The House of Representatives Committee on Information on Tuesday in Abuja urged the media to boost Nigeria’s anti-corruption campaign through effective use of the Freedom of Information Act (FOI). The committee's Chairman, Alhaji Buba Jibril,...
The Nasarawa State House of Assembly on Tuesday withdrew its earlier threat to impeach Gov. Tanko Al-Makura over the rising wave of insecurity in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the l...
Gerd Muller must be sick of the sight of Lionel Messi. For the second time in the space of six months he has witnessed the diminutive attacker break one of his long-standing records. By the end of the 2011-12 season the 25-year-old had surpassed the pr...
The 7th Annual Congress of the Nigeria Premier League will hold today in Abuja after the Nigeria Football Federation moved it from Kano. The Congress will now up from 10 am at a yet to be announced venue. Acting Executive Secretary who confirmed this i...
The highly anticipated 2012 Kaduna international Polo Tournament galloped off Sunday December 9 at the famous Ahmadu Yakubu Polo Club House, Murtala Mohammed Sports Complex, Kaduna; With 32 teams from various polo clubs in Nigeria on parade. This year&...
The maiden edition of Glo Golf Tour West Africa ended on Sunday night in Otukpo, Benue State with a big bang as Globacom doled out N20 million cash, a brand new car, motorcycles, sewing machines and other prizes to pros and amateurs who won in the Gran...
In what appeared like a rebellion against the stand of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF),on the issue of granting autonomy to the local government system, the Association of Local Governments’ of Nigeria, ALGON, recently organized a three-...
President Goodluck Jonathan returned to Abuja, yesterday, after the burial rites of his younger brother, Chief Meni Jonathan in Otuoke, Bayelsa State, at the weekend, and thanked Nigerians for their support and goodwill. A statement by the Special Advi...
The Nigerian High Commission in South Africa has not been issuing visas for two weeks, after running out of visa labels. It was also gathered that the development is causing tension among applicants as they are unable to meet scheduled appointments and...
Edo State governor Adams Oshiomhole yesterday called for equity and justice in revenue sharing formula in the country, saying such would make states to develop according to their pace. According to Oshiomhole, it is illegal since 1999, 13 years a...
EDEGBE ODEMWINGIE reports on the renewed spat between federal lawmakers and the regulator of Nigeria’s Capital Market. Also other key developments in the Green Chamber are highlighted. The House of Representatives on Thursday declared that it wou...
The occasion was meant to be an avenue where the people of Shanono/Bagwai Federal Constituency made their inputs into the ongoing constitution review exercise but it turn out to be a platform where a vote of confidence was passed on one of their sons, ...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration says it has entered into partnership with a commercial bank to provide micro-credit facilities to repentant commercial sex workers trained in skills and vocations at its rehabilitation centre, to enable them...
Officials of the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) yesterday sealed the premises of Nigeria Union of the Journalist (NUJ) owned International Institute of Journalism (IIJ), citing non-payment of waste service bills. Students of the institutio...
The Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE) has lauded the online real-time Electronic Voting (e-voting) system manufactured locally by engineers at Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT), describing it as a satellite breakthrough for Nigeria...