…As Emefiele tasks Nigerian youths on entrepreneurship By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Thursday, launched the Tertiary Institutions Entrepreneurship Scheme (TIES), to provide access to finance bankable ideas by graduates and undergraduates, in the quest to tackle youth unemployment in the country. The Scheme, developed in partnership with Nigerian polytechnics and […]

Former President Dr Goodluck Jonathan has tasked international election observers to seek to make more impact towards promoting democracy by developing a grading framework that would capture all the electoral processes in their post-election reports.

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has said that Nigeria will support the best candidate for the post of the Director-General of the International Labour Organisation, ILO.

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, has assured that Nigeria will support the best candidate for the post of the Director-General of the International Labour Organisation (ILO).

The Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (NEITI), Dr. Orji Ogbonnaya Orji yesterday revealed that the agency would soon commence the monitoring of oil bunkering and illegal mining activities in the country to determine how much revenue is being lost to the criminal ventures.

An Osun State High Court sitting in Ikirun, has granted an order of interim injunction restraining the state government from accepting the nomination to fill the vacant Akirun of Ikirun from both Obaara and Adedeji ruling houses

The Nigeria Customs Service is set to introduce Webb Tracker mobile Application and a simplified standard operating procedure for the use of scanners to facilitate  

By Emmanuel Okogba Former England international, Emile Heskey has been named new head coach of Leicester City women’s team after the club relieved Jonathan Morgan of his duties. Morgan was shown the exit door after a pointless start to their debut season in the Women’s Super League. He led the Foxes to promotion last season, but he […]

Mrs Baarong Tony-Uranta, the wife of the late human rights activist Mr Tony Uranta, has described her husband as a warrior and change agent.

Notable names in the theatre industry, gathered yesterday, to pay their last respect to the ace comic actor, Babatunde Omidina popularly called ‘Baba Suwe'” who was laid to rest in his residence at Ewu-Elepe, Igbogbo in Ikorodu, Lagos State, amidst tributes.

The leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, Southwest Zone D has confirmed that the owner of Hilton Hotel and Resort, Dr Rahman Adedoyin is in police detention.

He is a great Nigerian who is doing his father land proud in The Diaspora. Dr. Abiola Oshodi’s philosophy is anchored essentially on the advancement of the cause of developing humanity, as regards how to make a better society and how to make the society a better place for living.

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has urged Christians in the state to pray for him and his administration rather than castigate him as he gives his best to ensure purposeful leadership in the state.

By Emmanuel Okogba Ralf Rangnick, the man credited with the rise of coaches like Jurgen Klopp and Thomas Tuchel is set to take over as coach of Manchester United on an interim basis. Rangnick, 63, reached an agreement with the club and will be in charge until the end of the season, according to reports. […]

The lifeless bodies of a popular nightclub owner, Steven Ayika and his alleged mistress, Chiamaka Emmanuel have been recovered in Kano.