For the first time in the on going games, the organisers yesterday released a medals table that has Nigeria on the 8th position with one gold, three silver and four bronze.South Africa has taken an early lead with a total of 46 medals with 20 of them b...
Real Madrid ace, Cristiano Ronaldo has a vision of winning the Champions League as he underlines his ambition at the Santiago Bernabeu.The 26-year-old won the trophy in 2008, when Manchester United beat Chelsea in the Moscow final, but was a loser the ...
From a professional perspective the time for lesser pilgrimage, Umrah starts as soon as the Saudi authorities commence the issuance of visas, and stretches to, very nearly, the beginning of the hajj proper by which time Umrah shall be closed for that y...
The Federal Government yesterday disclosed that a whopping sum of N350 billion was spent on rice importation annually.The Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Bukar Tijiani, who said this at a rice transformation value chain ...
The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, (AMCON) has said that the bond it had issued so far was four per cent of the nation’s nominal Gross Domestic Product (GDP).Managing Director of AMCON, Mr. Mustapha Chike-Obi, who made this remark in La...
The minister of finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has urged staff of her ministry to adopt efficiency and effectiveness in handling their official functions in order for them to deliver of the present administration’s Transformation Agenda. Okonj...
The federal government yesterday said it would achieve 95 per cent development of hydropower potential capable of producing up to 10,000 Mega Watts of electricity by 2015.This is part of efforts geared towards achieving the goals set by the...
The National Council of Ogoni Youths (NYCOP) has threatened to embark on a non-violent mass action against the federal government if it fails to begin the implementation of the report of the United Nations’ Environmental Programme (UNEP) on envir...
The Governor of Niger state, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, has urged the federal government to implement the report of the committee on the post election violence as a way of forestalling future use of thugs during election and blamed politics for ...
The Presidential committee on the restructuring and rationalisation of Parastatals, commissions and agencies have been urged to prevail on the federal government to shed the cost of governance in Nigeria as it is part of the problem bedeviling&nb...
Facing low approval ratings and constant Republican criticism as his re-election campaign starts up, President Barack Obama challenged Congress on Thursday night to put the good of the nation over political benefit and pass a huge jobs plan he proposed...
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Court of Appeal has fixed September 12, for the hearing of the substantive petition by the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) challenging the election of President Goodluck Jonathan as the winne...
The Senior Special Assistant to Benue State Governor on Special Duties, Terna-Kester Kyenge, has joined the Logo local government chairmanship race as different political parties prepare for the forthcoming council polls in the state. Speaking with LEA...
Nigeria joins the rest of the world today to mark the 2011 International Literacy Day. For a country with an estimated 47 per cent illiteracy rate, it is a wake-up call for the federal government to revitalise the mass literacy sub-sector to redeem its...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has inaugrated a new electronic bill payment system to address the challenges arising from utility bill payment.Speaking at the inauguration in Abuja yesterday, the Permanent Secretary (FCT), Dr. Biod...