The projection of the Nigerian Stock Exchange to grow market capitalisation in 2016 to $1trillion (N150 trillion) might be a wide dream going by the current security challenges in the country and the dwindling fortunes of the stock market occasioned by...
The Joint Military Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta says it has identified seven men who were responsible for bombing an oil pipeline belonging to Italian oil giant Agip. Lt. Col. Timothy Antigha, spokesman for the task force, made the disclosure in...
Anthony Cardinal Okogie, Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, on Monday called on the Federal Government and security agencies to intensify effort at curbing the spate of violence across the country. He made the call in a statement, a copy of which was given ...
Prof. Lai Olurode, the National Commissioner, Independent National Electoral Commissioner (INEC), on Monday advised the Acting Inspector General of Police (IG), Mr Mohammed Abubakar, to build on his predecessor's achievements. He said in Lagos that...
No fewer than 250 participants from the 15-member nations of ECOWAS will take part in the Second ECOWAS International Cycling Tour billed to flag off on Feb. 15. A press statement released by ECOWAS said the tour would take place from Feb. 15 to Feb. 1...
The speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Hon. Abdullahi Bello has formally conceded power to Governor Idris Wada. He said that all members of the legislative arm have agreed to return to status quo, before the apex court's verdict that led ...
Some of the ex-militants undergoing training the Amnesty Programme initiated by the federal government allegedly bombed a hotel in Osubi, in Okpe local government area of Delta State on Monday. It was gathered that the ex-militants were resident in the...
Alhaji Aminu Kofar-Soro, Sokoto State Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), said on Monday that it had worked out an operational order on how to confront any security threat. Kofar-Soro told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN...
The police in Lagos on Monday confirmed the arrest of a suspected rapist, who they said had evaded many earlier attempt to net him. The 27-year-old suspect and three other men, were alleged to have gang-raped a 17-year-old girl on Jan. 24 at the Shasha...
Queen Elizabeth of England on Monday rededicated herself to the service of her people as she marked 60 years on the throne. In a message released by Buckingham Palace, the Queen said: "I dedicate myself anew to your service. "Today, as I mark...
Some European tourism companies have expressed interest in exploring Nigeria's tourism potential, Otunba Segun Runsewe, Director General of the Nigeria Tourism Development Corporation has said. Runsewe, who just returned from this year's World ...
Dolphins FC of Port Harcourt manager, Stanley Eguma, says the team is prepared to play in the CAF Champions League. Dolphins will play their first match at away, against a club from Equatorial Guinea later this month. Eguma told sportswriters in Port H...
Contrary to a recent High Court judgment, Etubom Traditional Council in a surprise move at the weekend, re-elected the dethroned Obong of Calabar, Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu V as the Obong of Calabar. A Calabar High Court presided over by Justice...
A State Security operative was on Sunday night shot by unidentified gunmen in Damaturu, Yobe. Alhaji Lawal Tanko, the Commissioner of Police in Yobe, confirmed the incident on Monday, in a telephone interview with a NAN correspondent. He said tha...
The National Action Coalition (NACO) on Sunday held a closed door meeting in preparation for the national dialogue scheduled to hold in Lagos on Monday. The national dialogue is being packaged by the National Summit Group to discuss sundry natio...