The two Sudans must strike an urgent compromise deal to end bitter disputes and resume oil production, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday, warning the newly separated nations they “remain inextricably linked.” Sudan an...
The Emir of Fika, escaped a suicide attack on Friday, when the bomber was thwarted by local people before blowing himself up, residents said. Several people were wounded in the blast outside the main mosque after Friday prayers ended in the town ...
Facebook has more than 83million “fake” accounts — many started by users for their PETS, the firm said yesterday. There are almost 23million accounts set up for animals and other “non-human entities”. The sit...
The future of Nigeria captain, Joseph Yobo has finally been sorted out, SuperSport.com can report. The Toffees and the Yellow Canaries have reportedly agreed to a fee of £2.5 million, which allows the Nigerian centre-back to join Fe...
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday urged black citizens of Trinidad and Tobago to dump slave mentality and play critical and leading roles in the world of commerce, economics, science and technology, saying slavery should produce leaders. "It i...
There was panic at the Oyo State Government Secretariat yesterday as the National Emergency Management Agency {NEMA} embarked on a mock emergency evacuation to sensitise civil servants on steps to take in the wake of emergency disasters. LEADERSHIP gat...
The last group in England with this many records was The Beatles. The U.S. men's Olympic basketball team beat Nigeria 156-73 Thursday night, an epic blowout that answered the Americans' detractors and sent a clear message to let them be. After ...
First, the good news - the all-new Lexus LS 460 luxury sedan will be here in November 2012, and its LS 600h hybrid sibling in January next year. Now the bad news; there’s no word from Toyota SA yet on whether or when we can expect to see the F Sp...
Abia State Governor, Ochendo Theodore Orji, has been in the eye of the storm since he took over the mantle of leadership of that beleaguered state. First, he was elected governor while serving a contrived political incarceration. Second, he survived th...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yesterday described as “conflicting” separate suspects paraded by the State Security Service (SSS) and the Nigerian Police allegedly behind the gruesome murder of Comrade Olaitan Oyerinde, the Princip...
The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has thrown its weight behind the embattled national chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Victor Umeh in the ongoing battle for the leadership of the party. CNPP also endorsed t...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Uyo has raised the alarm over incessant abduction of its members by people believed to be kidnappers in Akwa Ibom State. In a statement issued yesterday in Uyo by the Chairman of the ...
Coach of the Nigeria Under 20 Football Team, John Obuh has called up five players ahead of the second leg of their third round Africa Youth Championship (AYC) qualifier against Tanzania. The Flying Eagles defeated Tanzania 2-1 in the first leg qualifie...
Niger State government will be shopping for N200 million to fund the hosting of the Nigeria College of Education Game NATCEGA by the State College of Education, Minna next year. The commissioner of Higher and technical Education, Dr. Mustapha Lemu, dis...
The Zamfara State House of Assembly on Thursday directed its committees on Environment and Public Finance to investigate the N1.3 billion Ecological Fund released to the state by the Federal Government. The Speaker of the House, Alhaji Garba Rikiji, ga...