The Minister of Agriculture, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, says Nigeria has been losing about 10 billion dollars annually in export opportunities in the agriculture sector. Adesina, who stated this at the Lake Chad Research Institute Field Day in Keronwa, Marte...
The House of Representatives Committee on Works has been directed to provide for the construction of the Lokoja-Shintaku Bridge and rehabilitation of the Shintaku-Dekina-Anyigba Road in the 2012 budget. The directive was sequel to a motion moved by Rep...
The Office of the Head of Service of the Federation, has pledged to ensure that federal civil servants declared their assets in compliance with the Code of Conduct Act. This was contained in a statement quoting Alhaji Isa Sali, the Head of the Civil Se...
The Sapele Power Plant in Delta State has commenced operation with the supply of 225 Megawatts of electricity to the national grid, Minister of Information Labaran Maku confirms. The Sapele power plant is one of the 10 ongoing power projects under the ...
Mikel Obi is unhappy at Chelsea and he could be open to a sensational move to big-spending Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala, MTNFootball.com has scooped. Close sources to the Nigeria international midfielder have said he has been unhappy fo...
The Police Service Commission (PSC), has approved the dismissal of Commissioner of Police, Zakari Biu, over his role in the escape from police custody of a Boko Haram suspect, Kabiru Sokoto. A statement by the commission's Chief Information Officer...
The House of Representatives on Wednesday mandated its Committee on Environment to ascertain the compliance of mobile telecommunications service providers with Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). This was sequel to a motion moved by Rep. Gana...
Shuaibu Abubakar, a Boko Haram suspect, told a Federal High Court on Wednesday in Abuja that the State Security Service (SSS) ``manufactured'' the statement credited to him. Abubakar further said that he was beaten and forced to thumb-pri...
Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn spent the night in a seven-square-metre cell before French police questioned him for a second day on Wednesday over what he knew about prostitutes that friends brought to him. Strauss-Kahn, whose IMF job and pros...
Maj-Gen. Sylvester Audu, Commander, 14 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Ohafia, Abia, has re-affirmed the commitment of the army in protecting the nation’s democracy. Audu said this in Aba, Abia, on Wednesday while hosting members of the Aba Chambers of C...
Four people were shot dead and dozens wounded in protests in Afghanistan on Wednesday over the burning of copies of the Koran, Islam's holy book, at NATO's main base in the country, officials said. The American Embassy said its staff were in &q...
Former Nigeria coach Christian Chukwu has commended the efforts of Stephen Keshi in fashioning a playing pattern for the national team with particular reference to the players based in the Nigeria Premier League. Chukwu noted that Keshi was on t...
Again, suspected Bomb at the Ungwa Sarki area in Kaduna yesterday caused major panic, forcing residents of the area to abruptly abandon their businesses, while vehicles and persons where diverted to take other routes. The substance packaged in a ...
The national secretariat of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) was Friday has been served a seven-day quit notice by Senator Rufai Hanga through the Federal High court, Abuja. The court bailiff who served the notice on Friday February 17 w...
The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra(MASSOB) has berated Emeka Ojukwu, son of the late Biafran leader and Ikemba Nnewi, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu for accepting the traditional title of Ikemba 11. A release issued by...