Kaduna State Governor, Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa yesterday hosted former governors of the state, Alhaji Mohammed Makarfi, Alhaji Lawan Kaita, Col Umar Farouk Ahmed (rtd) and Alhaji Usman Faruk, former military governor of North-West from 1967-1975. Others...
The Nigerian government and its counterpart In Niger Republic are collaborating in a bilateral security partnership to curb Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria, and the terrorism acts of Al-Qaida in Niger Republic. This and many other resolutions were rea...
Before the Flying Eagles took on their English counterparts last night in their first match in the knockout stage of the ongoing FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia, President Goodluck Jonathan spoke to the players and officials of the team. The President ...
The Premier League will decide today if this weekend’s opening round of matches will be postponed after another night of rioting or not.Riots have taken place around the country since Saturday, stretching police resources. A joint statement from ...
Roy Keane has taken a swipe at Manchester United’s rivals for the Premier League title, claiming Chelsea will “self-destruct” and that Liverpool are “nowhere near” good enough to win a championship. Keane reckons United wi...
A Jos based Non-Governmental Organisation, Anti Youth Exploitation Nation-wide Initiative, AYENI, has concluded plans to commemorate this year’s International Youth Day celebration with a novelty match in honour of Nigeria’s ex-internationa...
Although Tiger Woods was an absentee on Tuesday at the US PGA Championship practice, he won the backing of Open champion, Darren Clarke, who believes the American can contend for the year’s final Major. Woods, who played 18 holes in practice at t...
Corruption no doubt is one of the major problems bedeviling our nation. In fact, it’s a cankerworm that has eaten deep into the fabric of our national lives. It has retarded our developmental and transformational agenda and has dented our image i...
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) and the Oyo State Government have signed the 2011-2012 Multiyear Programme Implementation Agreement. At the signing ceremony in Ibadan, the governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, promised to deliver sound and instit...
Minister of State for Education, Barr. Nyesom Wike, in the company of some ministry staff and journalists, paid an unscheduled visit to the Federal Government Boys College, Apo and what they found was not a sight for any civilised being. But that is wh...
The need for all children to have equal access to education for optimal development was re-inforced last weekend at the graduation and prizegiving day of Hasab Heritage School. The proprietress of the school, Mrs. Hassanat Abubakar, said th...
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has charged President Goodluck Jonathan to set up a committee that will ensure the proper implementation of the mandate of the Education Trust Fund (ETF), just as it commended the presi...
Barr. Ezenwo Nyesom Wike was just appointed minister of state for education. Until his appointment, he was chief of staff to Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State. In this interview with a group of journalists, Wike bares his mind on the task ahead o...
The West African Examination Council, (WAEC) yesterday released results of the May/June 2011 West African Senior School Certificate Examination, (WASSCE) with an abysmal 30 per cent of the candidates making credits in both English and Mathematics. Deta...
The managing director of Enterprise Bank Limited, Mr Ahmed Kuru assumed duty officially at the bank’s head office in Lagos yesterday. This brings to two, the number of managing directors that have assumed duties at their new station...