The governorship candidate of Justice Party (JP), Mrs. Aisha Elejo Audu-Emeje, former wife of the former governor of Kogi State and candidate of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Prince Abubakar Audu, has notified her intentions to reform the North Cen...
The Borno State chairman of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Alhaji Zanna Shettima, yesterday called for the dissolution of the state executive council.Shettima, who made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maidu...
The governorship candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in Kogi State for the December 3 polls, Chief James Ocholi (SAN) spoke to journalists in Lokoja last week, shortly after concluding his consultations with the western and eastern s...
New Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi, said he will not be part of the coaching team of the Nigerian U-23 scheduled to compete in the Olympic qualification in Morocco, is however, in the North African country to play advisory role for the team. Keshi w...
After spending one season in the lower division, Nigeria Customs Service basketball club is back into the top flight DStv Premier Basketball League. They bounced back into the league after winning the national division-one championship last weekend in ...
Aiming to model AFN Golden League after IAAF Diamond league, Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has opened its door to corporate organisations for sponsorship. AFN president, Solomon Ogba stated this during an interactive session with sports writers...
The president of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, Solomon Ogba, has said that unless Nigeria buckles up and prepares adequately for the Olympics, the country will be disappointed. Nigeria has been plagued by the perennial problem of shoddy preparat...
Two of the biggest teams in Europe, AC Milan and Barcelona will tonight renew their rivalry at the San Siro. Both teams have already qualified to the knockout stage and a victory for either side will see them top the group. In the first leg at the Nou ...
Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has earmarked the sum of three hundred and fifteen million naira (315m) for its programmes and activities next year. AFN president, Solomon Ogba, made this known yesterday at a press conference to unveil AFN’...
A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Abuja yesterday ordered Senator Ali Mohammed Ndume to be remanded in the State Security Service (SSS) custody after he pleaded not guilty to a two-count charge bordering on breach of official trus...
Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, yesterday disclosed that Nigeria now produced 2.6 million barrels of crude oil per day, out of which 670,000 barrels are from the deep offshore. Before now, the production level stood ...
The Court of Appeal in Lagos yesterday acquitted and discharged a former Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Bello Lafiaji and his ex-special assistant, Usman Amali. In the judgment delivered by Justice Moham...
Thirty-six governors under the aegis of Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) yesterday held a crucial meeting that lasted over two hours before some of them (Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governors) headed to Aso Rock Presidential Villa for a meeting ...
Ogun State governor, Ibikunle Amosun, yesterday faulted the claim of former Governor Gbenga Daniel that he inflated contracts for the purchase of Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs). Amosun, while reacting to a publication by a nationa...
The Central Bank of Nigeria’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) yesterday tactically devalued the naira from N150.00 to the US $1.00 to N160.00 to US$1.00 and maintained the band of +/-3.0 per cent. “This means that the naira should flo...