President Hu Jintao stepped aside as ruling party leader yesterday to clear the way for Vice President Xi Jinping to take China’s helm as part of only the second orderly transfer of power in 63 years of Communist rule. In a possible break from tr...
The State of North Carolina has backed out of the secession petitions already being issued by well over 22 states to enable them pull out of the United States and form their own governments. A letter from North Carolina to the White House affirms that ...
Insurgents unleashed a new wave of bombings across Iraq early yesterday targeting security forces and civilians, and killing 17 people and wounding dozens more in the latest challenge to government efforts to promote a sense of stability, police and he...
Manchester United and France defender Patrice Evra says it would be a failure for him if he did not win a tournament with his national team. The Manchester United full-back believes a lack of success with Les Bleus would represent a very disappointing ...
Despite budget limitations and tight schedule, the Local Organising Committee (LOC) of the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) 2013 is confident South Africa will pull off a successful tournament. A three-man LOC delegation, including chairperson Advocate Ch...
In recognition of his positive contributions to sports development in Africa, the Supreme Council for Sports in Africa (SCSA) has awarded its MEDAL OF HONOUR to the Director-General National Sports Commission, Chief Patrick Ekeji. The SCSA Medal of Hon...
Nigerian former footballer, Godwin Okpara who is serving a jail term in a French prison over a reported case of child abuse and rape, has lost his 18 years old second child, Sean Okpara. He died yesterday morning. According to a family source who discl...
Soldiers attached to Aba Forward Operational Base (FOB) of the 144 Battalion have arrested an ex-student of Abia State University for alleged car snatching. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the ex-student was a member of a gang that snatc...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved a N162.990 billion contract for the construction of 700 megawatts Zungeru hydro-electric power project in Niger State. Minister of Information Labaran Maku disclosed this after the Council meeti...
Rich Christians have been urged to assist the government at all levels in the sponsorship of pilgrims to the holy land. Speaking at a workshop organised for would-be pilgrims in Enugu on Wednesday, the Anglican Bishop of Enugu, Rt. Rev. Emmanuel Chukwu...
The Enugu State Police Command has arrested four suspected kidnappers allegedly involved in the kidnap of an eight-year-old boy. A statement from the command’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Ebere Amaraizu, in Enugu on Wednesday said the suspects k...
The Nigeria Customs Services (NCS) on Tuesday said that it would stop doing business with importers who failed to acquire the new Taxpayers Identification Number (TIN) by Nov. 30. The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) introduced TIN to replace Auto...
President Goodluck Jonathan has eulogised former military Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Alhaji Abubakar, describing him as a champion of democracy, lover, builder, friend, a patriot, statesman and a bridge builder. Jonathan was speaking on Wednesday ...
The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has accredited an additional course for the Federal College of Agricultural Produce Technology, Kano. Mr Mohammed Ibrahim, the Provost of the college, said that NBTE had given the college the approval t...
It’s early Saturday and the weather is just pleasant. Out from the shopping plaza’s steps, he emerges with a T-shirt and earphones, firmly plugged in his ears. The smile on Adekunle Alonge’s lips when he recognises you is heart-warmin...