The Eket Interest Group have watched with keen interest the unfolding drama orchestrated by some power thirsty individuals who are desperately bent on misleading the general public, especially in Akwa Ibom State to believe that the office of the governor of the state come 2015 is a free for all geographical zones party.
The National Un-der-17 team, the Golden Eaglets, have started the year on a winning note with a 6-1 score line against BobOsimAcademy in their first practice match after resuming their third-phase closed camping in Calabar ahead of the 2013 African Under-17 Championship to be hosted by Morocco in April.
Lenovo delegation has said that the ICT sector in Nigeria is continuously developing, just as it met with representatives from government and private organizations, as well as business partners, to reinforce Lenovo’ s commitment to Nigeria and outline the company’s business and PC+ strategy in the country.
ABUJA — National leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has set up a five-member fact-finding committee to look into the lingering political crisis in the Anambra State Chapter of the party, with a view to finding lasting solution.
WITH Joseph Raifzenger out of the Vatican as the Head of the Catholic Church, the focus is now on who becomes the next Pope and the qualities he should possess.
Years before VFS Global was instituted to partner/collaborate with some foreign embassies in Nigeria in respect to visa application processing for Nigeria visa seekers, applicants were subjected to all sorts of inhuman conditions in order to procure visa to visit countries of choice.
Asaba—Former Speaker of Delta State House of Assembly, Dr. Olisa Imegwu, who was impeached in 2008, Thursday, said the move against him then was punitive, because he stepped on big toes and refused to apologise, an act which, he said, would have amounted to mortgaging his conscience.
FOLLOWING the sudden resignation notice served by the head of the Catholic faith,Pope Benedict XVI ,Catholics now have to fathom how to manage a retiree Pope before Easter which is a few days after February 28 when the Papal Lord promised to go into retirement.
The Emir of Ningi in Bauchi State, Alhaji Yunusa Danyaya, has attributed the refusal of polio immunization for children in some parts of the north by some parents to ignorance which is linked to spiritual beliefs.
He then advocated intensive sensitization campaign on polio so that people, particularly in the rural areas would accept the immunization.
Godfrey Oboabona has been rewarded by OndoState with a house and a cash gift of a million Naira for his AFCON exploits.
Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities, ASUU, University of Ilorin branch,Professor Wahab Egbewole, has reiterated his commitment towards the wellbeing of the members of the union.
IN order to boost agricultural production, Federal Government has provided N60 billion loan for agro-dealers at 9 per cent interest rate across the country.
Nigeria has once again recorded another victory as the leading brewer, Guinness Nigeria Plc, was recently awarded the certificate for the world’s largest football jersey.
Former Minister of Interior, Captain Emmanuel Iheanacho, has filed a N90billion suit against Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA and itsDirector General, Mr Zikade Akpobolokemi, before a Lagos High Court sitting in Lagos.
Iheanacho is asking for the money as damages for the alleged assault on him and his false imprisonment.
Nigerians are currently generating over 6,000 Mega Watts of electricity through the use of generators in their homes, corporate offices and industrial places, far more than what the Federal Government is producing through the power stations across the country, says Professor Rahaman Bello, Vice Chancellor, University of Lagos, UNILAG.
South African President Jacob Zuma on Thursday condemned the “horrific” death of a Mozambican taxi driver who was filmed being dragged by a police van through the streets.
About four Improvised Explosive Devices suspected to have been planted by terrorists in Maiduguri the Borno state capital , Thursday, exploded at different locations within the metropolis.
Late Whitney Houston’s ex-husband, Bobby Brown has been sentenced to 55 days in a Los Angeles jail after being convicted for his third drink driving offence last year.
KANO – Gunmen have stormed a residence in central Nigeria that housed foreign workers, killing two police guards in an attack a company source said Thursday was a failed kidnapping.
Police in Taraba state confirmed the raid in the village of Tella at the site owned by the Triacta engineering firm, but declined to provide [...]
For contravening the ban on promotions and lotteries on their respective networks, the telecoms regulatory agency, the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC Thursday slammed a total of N22 million fine on the four GSM operators including MTN, Globacom Limited, Emerging Markets Telecommunications Services Ltd (Etisalat) and Airtel.
The lead counsel of Henry Okah’s legal team on Thursday at the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg announced the teams withdrawal from the terrorism case.
Pope Benedict XVI waved a final goodbye on Thursday from the balcony of the papal residence before starting a life of retirement as the first pontiff to resign in over 700 years.
Pope Benedict XVI arrived by helicopter Thursday at Castel Gandolfo near Rome shortly before he officially resigns his eight-year papacy at 1900 GMT.
Pope Benedict XVI urged his followers to put “Christ at the centre of your lives” in his final tweet from his Twitter handle @pontifex on Thursday, three hours before his historic retirement.
The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Wednesday said it had engaged 27 volunteers to enhance surveillance and check the menace of drug hawking in Jigawa.
Former military president, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida has said that the intending merger of some political parties to serve as a strong opposition to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) is a welcome development in our political system.
The Anti Crime Squad of Imo State Police Command has arrested a 30-year old man, Onyebuchi Ejimkonye, for allegedly raping a four-year old girl, Chinasa Dickson, to death.
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned seven suspected oil thieves before Justice A. M. Liman of the Federal High Court 1, Benin City.
US Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday that Washington would provide $60 million in “non-lethal” assistance to support the Syrian political opposition against President Bashar al-Assad.
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