Nigerian forces swept through the remote northeast on Wednesday, searching houses for suspected Boko Haram militants after killing four in a gun battle, the military said. The crackdown on the group in its heartland of Maiduguri followed a spate of att...
The Minister of Education, Prof. Ryqayyatu Rufa’I, has called on investors to partner with the Federal Government to create an enabling learning environment in the country. Rufa’I made the call on Wednesday in Abuja at the First Worldview E...
The Senate on Wednesday accused aviation regulatory authorities of laxity and mandated its Committee on Aviation to investigate discrepancies in international air fares between Nigeria and other African countries. This followed the adoption of a motion...
Nollywood actor, Fred Amata, was on Wednesday ordered by a Surulere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos to pay one year rent arrears amounting to N600,000 to his landlord. Amata was dragged to court in September 2010 by his landlord, Pa I. Fadoyeb...
The indigenes of FCT have appealed to the Federal Government to review the FCT Land Act, which is not in favour of the indigenous people. Mr Solomon Shekwolo, Chairman of Gbagyi Youth Movement (GYM), made the appeal in Abuja on Wednesday in a statement...
Traditional rulers in Edo North senatorial district have rejected the planned zoning of the position of deputy governor to the area by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The monarchs said they had given their support to the incumbent governor, Mr Adam...
Volume of shares traded on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) dropped by 37.5 per cent on Wednesday as 253.92 million shares worth N2.42 billion were traded in 4,181 deals. This was in contrast to the 406.29 million shares worth N 3.11 billion exc...
The Federal Government has promised to assist the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) towards a successful outing at the 2012 London Olympic Games. The Supervising Minister of Sports, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, made the pledge on Tuesday in Abuja during the ...
Schalke have activated the purchase clause in Chinedu Obasi’s loan contract from Hoffenheim, securing the attacker’s signature until 2015 for the sum of €5 million. The 25-year-old becomes the second player to agree a move to the Royal...
Nigeria’s Super Eagles will face Iran’s national football team, the Persian Stars in an international friendly pending ratification from the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). The game has been provisionally fixed for April 18 in Tehran, Ir...
Efforts to resuscitate the moribund Nigeria’s railway system by the current management of the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) are already yielding results despite obvious challenges. NRC’s managing director, Engr. Adeseyi Sijuwade, in thi...
Christian Youths led by Dr. Sulieman Shuiabu and Mr. Digi Haruna yesterday visited the national headquarters of the Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) and pledged to work with its Muslim brothers towards ending the spate of ethno-religious violence in t...
The co-pilot of the ill-fated police surveillance helicopter which crashed in Jos on March 14, CSP Hannaniah Pwol-Ja, was buried yesterday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that Pwol-Ja was among the four top police officers, including DIG Har...
To avert the looming fresh water crisis by the year 2025, a draft bill is in the works by the Federal Government that would regulate the use of fresh water when it is passed into law by the National Assembly. Minister of Water Resources, Mrs. Sarah Och...
A seven-man committee has been set up by Niger State House of Assembly to investigate the circumstances surrounding the withholding of some local government workers’ salaries for over six months following the recent screening ex...