Lionel Messi has insisted that he cares about winning trophies with Barcelona more than about individual glory. The Argentine attacker is widely seen as one of the best players in the history of the game, but the 25-year-old is more concerned about how...
Hon Aliyu Ibrahim Gebi is a lawmaker representing Bauchi Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives and chairman, House Committee on Internal Security. In this interview with PEMBI STEPHEN-DAVID, he posits that, freedom of expression does not...
As the House of Representatives suspends plenary this week to undertake a thorough audit of the implementation of the 2012 budget, EDEGBE ODEMWINGIE reports on the import of the budget impasse. In July, Nigeria’s minister of finance and coordinat...
The Michael Okpara Auditorium Umuahia, the Abia state capital, was filled to the brim last Friday as the state governor, Chief Theodore Orji, handed over 19 secondary schools taken over by the defunct East Central State government shortly after the civ...
It has been revealed that cleaning and household chores are among the reasons responsible for the divorce of most couples. Household chores are never fun, especially if you live with a someone whose lifestyle habits rivals that of a sloth. It has...
Nigeria's Sports Minister Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi advocates a new course for Sports Development in Nigeria and admitted that poor preparations marred the country’s chances at the London 2012 Olympics games.
Muslims across all groups converged at National Mosque, Abuja on Monday to offer prayers for the late Dr AbdulLateef Adegbite, former, Secretary-General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA). Adegbite died on Friday Sept. 28, during a br...
President Goodluck Jonathan says Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), driven mainly by non-oil sector, has grown by 7.1 per cent, while the economy attracted N6.8 trillion investments in nine months. Jonathan, who disclosed this in his 52...
The Environmental Right Action and Friends of the Earth, an NGO, has attributed the incessant flooding in Nigeria partly to gas flaring by oil companies. Mr Chima Williams, the Head of Legal Resources of the organisation, told the News Agency of Nigeri...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday in Abuja, inaugurated a newly formed 176 Special Forces Battalion, adding to the existing 177 and 7 battalions of the presidential guards brigade. The guards brigade is a special unit of the military specifically c...
Beloved countrymen and women, on this day, fifty-two years ago, our founding fathers brought joy and hope to the hearts of our people when they won independence for our great country. Nigeria made a clean break with more than six decades of colonial ru...
Senate President David Mark on Monday in Abuja urged Nigerians to reenact the indomitable spirit of the founding fathers who envisaged a united, peaceful and prosperous nation in 1960. Mark made the appeal at a special church service to mark the 52nd I...
Gov. Jonah Jang of Plateau on Monday said that Nigerians’ belief in nationhood was the first step in the efforts toward greatness. ``We are on a journey which also comes with challenges, but we must remain resolute and optimistic a...
The Minister of State for FCT, Ms Olajumoke Akinjide, has urged Nigerians and residents of the FCT to remain committed to the unity and progress of the nation. This is contained in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja by Mr Oluyinka Akintunde, the Spe...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday in Abuja re-assured the victims of flood disaster across the country of Federal Government’s assistance. Jonathan gave the assurance in his 2012 Independence Day national radio and television broadcast, and s...