House of Representatives Committee on Banking and Currency has commenced an inspection of capital projects of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)

Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, said Wednesday, in Abuja that the commission had successfully prosecuted 200 of the 870,000 electoral offenders.

As a way of encouraging its athletes to do well at the on-going 18th National Sports Festival “Eko2012” the Ogun state government has announced instant cash reward for its athletes that win medals at the festival.

The Lagos State House of Assembly has called on the state’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources in conjunction with the Ministry of Information and Strategy to embark on publicity against inherent dangers of buying and hawking petroleum products along road sides.

Former Minister of Information, Dr. Walter Ofonagoro, has revealed that one of the major reasons General Yakubu Gowon ceded Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroun was to block food and arms from coming into the defunct Republic of Biafra.

A 42 year-old man, Uche Ubah, was yesterday arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrate court for receiving four stolen Toyota Camry cars.

Chinua Achebe turns 82 this week, in this article Chimamanda Adichie celebrates the renown author and puts her voice to the raging controversy on Achebe’s book ” There Was A Country”

I have met Chinua Achebe only three times. The first, at the National Arts Club in Manhattan, I joined the admiring circle around him. A gentle-faced man in a wheelchair.

The removal of the Executive Commissioner in charge of Technical Standards of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Dr Bashir Gwandu, may not be unconnected with false allegations over frequency spectrum allocation at the commission, and his alleged links with a group which attempted to indict President Goodluck Jonathan over waivers granted a telecom company acquired by AMCON.

Determined to make its presence in Nigeria felt, South Korea has pledged to assist Federal Government in the attainment of the goals of reduction of poverty in the country through support to vision 2020 and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, Wednesday, denied any face-off between Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, and her Petroleum Resources counterpart, Deziani Alison-Madueke, over the payment of petroleum subsidy to oil marketers.

Given the bruising defeat the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN and its flag bearer, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole gave the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and its candidate, Major Gen. Charles Airhiavbere (rtd) in the July gubernatorial elections, it is not surprising that the PDP would veer into a period of introspection.

Footballer, Ikechukwu Anayo, said: “I am a footballer, so the ban is not for somebody like me to exercise; it is not a blessing to me. I have friends who have been displaced because of this ban.

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has commended Governor Shehu Shema of Katsina State for providing the needed infrastructural facilities in the state.

Three more people were killed by unknown gunmen in troubled Barkin-Ladi and Riyom local government areas, Plateau State, Wednesday. 10 people were gunned down at a drinking joint, Monday.

Lagos male football team were really at home when they defeated Abia 5-0 in a Group A match played at the Onikan Waterfront, Tuesday.