Sierra Leone’s Under-20 Women Football team has withdrawn from the African qualifiers of the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, a Nigeria Football Association (NFA) official said. NFA's Chief Technical Officer, Siji Lagunju who made the di...
The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has called off the nationwide strike it embarked upon on Tuesday to protest against some labour issues in oil giant, Shell. Mr Tokunbo Korodo, Chairman of NUPENG in South-West, confirmed ...
The Lagos State Government on Wednesday sealed off the popular Mile-12 Market in Ikosi-Isheri Local Council Development Area, LCDA over various environmental offences, even as it threatened to close down Oko Oba Abattoir and Lairage in Agege Loca...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed Februar 15 for re-run elections in Anambra South Senatorial District, Anaocha/Njikoka/Dunukofia Federal constituency and Idemili South state constituency. Mr Isiavwe Ena, the INEC Adm...
Most Rev. John Onaiyekan, the Catholic Archbishop of Abuja Diocese, on Wednesday advised Christians to always control their anger and avoid revenge irrespective of the circumstances they find themselves. Onaiyekan gave the advice in Madalla, Niger, on ...
Mr Steven Maitazuma, the new Plateau Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), on Wednesday assumed duty with a pledge to reduce road crashes in the state to the ``barest minimum''. Maitazuma, who took over from Mr Samuel Odukoya, sol...
All accounts of the Bayelsa Government have been frozen in the aftermath of the sacking of Gov. Timipre Sylva by the Supreme Court on Friday. An official source told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yenagoa on Wednesday that Acting Gov. Nestor...
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Works, Sen. Ayogu Eze has called for the declaration of a state of emergency in the road sector. He added that ``if we continue funding our roads the way we are doing today, we will not get anywhere.’’ Eze ...
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) on Wednesday in Abuja said that a revised version of the Value Added Tax (VAT) would soon be presented to the National Assembly. Mrs Ifueko Omogui-Okauru, Chairman of FIRS, stated this at the ongoing inve...
A Lagos-based lawyer, Mr Festus Keyamo, has accused the Police of allegedly shielding the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Alhaji Abdullahi Dikko, from being prosecuted for alleged forgery. He also accused the Lagos State Directorate...
What would have made a woman so heartless as to mete out the kind of punishment that would lead to the death of her child? How stubborn or disobedient can a child be to warrant death as punishment? These were the questions on the lips of nurses and doc...
The trial of six policemen accused of killing five spare parts dealers and their female companion in Abuja in 2005 suffered another setback on Wednesday before an Abuja High court. The policemen standing trial for the killings are DCP Danjuma Ibrahim, ...
Alhaji Ibrahim Abdu, the Jigawa Commander of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said 261 suspects were arrested in 2011 with 110 kilogrammes of Indian hemp and other illicit drugs. Abdu disclosed this in an interview in Dutse on Wednesday. He...
The Chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Hon. Micah Jiba, has called for the cooperation of aggrieved Karu Market traders as the council makes efforts to complete the new modern market. The chairman who spoke through the council’s Sup...
Kubwa is one of the oldest satellite towns in the federal Capital Territory (FCT). One of the earliest federal government estates, Federal Housing Authority Estate is located in this sprawling satellite town. Located about 40 kilometres away from the c...