In a bid to alleviate poverty and address social challenges in Taraba State, the TY Danjuma Foundation has launched the Taraba Community Fund in Jalingo, the state capital. The foundation has also given out 10 grants to community-based organisations th...
A loud explosion from the truck line of the Obama Flow Station of the Agip Oil Company, on Sunday night, threw the quiet community of Okoroma-Tereke in Nembe local government area of Bayelsa State into commotion. The explosion and the attendant fire ou...
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has said that President Goodluck Jonathan must assure Nigerians of their protection and faulted the decision of the federal government to move the venue of the nation’s 51st independence anniversar...
Documents that have emerged from court cases against oil giant, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) of Nigeria reveal that in the 1990s it routinely worked with Nigeria’s military to suppress resistance to its activities, often from activi...
Team Nigeria will today know their fate as they storm the Polish embassy in Abuja after tabling visas request to honour this year’s World Scrabble Championship. The event is billed for Warsaw, Poland. The team is expected to storm the Polish emba...
Former Super Falcons coaches, James Peters and Rolandson Odeh hold different views on the invitation of off-form goalkeeper, Precious Dede to the senior national team’s camp. Dede is among the 27 players invited to camp by coach Eucharia Uche for...
Cement dealers and distributors across the country have promised to cooperate with the management of the Dangote Cement Plc. to ensure the benefits of more production of the product from its new Ibese factory plant in Ogun State trickle down to the end...
In line with the ongoing reforms in the banking industry, the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) has vowed to restore professionalism in the banking sector, saying the move would help to reduce unhealthy competition among operators in the...
Peugeot Automobile Nigeria Limited, manufacturer of the Peugeot brand of vehicles is set to participate in the forthcoming Abuja International Motor fair. According to PAN,” We will showcase our manufacturing strength, alongside the modernquest f...
President of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners, Alhaji Ali Abatcha, said the success of the Presidential Task Team on Pension Reforms could only achieve the desired results if given a free hand to operate. The President who stated this during a telephone...
Strong indications emerged yesterday that the Senate was not disposed to swear in Senator Alphonsus Igbeke based on what it termed “obvious contradictions in his court order and procedures”. Igbeke had on Tuesday obtained an ex parte order ...
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, yesterday, hailed Nigeria’s continuing support for the admittance of the Palestine as a member of the United Nations (UN) and said it was justified to do so. Palestine is currently on obs...
A gang of four men, suspected to be kidnappers, yesterday abducted 82-year-old Pa Louis Azubogu, in Nnewi, after missing their target, a member of the House of Representatives for Nnewi North, Nnewi South and Ekwusigo federal constituency. Hon. Chris A...
Ananmbra State governor Peter Obi has called for Federal Government’s intervention in resuscitating collapsed industries in Anambra State. Obi made the call when he received the Minister of State for Trade and Investment, Dr. Samuel Ortom, who pa...
It was an atmosphere of joy and tears in Abuja yesterday afternoon as Vice President Namadi Sambo inaugurated the 2011 hajj inaugural flight, which ferried 500 pilgrims from Nasarawa State to the kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the annual pilgrimage. The e...