Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi wants his team to train in Nairobi, Kenya, for two weeks leading to a Nations Cup qualifier against Rwanda on February 29. Chairman technical committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Chris Green, disclosed this af...
Against the backdrop of the Christmas Day Bombing of the St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalla and other acts of terrorism in the country, the Senate last week frowned at the fragile security situation in the country and called for urgent action...
Engineer Markus Gundiri is the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) gubernatorial candidate in the election holding in Adamawa State next week. In this interview with newsmen, he spoke to a select journalists on his ambition and the form of governmen...
Mr. Kayode Akinmade is the Commissioner for Information and Strategy in Ondo State. In this interview with VICTOR ORIOLA, he said Governor Segun Mimiko had been able to change the face of governance in the state. He also maintained that the exit ...
Human capital development through purposeful re-engineering of the nation’s vocational system has been the primary objective of the Lagos State government that has seen it as the sure path to real economic emancipation of citizens and eradication...
When the Federal Ministry of Works officials visited Ogun State last year to assess the conditions of roads in the state, the presidential audit team, led by the Federal Controller of Works, Lagos, Engineer Ejike Egbemena, lauded the state government f...
Many of his political opponents see him as a frustrated politician; but since 2009, when the Save Nigeria Group (SNG) was formed to put pressure on the National Assembly to cede power to President Goodluck Jonathan due to long absence of late Pre...
It is no longer news that fuel price was jerked up by the federal government form N65 to N141. It is also no longer news that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), alongside their civil society collaborators also embarke...
Niger State Governor Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu has said that the last Wednesday’s violent protest against removal of fuel subsidy which left many properties destroyed was criminal and premeditated. Aliyu who, yesterday, inspected both private ...
The former National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Audu Ogbe, has rejected the rumour that Boko Haram is a political tool to distract the current administration. This was just as he linked the group to socio-economic decay...
Tungan Mallam Hassan meaning the town of Mallam Hassan came into existence about 100 years ago. The father of the community, Mallam Hassan who died about 50 years ago found the place and named it after him. He had first settled in Tungan Tsaka but...
Despite the suspension of the nationwide strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command has deployed its personnel to various ...
Once a secret business, CATHERINE AGBO reports that the sale of illicit drugs is now rampant in many of Abuja’s neighbourhoods. The sale of illicit drugs has become one of the most lucrative businesses in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), LEAD...
There is no universal agreement on what relationship does to those who are in it. The views about relationship are as divergent as those involved. However, while many have some miserable tales about theirs, others are quick to attest to the many benefi...
The ongoing registration of cooperatives will assist the Federal Government to achieve the set targets under the Agricultural Transformation Agenda, says the Federal Department of Cooperatives. Mr Jonathan Dangwaran, the Director of Cooperatives, Feder...