INVESTORS shied away from Federal Government Bonds last week, as the volume and value of bonds traded in the Over-the-Counter (OTC) Bond market dropped by 78.85 per cent and 79.06 per cent respectively

The incumbent Minister of Sports, Engr. Sani Ndanusa, yesterday, begged an Abuja high court sitting in Maitama to dismiss a suit instituted by former Chairman of Gombe State Football Association, Alhaji Gara Gombe, seeking to stop him from contesting election into the office of the President of National Olympic Committee (NOC).

Nigeria Football Federation Technical Committee Chairman, Chief Taiwo Ogunjobi, has revealed that national team coach Shaibu Amodu has had all of his requests met.

Wise counsel finally prevailed in the Eagles camp as team coach, Shaibu Amodu, yesterday made a last minute change to his original list of 23 players penciled for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola.

Shame! Players invited by the Nigeria Football Federation last week arrived Abuja to begin camping for the 2nd edition of the CAF African Nations Championship slated to hold in Sudan next year, but were abandoned as they were seen loitering around the Federal Capital Territory.

Former boss of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Col. Abdulmumuni Aminu (rtd), fancies the chances of the Super Eagles beating defending champions, Egypt, when both sides clash in their African Nations Cup opener on January 12

THE confusion and uncertainty which characterised the Nigerian energy industry in 2009 appears to have dogged it into year 2010, especially in the face of the plethora of unresolved issues including the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) before the national assembly, the debate and anticipation around deregulation of the downstream petroleum sub-sector and epileptic power supply despite government’s much talked about plans to generate 6000 Megawatts (MW) of electricity by December 2009.

PORT HARCOURT: PIPELINE professionals’ association of Nigeria has urged the federal government to set up an agency that would always interface with oil bearing communities.

PORT HARCOURT: PIPELINE professionals’ association of Nigeria has urged the federal government to set up an agency that would always interface with oil  bearing communities. In a statement issued at the end of its annual general meeting in Port Harcourt, the body of professionals said the agency would go a long way to reduce tension […]

Abuja—Mr Ken Nze, National Coordinator of Progressive Peoples Alliance, PPA, Youth Vanguard, said yesterday  in Abuja that the party is sure to win the  February 6,  governorship election in Anambra State. He told newsmen  that PPA had mobilised the people of Anambra to support the party’s candidate, Mrs Uchechukwu Ekwunife. “Ekwunife is the next Governor […]

By Chris Ochayi ABUJA— The Federal Government has declared that there are about 25,618,185 illiterate adults in the country, which has heightened the fears the country may not achieve the Education For All, EFA, target by the year 2015. The Minister of State for Education, Hajiya Aishatu Jibril Dukku who disclosed this at the state […]

By Demola Akinyemi Ilorin — Four Police officers are in the net of Kwara State Police Command  for allegedly killing an eight-month-old baby and his mother at a check point in Ilorin. The officers, who were on patrol along Yidi road in Ilorin, Sunday last week,  allegedly killed the victims Mrs. Titilayo Olatunde and her […]

NIGERIANS will enjoy better standard of health services this year, in terms of quality of care and accessibility at Federal government-owned health institutions across the country.

PORT HARCOURT: Institute of Petroleum Studies (IPS) built by Total E & P in conjunction with other training institutions has been commissioned by the Special Adviser to the President on Petroleum, Dr Emmanuel Egbogah at the University of Port Harcourt.

AS year 2010 rolls in, Federal government has been enjoined to develop policies and programmes that would fast track Nigerians efforts to achieve the Millenuum Development Goals as well as improve the healthcare delivery services.