In the month of Ramadan, Muslim faithful all over the world are compelled to fast during the day and to abstain from all forms of social and societal vices. This practice is perceived to harness both moral and spiritual benefits. Hauwa Mahmud Kolo, in ...
Mr. Sayo Odumosu is a constitutional lawyer that is not pleased with the state of affairs in the country, especially on the political scene. In this exclusive interview with BAYO OLADEJI in Abuja during the week, he bares his mind on the controversial ...
Thumb sucking and finger sucking are some of the most common habits children adopt. A natural sucking instinct leads some babies to suck their thumbs during their first few months of life, some even before birth. Babies use sucking order to get nutriti...
The federal government is to restart the sale of its former state telecoms company, Nitel, following a failed privatisation process, the bureau of public enterprises (BPE) said yesterday. Sub-Saharan Africa’s number two economy pulled its latest ...
Arik, West/Central Africa’s largest commercial and Africa’s fastest growing airline, has been named the official airline for the August 9, 2011 international friendly match between the two West African soccer giants, the Super Eagles of Nig...
Nigeria, the world’s fourth-largest cocoa producer, plans to almost double production in four years by providing farmers with access to new seeds, fertilizer and finance, Minister of Agriculture, Akinwunmi Adesida has said. Production will increa...
Four-time Africa Cup of Nations winners, Indomitable Lions of Cameroon are on the verge of missing out on the 2012 edition of the event, due to be held in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. Tottenham Hotspur of England left-back, Benoit Assou-Ekotto, spoke t...
The Hope of the duo of former England junior international, Victor Moses and Shola Amoebi of playing for their country of birth, Nigeria, at senior level will soon be realised as top officer of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) said that all issues...
Nigeria Premier League (NPL) has described the purported walked-over conducted by match officials led by L.A. Adeyemi for Ocean Boys of Brass at Samson Siasia Stadium, Yenagoa, against Lobi Stars of Makurdi in their botched week 33 fixture as illegal, ...
Last year it was Uti and Munya, Nigeria and Zimbabwe’s representative that came tops. This year it was an encore for both countries again as Karen and Wendall shared the $400,000 ‘Amplified’ cash writes Boboye Onduku. The evictions of...
Kenny G popularly known as Kenneth Bruce Gorelick was born June 5, 1956 at Seattle, Washington to a Jewish family and grew up in the city’s Seward Park neighborhood, which is a centre of the city’s Jewish community. He’s an adult cont...
Hajara Yusuf is the producer of ‘Ka ya ce’, a new Hausa movie with subtitles in English, speaking RUTH CHOJI after the premier at the Silverbird cinema, the TV producer stated that the movie has a great lesson for everyone, she also stated ...
Kaduna State governor, Mr. Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, has reiterated the commitment of his administration to fully rehabilitate displaced persons during the post-election crisis that erupted from the state. Speaking in Atlanta recently, the governor said ...
Against the backdrop of high incidence of collapsed buildings and shoddy construction of projects across the country, Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State has called on the Council for the Regulation of Engineering of Nigeria (COREN), to impose tough...
Islamic preachers in Yobe State have been charged to avoid making controversial statements in the course of interpreting the holy Qur’an. The state’s newly appointed Commissioner of Religious Affairs, Ibrahim Jauro Gwio Kura, gave the charg...