In its determination to host a successful FIFA World Cup in 2022, Qatar has unveiled the Josoor Institute, a centre of excellence designed to give world-class education and training facilities to the people of Qatar, the Middle East and North Africa.

THE Federal Government , Tuesday, said it was withdrawing the ultimatum given to striking university lecturers to resume or be sacked following appeals from well-meaning Nigerians and substantial compliance with the directive by some members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities.

The Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku, in Kaduna on Tuesday said President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration was the best thing to have happened to the North.

South Africans who jeered their president at freedom icon Nelson Mandela’s memorial service spoke of their disillusion at the failure of 20 years of democracy to yield a better life for all.

Former Super Eagles defender, Bright Omokaro has advocated the need for a thorough preparation for the Super Eagles in the buildup for the Brazil 2014 World Cup.

GRADUATE and non-graduate youth unemployment has over the years become a cankerworm that continues to hamper government’s efforts at creating wealth and eliminating poverty in Nigeria.

President Barack Obama’s handshake with Cuba’s President Raul Castro Tuesday at a memorial service for the late South African leader Nelson Mandela was not “pre-planned,” a US official said.

The Independent National Electoral Commission in Anambra State has demanded the sum of N2.2m to make certified true copies of electoral documents available to All Progressive Congress (APC), as ordered by the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal Awka, citing “hike in the price of materials.” The memo was issued at the instance of the Resident Electoral […]

US President Barack Obama led world tributes Tuesday to Nelson Mandela, hailing him as “a giant of history” at a rain-soaked memorial attended by tens of thousands of South Africans united in proud, noisy celebration.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has commended the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, for his patriotism and dedication to the nation, following his principled stand on the Jonathan Administration’s tepid fight against corruption.

An additional 171 suites, that is estimated to have cost N2.5 billion, has been added by the owners of the Eko Hotel & Suites to its existing 654 suites.

A radical Pakistani religious scholar known as the “Father of the Taliban” has issued a fatwa urging parents to immunise their children against polio and other fatal diseases, adding that vaccinations comply with Islamic law.

Special Adviser to Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola, Mr Amos Adekunle, said on Tuesday that the state government had concluded arrangements to purchase 20 additional Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs).

A publication titled: “Do All Roads Lead to Market?” by the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) in partnership with The Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) was recently launched in Accra, Ghana.

A statement by the team’s Media Officer, Ben Alaiya, said the players began the preparations with a training session at the FIFA Goal Project astro-turf pitch at the National Stadium.