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Gov. Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun on Saturday installed Kehinde Olugbenle as the new monarch (Olu of Ilaro) for Ilaro in Yewa South Local Government area of the state. Ilaro, a major town in the West Senatorial District, had been wit...
Vice President Namadi Sambo has called on Nigerians in the U.S. to support the Federal Government to reconstruct the country. Sambo made the appeal while addressing Nigerians in Diaspora at a Town Hall meeti...
The Ebonyi State University Abakaliki, on Saturday held its 3rd convocation ceremony where 10,212 graduands received Bachelors, Masters and Doctorate degrees in various fields. The ceremony was held at the university’s permanent site Ezzamgbo,&nb...
In the continued bid to ensure safety of lives and property, security around hotels, churches and other strategic areas remained beefed up in Abuja on Sunday. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), who went round the city, observed that p...
Wreaths were cast at sea and a memorial garden was unveiled Sunday in events worldwide to remember the more than 1,500 people who died in the sinking of the Titanic ocean liner exactly a century ago. In Belfast, the city that built the Titanic, a memor...
Ahead of July governorship election in Edo, INEC has expressed its readiness to re-strategise to ensure that people’s votes count. Prof. Lai Olurode, INEC National Commissioner in charge of Training and Research, stated this in an inte...
The African Free Trade Zone Association has urged the Federal Government to review the Free Trade Zone (FTZ) Act to reflect the current realities in the sector. Mr Chris Ndibe, the association executive secretary, told the News Agency of Nigeria ...
The Ohafia General Hospital in Abia is in a deplorable condition and in dire need of immediate government's attention, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. A check by a NAN correspondent at the hospital on Saturday, sh...
The General Manager, Nigeria Standard newspapers, Mr Jonathan Ishaku, has accused some journalists of always ``carrying personal bias into their reportage’’. ``I think journalists in Nigeria carry their bias and prejudices into t...
Bongos Ikwue no doubt is one of Nigeria’s most successful singers, song writers, composers and band leaders who bestrode the Nigerian music scene like a colossus from the 70s through the 80s and even 90s with his unique blend of folk, country and...
A renowned environmentalist, Mr Nnimo Bassey, has called on the Federal Government to impose stiffer penalties on oil firms that pollute the environment in the Niger Delta area. Bassey said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Eket,...
Dating is supposed to be fun, spontaneous and adventurous. When you’re young, you will most likely date a lot of different people, test the waters and figure out what type of man (or woman) you’re most attracted to. According to the “...
With questions of integrity dogging much of its path, the National Assembly is pushing for moral revival. It is also making frantic efforts to win back public confidence. UCHENNA AWOM in this analysis takes a cursory look an the new Capital Market prob...
Deputy National Chairman of the Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs, Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi is also the leader of Darikatul Tijjaniyya Sect in Nigeria and Africa. In this interview with some journalists in his Bauchi residence, including LEADERSHIP ...
Owning a home has continued to be a mirage to many residents of Abuja as high interest mortgage and rent continues to make affordable housing a mere dream. Uche Uduma takes a deep analysis into the situation. Seeing a beautiful and educated young...