Reptiles,weeds take over Abuja National Stadium – Mark
SENATE President David Mark Tuesday warned that if Nigeria as a country must get it right in the area of Sports and compete favourably with other nations of the world, [...]
March 27, 2013
Ewa tasks Nigerian scientists on govt agenda
Minister of Science and Technology, Professor Ita Okon Bassey Ewa has challenged Nigerian Scientists to come up with recommendations that will drive the real sectors of the Nigerian economy and [...]
March 26, 2013
Harambee Stars return to heroes welcome
…Pomp, colour, cash greet shining Stars It was pomp, colour, pageantry and loads of cash as Harambee Stars milked a warm return from Nigeria on Monday night following their heroic [...]
EAST-WEST ROAD: Relocate office to construction site, rights group tells Orubebe
RIGHTS group, Nigerian Democratic Awareness Forum, NDAF, has told the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe, to relocate his office to the Delta-Bayelsa-Port Harcourt axis of the East-West [...]
S-H-O-C-K-E-R! Egypt kicks out Nigeria
Nigeria’s hope of defending their African Youth Championship crown, Tuesday went into smoke as Egypt’s U-20 team thrashed the Flying Eagles 2-0 in a semi-final game decided at the Ain [...]
2014 W/Cup: Nigeria will be in Brazil – Lamouchi
Ivory Coast coach, Sabri Lamouchi believes Nigeria’s Super Eagles will overcome the recent setback of a 1-1 draw at home to Kenya and qualify for the 2014 FIFA World Cup [...]
NAFDAC raises alarm over illegal drugs sale in Kebbi
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has expressed worry over the high rate of drug hawking and sale of fake drugs and other narcotics in Kebbi [...]
Henry Okah: MEND reacts, says Okah’s sentence, a sham
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), Tuesday, said it was disappointed at the twenty-four (24) years sentence slammed on Henry Okah after a sham trial in [...]
Woman gang-raped in a moving car in India
A 21-year-old woman was abducted and gang-raped in a car in India’s northern city of Amritsar, police said on Tuesday. Read full story on author website »
Herbalist jailed 2 yrs for assault
A herbalist, Abdumumini Aliyu, was on Tuesday sentenced to two years imprisonment by an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for assaulting a commercial motorcyclist, Mr Mohammed Tukur. Read full story on [...]
Court dismisses Ogbulafor’s no case submission
An Abuja High Court on Tuesday dismissed the `no case submission’ filed by the former National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Vincent Ogbulafor, for alleged corruption charges. Read [...]
Man hires two to rape sisters over inheritance
A 40-year-old-man has been arrested by men of Ogun Police Command for allegedly hiring two men to rape his two younger sisters in Ijebu-Ososa in Odogbolu Local Government Area of [...]
2 Policemen to die by hanging for killing PDP members in Ekiti
An Ado Ekiti High Court has sentenced two policemen to death by hanging for their roles in the killing of two members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, over allegation [...]
Kidnapped foreigner, a Briton, not American – Police
The Police in Lagos, yesterday, said they had received vital information on the kidnap of a foreign national, in Lagos, weekend. Read full story on author website »
Delta LG boss warns against war rumours
CHAIRMAN, Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State, Evangelist Davis Edun, has warned youth leaders and community representatives, to be wary of using inflammatory comments over the recent happening [...]
Nigeria Vs Egypt: NFF dangles Dollars for F-Eagles
The Nigeria Football Federation has promised to improve on the US2000 Dollars winning bonus for the junior national team if they can beat their Egyptian counterparts in today’s semi final [...]
AYAC Warri 2013:Athletes assure Nigeria
Atuma Ifeanyichukwu Andrew is the male captain of the Nigerian team and Chinyere Anwulika leads their girls counterpart. Read full story on author website »
March 25, 2013
Suspected oil thieves kill soldier in Delta
SUSPECTED oil thieves, Sunday night, allegedly shot dead a soldier and confiscated his rifle following a disagreement over protection fee in a riverine community in Delta State. Read full story [...]
Sanction royal fathers in politics – Rep
The lawmaker representing Ogbaru Federal Constituency in the House of Represen- tatives, Mr. Afam Ogene, wants the federal and state governments to sanction any traditional ruler that got involved in [...]
AYAC Warri 2013: Don’t make me a liar, Ogba begs Team Nigeria
The charged atmosphere became emotional at the end of Solomon Ogba’s welcome address Monday. The Athletics Federation of Nigeria President was at the Excel Hotel, Warri to receive Team Nigeria [...]
Widows besiege Akpabio’s office, demand welfare package
Hundreds of widows in Akwa Ibom on Monday trooped to the Government House, Uyo, urging Gov. Godswill Akpabio to empower them financially to enable them establish small-scale businesses. Read full [...]
Easter: FG declares March 29, April 1 public holidays
- The Federal Government has declared Friday, March 29, and Monday, April 1, as public holidays to mark Good Friday and Easter Monday celebrations. Read full story on author website [...]
We produce garri with protein – Akwa Ibom Farmer
In a bid to make garri produced from cassava more nutritious, the Managing Director of Safe Foods Processing Farms, Mr Felix Nyong, said that the company now produced garri with [...]
TUC wants Jonathan to dialogue with Boko – Haram
AGAINST backdrop of the recent bombings at a motor park in Kano in which over 60 people lost their lives and weekend’s killing of 28 people in different locations in [...]
Goni sworn in as Head of Service
President Goodluck Jonathan has Monday, sworn in Alhaji Bukar Goni as the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation. Read full story on author website »
President flees as Central African rebels seize capital
Central African rebels seized control of the capital Bangui as the president fled, but promised to respect a January peace deal that provides for elections within three years. Read full [...]
Okonjo-Iweala’s mother: Police arrest palace guard
POLICE have seized a 36-year-old palace guard and suspected kidnap kingpin, alleged to have facilitated the abduction of Prof. Kamene Okonjo, mother of the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, [...]
3 kids die over alleged water pollution in Bayelsa
THREE teenagers have died in Lotugbene community in BayelsaState after allegedly drinking water from a river polluted by the rig operation of an oil company in the area. Read full [...]
Kidnapped NTA reporter kept in creeks, paid N1m ransom
A nursing mother and broadcaster with the Nigerian Television Authority, NTA, Akure, Ondo State, Mrs Olubunmi Oke, who was kidnapped last Thursday has been released by her abductors. Read full [...]
Eagles World Cup hopes not over – Kanu
Former Eagles Captain, Nwankwo Kanu has tipped the African champions to bounce back from the 1-1 draw they got against the Harambee Stars of Kenya in a 2014 World Cup [...]
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