National Board for Technology Incubation (NBTI) has said that three entrepreneurs that passed out of its centre in Kano have won awards from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The apex bank gave the three entrepreneurs the sum of N900, 000 for their va...
In this piece, NGOZI OBOH writes on the efforts by the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) to assist in producing scientists and engineers who are capable of translating research results to goods and services required in...
Mr Ben Ugwuegbulam, the Spokesman for the police command in Rivers, has said that the police have intensified the search for the rescue of Sen. George Sekibo’s wife, Mrs Asime George-Sekibo. Sekibo represents Rivers East senatorial district...
A Kaduna Upper Customary Court on Monday issued a 24-hour ultimatum to one Julius Olaitan of Ugwar Rimi quarters, Kaduna to return his eight-year-old girl, Kemi Olaitan, to school. Mrs Yemi Olaitan of the same address, told the court in a suit sh...
The Nigerian Immigration Service in Kebbi has deported 100 illegal foreigners in the past one week, the Controller of Immigration in the state, Mr Sule Momoh has said. Momoh told newsmen in Birnin Kebbi on Monday that the aliens had no legal entry perm...
A group of artisans in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun, have expressed worry over the epileptic power supply in the town, saying it was affecting their businesses. The artisans who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ijebu-Ode on Monday appealed to Power Ho...
Six players from a South African rugby club are feared dead after being swept out to sea during a post-practice ocean swim, officials said on Monday. One player from the Motherwell Rugby Football Club has already been declared dead in the weekend incid...
Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard believes the players have no-one but themselves to blame for their current struggles in the league - because for much of the season they simply have not been good enough. The Blues currently sit five points adrif...
Gov. Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State said the state government would donate 60 vehicles and 1,000 motorcycles to the Police in the state, to enhance their capacity in crime fighting. Wamakko disclosed on Monday in Sokoto, when the new Commissioner...
The Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufa’I, on Monday, reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment to tackling examination malpractice in the country. Rufa'I reaffirmed this in Abuja while receiving a delegation from the West ...
Dr Eugene Juwah, the Executive Vice-Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), on Monday said that contractors were responsible for the delay in the SIM cards data verification exercise. He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that t...
RIHANNA has been trying to persuade her new bloke Ashton Kutcher to spend the summer with her. Though if the actor is dreaming of weeks on the beach in her native Barbados he'll be disappointed. The pop babe has asked Ashton to come with her...
Operators of microfinance banks are making efforts to adopt the International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) as ordered by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Mr Olufemi Babajide, the Chairman of Lagos Chapter of National Association of Micro finance B...
The Sultan of Sokoto, Dr Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar, said in Sokoto on Monday that lack of education was the root cause of violence in the country. Abubakar spoke while receiving the President of the Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue in ...
Rep Abike Dabiri-Erewa (ACN-Lagos) has said that the Freedom of Information Act (FoI) Act is not for seeking personal details of individuals. Dabiri-Erewa, a proponent and one of the advocates of the law, told newsmen in Abuja on Monday that the law sh...