Gen. Charles Airhiavbere, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the July 14 Edo Governorship election, has filed a petition at the Election Petitions Tribunal challenging the victory of Gov. Adams Oshiomole of ACN. Mrs Joseph...
Gunmen stormed two ships off the coast of Niger Delta early Saturday, killing two Nigerian navy sailors protecting the vessels and kidnapping four foreign workers before fleeing into the darkness, officials said. The attack happened about 35 nautical ...
Two financial experts on Saturday in Lagos expressed worry over the rise in the inter-bank lending rate. They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the increase in the rate from 14.8 per cent to 17 per cent earlier in the week would have an...
The Chief Judge of Niger, Justice Jibrin Ndajiwo, has urged judges and magistrates in the state to be lenient when passing sentences on accused persons. Ndajiwo made the appeal on Friday at the Nigerian Prison in Suleja during an annual prison vis...
As the fighting in Syria continues unabated, the United Nations General Assembly at the weekend adopted a resolution condemning the increasing use of heavy weapons by authorities and urging all sides to immediately cease armed violence. The reso...
Some financial experts on Saturday commended the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for stopping banks from using their funds to finance foreign subsidiaries. The experts said in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that...
The President and General Overseer of the Power of Miracle Ministries, Lagos State, Nigeria, Prophet {Dr} Kayode Z. Adebiyi, has said that many leaders of Boko Haram will repent during this Ramadan period. While disclosing this message in a...
Scores of commercial motorcyclists on Friday in Ilorin staged a protest against the decision of the government to restrict their operations. The commercial motorcyclists, who were apparently reacting to the decision of the st...
The National Communication Commission (NCC) is to create a national emergency call number to link all emergency agencies, including FRSC, Police and Fire Service, Mr Eugene Juwah, said. Juwah, the Executive Vice-Chairman of NCC, made the statemen...
The Nigerian Army in Kaduna on Saturday announced the arrest of a suspected member of a terror group after raiding an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) factory in the city. The Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, 1 Div. Kaduna, Col. Sani Usman, ...
Blessing Okagbare of Nigeria cruised to a new personal best time of 10.93 to win her 1st round heat and qualified for the women's 100m semi-final here at the Olympic Stadium in London this afternoon on a day when other Nigerian athletes did not far...
Wyomi Masela of Netherlands display on the balance beam during the Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Olympic Qualification round at North Greenwich Arena in London, England.
America Dream Team basketball coach, Mike Krzyzewski has debunked insinuations that his team played deliberately to score with such wide margin in order to humiliate the Nigerian side. United States won the game 156 - 73 and entered history books as th...
The Nigeria national basketball team, D’Tigers will today meet another great basketball playing country Argentina in a make or mar encounter. The Nigerian team had sensationally won its first match but lost two subsequent ones against Lithuania, ...
Despite the scandalous loss to the world best Olympics basketball team 156-73 and making history as a team to record the worst defeat ever in an Olympics basketball game, coach of the Nigerian team, Ayo Bakare believes his boys can still qualify. His w...