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The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development will on Monday commence the release of 40,000 tonnes of assorted foodstuffs as part of Federal Government’s relief package to flood victims, a statement said in Abuja on Friday. The Ministry of Ag...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday extolled the selfless qualities of Nigeria’s first President, the late Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, and urged Nigerians to emulate him in order to move the country forward. Jonathan made the commendation in Nsukka duri...
Chief Olabode George, a former Vice-Chairman (South West) of PDP, has described Nigeria’s former President, Dr Nnamdi Azikwe, as a ``nationalist that represented the unity of the country``. George made the statement in Lagos on Friday...
The North Central Senate Sub-committee on the review of the 1999 constitution received 100 memoranda during its public sitting in Makurdi, the chairman of the committee, Sen. Barnabas Gemade, said. Gemade, who gave the information at the closing of the...
Some mobile phone users on Saturday expressed satisfaction with the ban on sales promotions by telecommunication networks in the country, saying it would enhance quality service. The stakeholders made the commendation in interviews with the News Agency...
President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated Mr Xi Jinping, on his emergence as General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, Chairman of the country’s Central Military Commission and President-Designate. The President's message is cont...
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, the Rt. Rev Hassan Kukah, on Friday advised school children to take to creativity, reading, dancing, music and other ventures that would help them develop their talents. Kukah, author of "Witness to Justice," ma...
The Special Adviser to the President on Social Development and Special Duties, Mrs Sarah Pane, has identified intolerance as a major threat to social harmony in Nigeria. Pane expressed the view in Abuja on Friday on the occasion of the celebration of t...
Two Nigerian superstars, Osaze Odemwingie of West Brom and Victor Moses of Chelsea will put patriotism aside for the meantime and confront each other in the English Premiership for the respective clubs. This is coming as both will also meet again in th...
Action continues this weekend in the English Premier League with embattled Arsenal hosting Tottenham Hotspur in a London derby at the Emirate Stadium. Arsenal and the Andre Villa Boas’ side are coming into this match on the back of disappointment...
Before Kobe Bryant told reporters last week he wanted Phil Jackson back as his coach, there was a different name he told Los Angeles Lakers management: Mike D’Antoni. “I spoke with Jimmy (Buss) before everything went down and we talked abou...
Tomorrow’s CAF Champions League final may lose its traditional glamour due to fears of crowd violence as six times champions, Al Ahly of Egypt and Tunisian giants, Esperance Sportive will battle it out for the coveted African title with a restric...
Having provided quality equipment, regular camp allowances and conducive atmosphere, the Lagos State athletes have promised to reciprocate the gesture with medals. Virtually all the athletes at their various camps were provided with training equi...
Keri Hilson is performing today for Face of Sofa Lounge at the international conference centre, Abuja. This is the second edition of the eventt. This year’s edition is packed with different activities. Events lined up include comedy, acrobatic fo...
Chinedu Ikedezie aka Aki is a renowned actor in Nigeria movie industry known as Nollywood the 2nd largest movie industry in the world behind Bollywood who have stared in various local and international movies. The award winning actor was recently besto...