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Gunmen suspected to be hired assassins on Wednesday shot dead the immediate past chairman of Zamfara State Youth Empowerment Committee (YECO), Alhaji Isma’ila Zakariyya, along the Funtua-Gusau road. Zakariyya, a staunch supporter of former...
Participants and discussants at the 7th Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) holding in Benin City has attributed the bane of underdevelopment in the nation to what it calls a ‘structural’ defect in the Nigerian constitution. Speakers at ...
The dreaded Bayelsa State security patrol team known as ‘Famou Tamgbe’ was yesterday disbanded by the state police command following a rising protest against their activities and alleged cases of violation of police procedures, extra-judici...
Arsenal and Bolton will be meeting today at the Emirate Stadium, both sides would be battling to avoid being pushed to the bottom of the English Premier League (EPL). It has been a terrible start to the season for Arsene Wenger’s side, fol...
The National Examination Council, NECO, yesterday released the results of the June/July Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination with less than 30 per cent of the candidates scoring credit passes in English and Mathematics. The registrar ...
In his efforts to curtail the impact of the global financial crisis on the continent, the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has launched the ‘Cross Border Initiative’ and called fo...
A former national secretary of the Action Congress of Nigeria, Dr Usman Bugaje, has said that the trial of the former Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu, is a political witch-hunt by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which has a number of its o...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Tincan Island Port Command yesterday seized a 40-ft container loaded with explosives.The explosives, which were imported from China were discovered during a routine check of cargoes by the Customs at the Five Star Ter...
Two gun men on thursday, stormed the Madalla market in Suleja, Niger State and shot dead five men before escaping.Eye witnesses said the killings forced the traders to flee in different directions. A trader in the market said that the incident h...
Niger State Governor, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, yesterday took a swipe at the antagonists of the planned removal of petroleum subsidy by the Federal Government, describing them as enemies of the country. The governor also placed the nati...
Yomi Omogbeja, editor of AthleticsAfrica.Com from Nigeria, has been awarded the SABC-Telkom-Highway Africa New Media Awards 2011 (Individual Category) for the “Innovative use of New Media in Africa” Journalism at the prestigious gala dinner and awards ceremony held in Cape Town, South Africa on Sunday September 18, 2011.
British-born Nigerian Aderonke Lawal, has been shortlisted for Inspiring Leadership in the workplace at the 2011 Precious Awards to be held at at the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel on October 27th.
Guinea are talking tough ahead of a final Nations Cup qualifier against Nigeria with coach Michel Dussuyer insisting the pressure is on the Eagles to win. The Syli Stars have led Group B from the start of the qualifying campaign for the 2012 Nations Cu...
Former managing director of defunct Daily Times and one of the contestants for yesterday’s primaries in Kogi State,Mr. Onukaba Adinoyi Ojo has opted out of the exercise.Addressing the media in Lokoja yesterday, the aspirant said that the de...
One person was feared dead yesterday when some unidentified gunmen invaded four banks in Iwo town in Iwo local government area of Osun State and carted away millions of naira.It was gathered that the armed robbers invaded the town at about 10:00 am and...