President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday advised tertiary institutions in the country to access the intervention fund provided by the Federal Government through the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND)

France ambassador to Nigeria, Jacques Champagne de Labriolle, has called for international mobilisation against Boko Haram similar to that against Al-Qaeda terrorist organisation. Labriolle spoke to newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday night on the sidelines of a reception organised for the new Chinese ambassador to Nigeria, Gu Xiaojie. His remarks came on the heels of President Goodluck Jonathan’s […]

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has described the twin bomb blasts that rocked Jos, Plateau on Tuesday as “wicked and gruesome”.

ABUJA — Opinion poll conducted by an independent firm, the NOIPoll Limited, has revealed that over 78 per cent of Nigerians bought petrol above the official pump price of N97 per litre between January and March, 2014.

Following allegation that he has links with the Boko Haram sect, former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, yesterday, dragged the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Olisa Metuh to court.

The Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development has put in place mechanisms to conduct a National Survey on Violence Against Children.

The Abuja Division of Federal High Court, yesterday, stopped the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, from imposing new drivers and vehicle licence on car owners whose vehicle registration papers are still valid.

The Senate took a swipe at practitioners in the nation’s information and Communications Technology , ICT sector , over alleged non utilization of their expertise in the ongoing fight against the Boko Haram insurgence in the country.

An FCT High Court on Wednesday issued a bench warrant for arrest of Babatunde Abisuga, former accountant in the Federal Civil Service Commission (FSSC), for failure to attend his trial.

OGUN State chapter of the Labour Party, LP, yesterday, faulted the state government’s reaction to comments by party leader and former governor of the state, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, on cost of roads construction and debt profile of the state.

A U.S. fighter jet dropped two fuel tanks near private houses in South Korea under the emergency situation, but no casualties have been reported, local media reported on Wednesday.

Stephen Keshi said his focus at the moment is his opening World Cup match against Iran.
Nigeria plays Bosnia-Herzegovina and Argentina, but most of the focus has been on the South American giants.

Golden Eaglets Coach and one time African Footballer of the Year Emmanuel Amuneke has warned the Super Eagles against showing too much respect to Argentina to the detriment of their other World Cup Group F foes.

As the world watched Abuba-kar Shekau’s video declaration of Allah’s instruction to him to sell the nearly 300 girls he kidnapped at midnight from their boarding school beds in Chibok, Borno State, something happened at last that had been long awaited: action, rather than platitudinous words of outrage.

The Super Eagles will not run short of funds when they will be campaigning in the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazill.