Dr. Peter Igho is the Director-General, National Lottery Regulatory Commission. In this Interview with Ademola Bakare, Erica Ordu and Tayo Bamidele, he speaks about the commission’s drive to restore integrity to the sector. He also distinguishes ...
The House of Representatives yesterday faulted the decision of the President Goodluck Jonathan administration to omit electricity generation and distribution companies from allocation in the 2013 budget. Chairman, House Committee on Power, Patric...
Sequel to the president’s dismissal of Ribadu’s report on oil receipts as shoddy, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has expressed regret that the federal government might have acted in bad faith. In a statement issued in Lagos yest...
Renhe’s deputy board chairman Yang Xiayou was quoted in reports published yesterday saying the club was in contact with Lampard but that no deal had been done. It followed reports in which the club’s chairman Dai Yongge claimed Lampard woul...
Skye Bank and Standard Chartered Bank shot their way to the finals of the 2012 Nigeria Bankers Games at the University of Lagos Sports Complex on Sunday. Skye Bank will equal UBA record of five Bankers Games’ football event finals victory if it d...
Ten have emerged as outstanding players at the Lagos screening of the Glo Soccer Academy. The screening attracted thousands of youthful footballers within the age bracket of 14-17 years who trooped en masse to the National Stadium, Surulere. They were ...
Ten home based Super Eagles players arrived Miami, Florida, United States for the international friendly against Venezuela scheduled for tomorrow in the American city. The team has also been joined by Israeli based goalie, Austin Ejide. The team arrive...
The Lagos state government has unsealed the 1004 flats earlier closed off in Victoria Island, after reaching a settlement with management of the blocks of flats. Earlier today, the government had sealed off the flats over unpaid land use charges by the...
The billionaire software genius behind the McAfee antivirus programs is wanted for murder in Belize. According to Gizmodo.com, Belize police claim John McAfee is the prime suspect in the shooting death of an American expatriate named Gregory Faull. Fau...
Prof. Akin Osibogun, Chief Medical Director, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), has called on philanthropists to assist the hospital to rebuild the burnt AIDS Prevention Initiative Clinic (APIN). Osibogun told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) o...
The Rivers Government says it has saved a total of N34 billion for the ``rainy day.” The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gov. Chibuike Amaechi, at the inception of his administration in 2007, had promised to make a compulsory saving of ...
Coach Kadiri Ikhana in Abuja on Monday reigned his position as head coach of the Nigerian senior women football team, the Super Falcons. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that his resignation came on the heels of his team's failure at this y...
Operations to pull people from a collapsed six-story department store in Ghana's capital ended on Monday, with the death toll reaching 14, local media reported. The West African country's emergency services, along with the armed and police forc...
The Federal High in Abuja on Monday said it will delivery judgment on the treasonable felony charge against Edmund Ebuware on Jan. 25, 2013. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ebuware is standing trial in connection with the Oct. 1, 20...
The Mobil Producing Nigeria on Monday began to clean the oil spill along the Atlantic coastline in Akwa Ibom. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the spill, which occurred on Nov. 9 at the company’s offshore platforms, discharged some b...