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Twice Olympic and four-times world 10,000 metres champion Haile Gebrselassie may run his final competitive track race over the distance in Hengelo, Netherlands, next month. The Ethiopian, who will turn 39 tomorrow, dominated over 25 laps in the 1990s b...
Super Falcons coach, Kadiri Ikhana will consider only six overseas players for an African Women’s Championship qualifier against Zimbabwe. Last week, Ikhana invited 53 players for first phase of a training camp in Abuja, which ends on April 24. T...
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Coordinating Minister for the Economy, on Monday in Abuja said the growth collectible revenue estimated in 2012 budget was N9.692 trillion. Okonjo-Iweala, who gave the figure at the 2012 budget presentation organised by the Budg...
The governors of states in the South-South zone have appealed to members of the National Assembly to expedite action in the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill. Gov. Liyel Imoke of Cross River made the appeal on Monday in Uyo at the end of the Gover...
Tragedy struck in Yenagoa on Sunday evening when an Inspector with the Nigeria Prisons Service, Mr Erezidor Ugo was allegedly killed by a policeman during a scuffle. The incident, according to an eyewitness, occurred opposite Wisdom Estate, along Nikto...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has lamented over the inability of the Plateau Government to establish a State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), in spite of the conflicts plaguing the state. The NEMA Zonal Coordinator, Alhaji Alhassan...
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has seized three oil tankers loaded with fuel lifted from a vandalised NNPC oil pipeline in Kogi. A statement in Abuja by the Corps' Public Relations Officer, Mr Emmanuel Okeh, and made availabl...
The United Kingdom Prosecutor that is currently trying the former governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori for multiple frauds on Monday indicted the former Chieftain of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), stressing that he stylishly defrauded...
The University of Abuja Chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to call an indefinite strike over the comments of the university’s Vice Chancellor, Prof James Adelabu. In a statement, signed by Dr Clement C...
Dare Amoo, a 45-year-old driver from Idigba Compound in Oke-Ose, Ilorin East Local Government Area of Kwara, on Sunday committed suicide by hanging. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the deceased, a father of six, told his wife after the ear...
Three people were said to have been injured on Sunday night when a miniature bomb exploded at Sabon Gari in Fagge Local Government area of Kano, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Mr Williams Okey, a resident of the area, told NAN in Kano ...
Nigeria are desperately shopping for a new venue for a 2014 World Cup qualifying tie in June following a deadly bomb attack in Kaduna. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have all but agreed to stage a World Cup qualifier at home agains...
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Minister of Finance and World Bank presidential candidate on Monday in Abuja conceded that the U.S., candidate for the post would win. Okonjo-Iweala’s comments came few hours before the 25-man executive board of direct...
Scores of supporters of former Delta state governor James Ibori and some Nigerian journalists were on Monday barred from the London's Southwark Crown Court room where he was to be sentenced after pleading guilty to money laundering. The News Agency...
Star actress Stephanie Okereke is reportedly planning a superlative wedding when she walks down the aisle with her fiancée Linus Idahosa on April 21, 2012 in Paris, France. Though the couple have been guarding closely details about the w...