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Recently, a telecom mast in a Lagos neighbourhood fell and killed a young university graduate and destroyed vehicles.The incident re-opened the raging controversy about masts - whether they should be sited in residential areas or not. In this report, C...
In tragic news, Amy Winehouse was found dead in her London flat Saturday, according to UK reports. While the 27-year-old Back to Black crooner has faced a very public battle with addiction to drugs and alcohol, her cause of death has not yet bee...
From being the first girl to survive three consecutive eviction nominations, Boboye Onduku reveals that Nigeria’s Malvina Longpet has surpassed expectations and has become the first contestant to be assured of a place in the final week of Africa&...
Many know him as ‘Ahanna’ the character he played in ‘Rattlesnake’, many years ago.But Francis Duru has come a long way from then. He is now a Nollywood Ambassador. In this chat with NAOMI ADAMU, he says there is much to be done...
Talking to Shehu Dikko about football is like drinking fine, French wine. He is smooth and convincing, and comes across as one who should always be involved in football administration. Shehu is way ahead of his peers with dynamic ideas and blue prints ...
Nigeria international striker Ekigho Ehiosun is now on a bigger shop window after his loan switch to Turkish club Samsunspor, according to his agent.Samsunspor shelled out 250,000 Euros to Warri Wolves for the all-action striker, who will earn 35,000 E...
A former BBC journalist, Osasu Obayuwana, has voiced his opinion on the current state of Nigerian football.Obayiuwana, displeased at the recent stand-off between members of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and the self styled Nigeria Football Asso...
President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered and directed the Federal Ministry of Works with immediate effect to assess the damages on roads caused by heavy rainfall which broke the highway linking Gombe, Yobe and Borno states and cut away some local govern...
The Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has denied that he sacked 5, 000 workers in its employ for alleged falsification of certificates, age and other irregularities.Speaking to journalists at the weekend at the domestic wing of the Murtala Muhammed ...
Bishop Archibong Archibong, chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Cross River, has called on Nigerians to learn to live in peace irrespective of ethnic or religious differences. Archibong made the call yesterday in Calabar in an int...
Sen. Shaba Mohammed Lafiagi, representing Kwara North Senatorial District has urged the federal government to revitalise industries that have been shut down to create more jobs for Nigerians. Speaking with journalists recently, the former governor of K...
Trafficking in persons is gradually becoming the fastest growing crime in the world and the survivors who managed to make it back recount their sordid experiences. Victoria Mayaki in this report examines the pains of some of the survivors in their jour...
Hon. Umar Kassim Ibrahim is a trustee of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON). The engineer and one time chairman of Biu LG Council in this interview with AMINA ALHASSAN AHMAN, stressed the need to make local governments autonomous, t...
Blessing thought the issue was over when she passed by Tina’s door on her way to the local bathroom that is behind their ‘face me-I-face-you’ house in Mararaba, a suburb bordering Abuja and Nassarawa state, little did she know that it...
Borrowing costs plunged to the lowest in 10 months in the first bond auction since dropping requirements for investors to hold government debt for at least a year.The nation sold 70 billion naira ($460 million) of bonds due 2014, 2015 and 2018 Wednesda...