibrahim is a trustee of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON). The engineer and one time chairman of Biu LG Council in this interview with AMINA ALHASSAN AHMAN, stressed the need to make local governments autonomous, t...
Blessing thought the issue was over when she passed by Tina’s door on her way to the local bathroom that is behind their ‘face me-I-face-you’ house in Mararaba, a suburb bordering Abuja and Nassarawa state, little did she know that it...
Borrowing costs plunged to the lowest in 10 months in the first bond auction since dropping requirements for investors to hold government debt for at least a year.The nation sold 70 billion naira ($460 million) of bonds due 2014, 2015 and 2018 Wednesda...
Federal Government’s desire to enhance the capacity of the public sector to deliver government programmes using ICT has received a boost as Galaxy Backbone has extended broadband services to Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) within Abuj...
Foreign investors seeking investment have been called upon to look the way of Nigeria because of its suitable economic environment which ensures return on investment that is unmatched anywhere in the world. In a press statement signed by the NACCIMA me...
Boboye Onduku examines the chances of seven housemates in their battle with eviction this week ahead of the finale of Big Brother Amplified.Vimbai will be unlucky Vimbai is up against many forces. Viewers from Mozambique, Uganda, Zambia, Nigeria and ev...
You can comb the incredible statistics surrounding Lionel Richie’s amazing career and still miss something. You can factor in the nearly 60 million albums sold, the five Grammy’s, 22 top ten hits, an Oscar for best song, a golden globe, a t...
Tuface Idibia, MTV Africa’s artiste of the year was honoured alongside Kokomaster D’Banj at the 2011 BET Awards recently with the BET Best International Act (Africa) Award. The two walked away with the title having been nominated alongside ...
Her music took the chat by storm, the clubs could not stop playing her songs and music stations used it as their anthem which shows in her first album ‘Familiar Stranger’. Before the music atmosphere could gather enough balance from ...