Sprinting superstar Usain Bolt said Thursday he is “definitely reconsi-dering” the plans he stated earlier in September of retiring after the 2016 Olympics.

By Chukwuma Onah IN an era in which some state governments are yet to organize a single Local Government election with few months to the end of their tenures, Enugu State under Governor Sullivan Iheanacho Chime sets the pace as it conducts her fourth council poll on November 2, this year. Only last Saturday, the […]

Sunday’s Federation Cup final between Enyimba of Aba and Warri Wolves is historic for both Nigerian Premier League clubs.

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has tipped Super Eagles forward Victor Moses to play a key role in the club’s counter-attacking plan this season.

Boko Haram Islamist insurgents have rampaged through a town in northeastern Nigeria with heavy weapons, setting public buildings on fire and killing a soldier and the wife of a senior policeman, authorities said Thursday.

The National Examinations Council, NECO, has released 2013 Senior Schools Certificate Examinations results with a considerable improvement by the students nationwide compared with the past results.

The National Industrial Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday dismissed a contempt proceeding filed against the National Examination Council (NECO) by the Non-Academic Staff Union of Education and Associated Institutions (NASU).

THE embattled Anambra State commissioner for special duties, Chief Vincent Ejikeme Ezenwajiaku, who was declared wanted by the Special Fraud Unit, SFU, of the Nigeria Police for allegedly obtaining N10.6 million by false pretence and forgery has announced his resignation from the Anambra State Executive Council.

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, yesterday, acknowledged that the Public Security Communications System, NPSS, project has enhanced the capacity of the Police in tackling crime.

Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), says the Federal Government established the Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) to shield Nigerian economy from adverse global shocks.

The two injured police escorts attached to the Speaker of the Taraba House of Assembly, Mr Haruna Tsokwa, are now receiving treatment at the Federal Medical Centre, Keffi, Nasarawa State, an official of the hospital has said.

The World Bank on Thursday in Abuja said seven states met the criteria to access its 300 million-dollar support for Youth Employment and Social Support Operation (YESSO).

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has demanded that Information Minister Labaran Maku be relieved of his new assignment as the Supervising Minister of Defence, because he is an interested party in the spiralling crisis ravaging Nasarawa, where the FG has ordered the deployment of troops to help end the violence.

The Bauchi State Chapter of the Academic Union of Universities has said that the union will not shift grounds on their demand for the hundred percent implementation of the 2009 agreement, saying that the federal government is not transparent and sincere in addressing the rot in the education sector.

Jailed Nigerian former oil state governor James Ibori used front men and shell companies to acquire a hidden stake in privatised Nigerian fertiliser company Notore, a British police detective told a London court on Wednesday.