The Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP), Ogun State chapter, has accused the leadership of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) of insensitivity to the plight of pensioners in spite the fact that NUP was a strong financial member of NLC. Making the allegation i...
Residents of Dutse satellite town in Bwari area council of the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT) have called on the area council authority to relocate roadside traders at Dutse market, along Dutse/Bwari road to ease traffic on the road. A resident...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna State yesterday dismissed the criticisms heaped on the state governor, Mr Patrick Yakowa, by the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) for offering free feeding to fasting Muslim faithful, decribing it as false a...
Niger State Pilgrim Welfare Commission has announced fares for this year’s holy pilgrimage to Mecca, just as it revealed plans to scan female pilgrims for pregnancy at the Minna Airport. Disclosing this yesterday in Minna, the Executive Chairman ...
Chairman ad hoc Committee on flood disaster, Lagos State House of Assembly, Abiodun Tobun, has called on the authorities of Nigerite Company to be more proactive in their social responsibility. He gave this advice during an inspection tour of flood dis...
Senator Domingo Alaba Obende represents Edo North Senatorial District of Edo State in the Senate. The philanthropist turned politician spoke to OSBY ISIBOR on what Nigerians should expect from the Seventh Senate and his ambition in the Senate.He also m...
Flying Eagles coach, John Obuh has described the round of 16 clash against England which produced only a goal from the team that has netted 13 goals so far as a difficult match. Obuh said the encounter was tactical, difficult and affected the Nigerian ...
Nigeria’s senior women’s national team, the Super Falcons are intensifying training for the Olympics qualifier game against the Lionesses of Cameroon. To ensure that they book the Olympic ticket, the team is training twice daily. The coache...
Minister of Sports and chairman, National Sports Commission, Yusuf Suleiman has congratulated the Flying Eagles for qualifying for the quarter finals of the on-going FIFA U-21 World Cup in Colombia. The coach John Obuh led boys Wednesday night defeated...
Tottenham’s Premier League match with Everton tomorrow has been postponed because of the riots in London.Civil unrest in and around Tottenham began last weekend and quickly spread to other areas of the capital and major cities across England. Pre...
Rafa Nadal is out of Montreal Masters. The Spanish world number two was stunned 1-6 7-6 7-6 by unheralded Croatian Ivan Dodig in his opening match of the tournament. Back in action for the first time since losing to Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon fina...
Government workers in Akwa Ibom have put on hold their planned strike action slated for today over disagreement with the state government on the payment of the N18,000 minimum wage. The state chairman of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) Comrade Uyinm...
The chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Hon. Micah Jiba, gave a shocker yesterday, when he feigned ignorance of the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) profile of the area council. Jiba, who was addressing a pre-economic press conference or...
It was with great shock that I read a report entitled “Shi’ites Threaten Nigeria’s Security, say Islamic scholars” in the 7/7/2011 edition of The Nation newspaper. Shiites are the second of the two branches of Islam: Sunni and S...
Men of the State Security Service (SSS) in Kogi State have started monitoring sermons in mosques and churches as part of measures to prevent religious crisis in the state. The state director of the SSS, Mr Mike Fubara, told newsmen in Lokoja yesterday ...