Now Muzik, Nigeria’s leading artiste management outfit has confirmed that former ‘Plantashun Boy’, Faze has joined the league of artistes been managed by the company. Efe Omorogbe CEO of Now Muzik, tells NET exclusively ...
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the insurance mandate in President Obama’s healthcare law, a stinging defeat for conservatives who had insisted the law is unconstitutional. The decision vindicates Obama and congressional Democrats, who maint...
Former President Laurent Gbagbo’s family has challenged the continuous detention of the ex-president’s son, Michel, who has a double nationality, French and Ivorian. Habiba Toure, the former president’s family lawyer, on Thursday said...
The six members of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), suspended for alleged anti-party activities on Thursday, failed to appear before the Disciplinary Committee of the party. The Chairman of the seven-man committee, Alhaji Tayo Sowumi, made th...
Magistraste T.O. Abolarinwa, of an Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Thursday ordered that Amechi Uche, 40, be remanded in police custody, pending the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). Uche was standing trial on a one-co...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday alerted the public on the activities of fraudsters using the names of ranking officials of the agency to obtain money from unsuspecting Nigerians. This is containe...
Assailants on Wednesday struck at Rim in Riyom Loal Government Area of Plateau, killing Mr John Daring, PDP Chairman in Sharubutu ward, his wife and a child. Police spokesman Abu Emmanuel confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Th...
The Plateau State Government indicated on Thursday it would partner with University of Jos on Information and Communication Technology (ICT), research works and training. Pastor Yiljap Abraham, the Information Commissioner, stated this&n...
Mr John Walker, a U.S. judge, on Wednesday urged Nigeria to back its campaign against corruption with a strong political will and attitudinal change of the populace. Walker, ina digital video conference at the U.S. Embassy in Abuja, said that pol...
Ten Saudi nationals were convicted on terrorism-related charges and sentenced to prison terms of up to 15 years, according to media reports Wednesday. They were convicted of forming a terrorist cell linked to al-Qaeda, as well as conspiring to attack S...
The Chief Executive, Greennovative Chain Consulting, Ms Achenyo Idachaba, on Wednesday urged the Lagos State Government to take urgent steps to harness and utilise landfill gases for beneficial purposes. Idachaba made the plea at a two-day workshop in ...
Mr Ibrahim Kawule, a consultant on demographic studies on Wednesday commended the pronouncement by President Goodluck Jonathan on population control. Kawule, who is the Chief Executive Officer of Clarity Media Service made this known at a news conferen...
Mrs Omobola Johnson, the Minister of Communications Technology, in Abuja on Wednesday said a 150-seat call centre in Abuja Technology Village would be inaugurated by the first quarter of 2013. The minister made the statement during th...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said on Wednesday that the cumulative fund disbursed from the Power and Airline Intervention Fund (PAIF) was about N144.6 billion as at Dec. 31. The bank said in a circular posted on its website that the two sectors ex...
The kidnapped mother of former Okitipupa Local Government Chairman in Ondo State, Mrs Maria Iwala, was released on Wednesday at Ode-Aye in Okitipupa. She was released at the entrance of Okitipupa-Ore road in Okitipupa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) ...