MINISTER of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, Senator Bala Mohammed has said that if he must dump his All Nigeria’s Peoples Party, ANPP, for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, he must first consult with his people, just as he said he was grateful that a member of the opposition was given such an exalted position.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it has disbursed N40 billion out of the N200 billion facility it earmarked for commercial agriculture.

My first challenge when I came into the industry was finance. I also had problem getting a good producer and director because they go a long way to affect your job. Perhaps my greatest challenge is how to be the best at what I do because we already have so many females in the industry.

The Nigerian government and the United Kingdom have agreed to work together to extradite Chief James Onanefe Ibori, the 47 year-old former governor of Delta State, detained and bailed in Dubai Thursday at the instance of the London Metropolitan Police to the United kingdom.

Policemen from Zone 5 Command of the Nigeria Police, Benin City, have arrested sixteen trucks laden with crude oil, allegedly said to be products illegally siphoned from NNPC pipelines.

The Governing Council of the University of Benin has appointed a substantive registrar for the institution. She is Mrs. Gladys Osebun Ogboghodo.

The Federal Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting in Abuja on Friday ended with the commissioners rejecting the allocation report as presented by the Accountant General of the Federation.

Following the marriage of a minor by Senator Ahmed Yerima,  Alliances for Africa has called on the governments of Nigeria and Egypt to immediately carry out an investigation into the marriage and prosecute Yerima if he is found culpable. 

Makurdi—ASUU President, Prof. Ukachukwu Awuzie, on Friday urged the Federal Government to reinstate the 49 sacked lecturers of the University of Ilorin as ordered by the Supreme Court.

Former Super Eagles defender, Taribo West has described the Super Eagles provisional 30-man team list as a sign of confusion because the technical adviser, Lars Lagerback drew it without seeing the players train or play any match together.

Competing at a FIFA World Cup is invariably the highlight of any footballer’s career, and this week we (FIFA) discovered which players have moved a step closer to realising that dream.

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan who is on a two-day working visit to Rivers State , has performed the groundbreaking ceremony of the state’s multimillion dollars monorail project, expected to be completed within three years.

With less than one month to the much anticipated kick off of the 2010 FIFA World in South Africa, more and more Nigerians have continued to lend their voices to the call for the Federal Government to take a more active role in mobilizing fans for the Super Eagles.

LEADING professional and civil society groups and activists in Nigeria have launched a campaign to “ensure the inclusion in the constitution of legally enforceable human rights such as such as environmental rights, the right to housing, health care among others.

Determined to ensure the ease of movement of travelling Nigerian fans to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Premium Sports Management Services (PSMS), sole managers of the Naija Fan Village in Durban, has announced plans to roll out 60 buses to take the fans to their various choice destinations during the duration of the soccer fiesta.