Lagos residents, especially those residing in the lowland areas, and the authorities in the state should brace up for another spate of flooding before the end of this year’s rainy season. This warning is coming on the heels of the flooding of mos...
Nigerian First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, other First Ladies, ministers and development experts will gather in New York this week to share their countries’ successes and challenges in the field of maternal and reproductive health commodity sec...
Elder statesman and northern elder, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai, has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to ensure the implementation of his economic transformation agenda.The veteran politician, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Saturday that he...
The driver of the deputy speaker of Borno State House of Assembly Honorable Danlami Gamandi and six others were killed, while eight others were injured in Biu local government Borno State last Friday night in a clash between some youths and...
Mrs. Ebere Ifendu is a legal practitioner and the woman leader of the Labour Party. In this brief chat with RUTH CHOJI, she urged Mr. President to give women more slots in other sectors of the economy. Excerpts: Ondo State chairman of the Labour ...
Hon Peter Akuja is a member of the House of Representatives representing Jos North/Bassa Federal Constituency. In this brief chat with RUTH CHOJI, he advocated for the prosecution of people hampering the peace and stability of Plateau State. Exce...
Samson Siasia led Super Eagles’ quest of qualifying for the 2012 African Nations Cup in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea face a stern test tomorrow when they confront the Gravie Barriers of Madagascar in Antananarivo. On paper, the test sh...
After seeing Real Madrid kick off their La-liga season in sumptuous fashion last weekend against Real Zaragoza, analysts suggest this could be the year Jose Mourinho’s men would topple the perennial champion, Barcelona, for the domestic trophy. N...
As the Nations Cup qualifiers resume this weekend with two powerhouses of African football, Cameroon and Egypt, at the verge of missing out of the biennial showpiece. Both teams being the most successful teams in Nations Cup history, have 11 Nati...
Wyclef Jean is a Haitian musician, record producer, and politician. He first received fame as a member of the acclaimed New Jersey hip hop group ‘the Fugees’. Along with being a world famous and highly respected performing artist, he ...
The lack of adequate manpower development is largely responsible for why the efficiency in the nation’s power sector went down, director- general of the National Power Training Institute of Nigeria (NAPTIN), Reuben Okeke has said. He disclosed th...
With an unparalleled passion for acting, Binta Yahaya is one actress with a difference as revealed in this chat with Solomon Nda-IsaiahHow has the journey been? It may interest you to know that I am from Sokoto State but grew up in Kaduna. I have alway...
In what seemed to be survival of the fittest, members of the Motion Picture Practitioners Association of Nigeria (MOPPAN), an umbrella organisation of filmmaking in Northern Nigeria recently, convened an extra-ordinary convention and subsequently disso...
Beyoncé revealed she is expecting her first baby. The singer made the surprise announcement as she debuted her baby bump on the red carpet at the MTV Video Music Awards.Wearing a long orange gown by Lanvin, the 29-year-old clutched her visible bump an...
The masquerades came in different shades; from weird to the most frightening, tall toshort. The Triangle arena became lively and the crowd surged forward as the biggest of them all, the, “Evil forest”, made its entrance to the arena. The f...