Brig.-Gen. Nnamdi Okorie-Affia, Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has decried the incessant request for posting of corps members to places of their choice. Okorie-Affia's view is contained in a press statement signed by M...
The Northern States Governors Forum (NSGF) has paid tribute to former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, who will clocks 70 years on Wednesday, describing him as ``father of the nation’s democracy''. The forum Chairman ...
Telecommunication operators in Nigeria registered 80 per cent of SIM cards as at March 31, Mr Shina Badaru, President, Joint Action Committee on Information and Communication Awareness and Development (JACITAD) has said. Badaru disclosed this on Tuesda...
Mrs Omobola Johnson, the Minister of Information and Communication Technology, has urged the Anti-corruption and Transparency Unit (ACTU) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to be committed to its mandate. She gave the charge at the inaugur...
Nigeria's priority at the forthcoming `Rio+20' conference is on harnessing alternative energy that would boost power supply in the country, the Minister of Environment, Hajia Hadiza Mailafia, said on Tuesday. Mailafia said this in Abuja a...
Christian Obodo, Italy-based Nigerian footballer, who was released on Sunday from the clutches of kidnappers in Delta, has commended Gov. Emmanuel Uduaghan for his role in securing his freedom. Obodo spoke in Asaba on Tuesday when he paid a courtesy vi...
Dr Sam Jaja, the Deputy National Chairman of PDP, has said that the party was working in partnership with the African National Congress (ANC) to strengthen democracy in Africa. Jaja made the remark on Tuesday in Johannesburg in an interview...
Gunmen have shot dead six persons at Rimin Kebe in Tudun Murtala, Ungogo Local Government Area of Kano, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. An eye witness told NAN in Kano on Tuesday that the incident, which happened at about 10:00 p.m on Monday,...
President Jacob Zuma of South Africa has appointed Mangwasi Phivega as the country's first female National Police Commissioner Zuma announced the appointment ofPhiyega's in Pretoria on Tuesday at a news briefing. .Phiyega, who is currently the ...
The Secretary-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Dr AbduLateef Adegbite, has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to release officially the result of June 12, 1993 presidential election and announce Chief MKO Abiola...
The Nigerian Army, on Tuesday in Kaduna, presented 5,000 G3 rifle guns and 25,000 ammunition to the Armed Squad of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). Speaking at the occasion, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, sai...
The Presidential Amnesty Office on Tuesday in Abuja said about 11,512 ex-militants granted amnesty by the Federal Government have been enrolled in universities and training centres within and outside the country. Mr Daniel Alabrah, the Head of Media of...
The acting Inspector-General of Police, Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar, has ordered the police ``to ensure that security is provided in and around all unity schools and Federal Government Colleges within their areas of jurisdiction''. This is sequel ...
Super Eagles boss, Stephen Keshi, has urged his wards to make him happy on Saturday by scoring plenty of goals against Rwanda, to thank Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River, who is his inlaw for the wonderful support he has offered not only the n...
"American Idol" winner Phillip Phillips was in far worse condition than anyone thought before he went under the knife TMZ reports. The good news ... we're told Phillip will be released from the hospital today after undergoing more t...