The Federal Government on Wednesday challenged the Forum of Laureates of the Nigerian National Order of Merit (NNOM) to use their wealth of knowledge to improve the nation`s education sector. Sen. Anyim Pius Anyim, the Secretary to the Government...
The Yobe Government said on Wednesday it had expended more than N1.5 billion on providing logistics to security operatives in the state in the past one year. Yobe is the hot-bed of the Islamic Boko Haram insurgency. The state's Deputy Governor, Alh...
The Bank of Agriculture (BOA) says it has disbursed more than N47 billion as loans to farmers in the last 11 years. Alhaji Ahmed Yahaya, the Assistant Director of the bank, announced this at an agricultural processing sensitisation workshop in Dutse on...
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Jalingo on Wednesday, boycotted court proceedings as a mark of respect for their colleague, Aliyu Abubakar, slain by unknown gunmen. Abubakar was shot and killed at his Jalingo residence on Dec. 4 by some gunmen. T...
The Nigeria Economic Summit Group in Abuja on Wednesday described the latest Transparency International (TI) index report on Nigeria as `a wakeup call’ to the fight against corruption. The 2012 TI Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) released earli...
Mikel, 25, joined the Blues in 2006 and has made 261 appearances, scoring two goals, as a defensive midfielder. "Chelsea seems like my home now because I have been here for over six years and I enjoy my time here. I come into the tra...
The 250-member ECOWAS Election Observation Mission for Friday's general elections in Ghana is in the country to lend support and strengthen democratic governance in the region, an official said. The ECOWAS Commissioner of Political Affairs, Peace a...
A civil servant, Adeyemi Jolugbo, 32, on Wednesday urged an Igando Customary Court in Lagos to dissolve his four-year-old marriage which he claimed he was forced into by the wife with a charm. Jolugbo told the court that he had come back to his senses ...
Gunmen on Wednesday raided the female hostel of Paul University, Awka and dispossessed the students of their cash and various items, including mobile phones. An eyewitness told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka that the armed gang carried out th...
Central Bank Governor Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi on Wednesday said there was the need for the ongoing constitutional review to address the high cost of governance in the country Sanusi made this known at the Financial Sector Forum at the just concluded...
Mr Alain Gaugris, a Statistician, Development Data Group of the World Bank, on Wednesday said the bank would assist Nigeria to strengthen its statistical system. At a two-day meeting of the National Consultative Committee on Statistics (NCCS) held in C...
The Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order on Wednesday said that it had uncovered plans by the Boko Haram group to attack military barracks in Maiduguri. This is contained in a statement issued by the JTF spokesman, Lt.-Col. Sagir Musa, in ...
Northern leaders on Wednesday converged in Kaduna in the continued search for solutions to the problems of the region. The leaders met at the opening of a two-day conference organised by the Centre for Historical Documentation and Research, Arewa...
Experts on Wednesday in Abuja said that the export of processed Shea butter could boost Nigeria’s non-oil earnings by two billion dollars annually. They gave the figure at a briefing on the forthcoming 6th International Shea Industry Conference o...
The Director General, National Orientation Agency (NOA), Mr Mike Omeri, on Wednesday described veteran Nollywood actor, Enebeli Elebuwa, 65, who died in a protracted illness, as a rare breed actor. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Omeri, Mr ...