Super Eagles striker Uche Kalu who scored a goal in the last friendly match against Egypt has revealed that the Chief Coach of the national team Stephen Keshi has inspired him with a winning mentality.

The Presidency, Wednesday, reacted to reports making the rounds in the country that some of the present ministers are to be dropped to give way for new ones in a cabinet reshuffle being considered by President Goodluck Jonathan.

Brazil said Wednesday it has shelved plans to build new nuclear power stations in the coming years in the wake of last year’s Fukushima disaster in Japan.

Soldiers in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri killed a suspected member of the Boko Haram Islamist sect and wounded two others on Wednesday after repelling an attack, the army said.

Nigeria is to receive a 285 million dollars assistance from the Clean Technology Fund (CTF), a global funding agency, to support electricity supply and urban mass transportation.

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) on Wednesday said over 100 million Nigerians had no official identification in its database.

LOOKING through Nigerian newspapers over the past few days, it is apparent that the National Security Adviser, Gen. Andrew Azazi (rtd) stirred an infinite spectrum of reactions with a single observation he made during the second South-South Economic Summit in Asaba, Delta State, on Friday, April 27, 2012. According to the intelligence chief, elements within the PDP helped create the precipitating environment that has facilitated the bloodletting activities of the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram.

A German man stopped at customs with 49 live exotic lizards in his bag claimed they were destined for the cooking pot and even offered to bite one’s head off to prove it, officials said Wednesday.

Nigeria’s military has arrested 21 Ghanians and five Nigerians for alleged oil theft as they operated two vessels in the country’s main crude-producing region, authorities said on Tuesday.

New England manager Roy Hodgson will name his squad for Euro 2012 on May 16, reports said Wednesday.

ABIA, God’s Own State is today witnessing a complete new vista in infrastructural development. If we are to paraphrase and borrow from the late Bob Marley’s hit track, then we can say that there is a natural happiness blowing through the air in Abia.

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan arrived in Ivory Coast on Wednesday for talks with his counterpart Alassane Ouattara, as the two regional powers grapple with crises in Mali and Guinea-Bissau.

The Police in Bauchi State has arraigned eight people before Chief Magistrate Court number seven for pasting the posters of Governor Isa Yuguda for president 2015 in Bauchi state.

A roadside blast hit troops escorting UN observers in Syria’s restive south on Wednesday, a day after envoy Kofi Annan warned his peace plan could be the last chance to avoid civil war.

GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State is getting very paranoid and this is understandable. It is just dawning on him and his court jesters that to win re-election is now an almost impossible task.