The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has said that the inflow of foreign portfolio investment into the country grew by 25 per cent in 2011 to N478.6 billion. Ms Arunma Oteh, SEC Director-General, disclosed this in Lagos on Tuesday while analysi...
INEC says it is ready to conduct a bye-election in unit 003 of Oturu-Opowurye ward in Ogori-Magongo Local Government area of Kogi State on Wednesday. The Public Affairs Officer of the commission in the state, Mr Ahmed Biambo, said in Lokoja on Tuesday ...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, (NAFDAC) has launched its campaign against fake and Counterfeit Drugs in some local government areas in Rivers. Briefing newsmen at the end of a routine inspection on Tuesday in Okrika, ...
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Tuesday said 24 ships have berthed at the Lagos ports and oil jetties discharging their cargoes. The "Shipping Position", an official document of the NPA, released in Lagos indicated that six of the ships...
In separate interviews in Lagos that any nation experiencing rising inflation rate would not achieve sustainable economic growth. The Bureau of Statistics on Monday reported that inflation rate climbed sharply to 12.6 per cent in January from 10.3 per ...
Five persons including two policemen were killed on Tuesday when suspected armed robbers waylaid a bullion van belonging to Unity Bank along Benishiek, about 50 kilometers away from Maiduguri the Borno State capital. It was gathered that so...
A Lagos lawyer, Mr Folorunsho Ogunekun, said in Lagos on Tuesday that speaking the mother tongue in courts was permissible by the constitution, especially in preferring a charge against an accused. Ogunekun spoke with newsmen while reacting to the Worl...
The absence of Charles Okah, Obi Nwabueze and Edmund Ebiware, who were charged with alleged bombing of Abuja on Oct 1, 2010, stalled proceedings at a Federal High Court on Tuesday. The accused could not be in court on account of ill health. Justice Dan...
It is a move that has shocked fans coming just three years after their turbulent relationship ended in violence and the image of the battered singer that stunned the world. Singers and former lovers Rihanna and Chris Brown have come together to record ...
Mr Musa Sada, the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, says the Federal Government will collaborate with the Canadian Government to develop in the country’s mining sector. Sada said this in Abuja on Tuesday when the Canadian Deputy High Commi...
INEC on Tuesday in Abuja issued a Certificate of Return to Governor-elect of Sokoto State, Alhaji Aliyu Wamakko. Hajia Amina Zakari, INEC National Commissioner in-charge of North-West zone, presented the certificate on behalf of INEC Chairman, Prof. At...
Groom-to-be 2face Idibia tackles all (well, almost all) the nagging questions on his recent proposal to Annie Macaulay, his current relationship with Pero Adeniyi and Sunmbo Ajaba, and their upcoming wedding… Of your three ‘baby mamas&rsqu...
The Koluama I and II communities in Southern-Ijaw local government area of Bayelsa, impacted by the Chevron facility explosion, have appealed for immediate resettlement. The traditional rulers of the two communities, His Royal Highnesses J.T.C. Leghemo...
Maj Gen. Adamu Marwa, the outgone GOC, 3 Armoured Division of the Nigerian Army, on Tuesday, charged soldiers to be “very conscious” of the activities of Boko Haram sect. The sect has claimed responsibility for spate of bombings and k...
The Federal Ministry of Health says more than 40 people have died as a result of the outbreak of Lassa fever in 12 states of the federation. The Minister of State for Health, Dr Muhammed Pate, disclosed this at a press briefing in Abuja on Tuesday. &nb...