Hajiya Zainab Ibrahim Gaidam, the third wife of Yobe Governor, died on Monday in Abuja, after a protracted illness. A statement by the Special Adviser to the governor on Media, Alhaji Abdullahi Bego, said the funeral prayer for the deceased woul...
The police in Sokoto State have arrested 11 suspected political thugs, the police command's Public Relations Officer, ASP. Mustapha Sani, announced on Monday. Parading the suspects along with weapons recovered from them before newsmen...
Following federal government’s decision to withdraw National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and other related agencies from seaports, a public analyst and author, Mr Martins Ikhale, has called on President Goodluck Jonat...
Former Super Eagles skipper, Sunday Oliseh, has made an unprecedented u-turn from an earlier intention to consider the technical director job of the Super Eagles with an eye now on the job presently manned by embattled coach, Samson Siasia.Oliseh at th...
Coach Eucharia Uche of the Super Falcons operated up to the last game as coach of the team without a contract, it has been revealed. She was in charge of the team in Cameroon where they lost painfully to the Indomitable Lionesses in a penalty shootout....
Super Falcons player, Stella Mbachu is yet to get over the painful loss the team suffered in the hands of the Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon last Saturday, in Cameroon. The Falcons lost out in the quest to qualify for the London 2012 Olympic Games v...
New Zealand rugby players yesterday were crowned world champions for the first time in 24 years after squeezing past an inspired France team by a single point. Tony Woodcock’s early try and a penalty from fourth-choice fly-half Stephen Donald wer...
Manchester United boss, Sir Alex Ferguson has branded yesterday’s 6-1 humiliation to neighbours Manchester City as ‘our worst ever day’. After going 1-0 up through Mario Balotelli in the first half, City took full advantage of Jonny E...
Hon. Ibrahim El-Sudi represents Kurmi/Sardauna/Gashaka Federal Constituency of Taraba State in the House of Representatives. In this interview with Chibuzo Ukaibe, he reflects on the state of the nation. Nigeria recently clocked 51. Some persons ...
Following the UN report indicting Shell (a major oil company in Niger-Delta) over its operations particularly in the Ogoni land, the Senate, deliberated on the cleanup fund of $1billion. Chibuzo Ukaibe, captured the issues raised. Last week, the Senate...
The recent arrests and arraignments of former governors Gbenga Daniel of Ogun State, Aliyu Akwe Doma of Nasarawa State, Otunba Alao-Akala of Oyo State and Danjuma Goje of Gombe State by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) are raising du...
Shareholders of Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc have endorsed the company’s plan to raise N28.245 billion from the Nigerian capital market through rights issue.The company is seeking to raise N28.245 billion from the market through the issuance of 455...
The Nigerian Stock Exchange has begun market segmentation exercise that will categories the quoted companies by industry, market capitalisation and whether they are growth or income stocks.The Chief Executive Officer of the Exchange, Mr. Oscar Onyema, ...
A total of $9.05 billion, about N1.4 trillion was sold by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) at the Wholesale Dutch Auction System (WDAS) during the third quarter of 2011.Liquidity position in the financial system was further tightened with the withdraw...
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has disclosed that the total tax yield with the inclusion of Petroleum Profit Tax (PPT) from January to September, 2011 stand at N3.37 trillion a ratio of 64 to 36 of oil and non-oil revenue collections.The PPT...