Nigeria has begun an offensive against Boko Haram Islamists, raiding camps in a remote northeastern park, while more than 2,000 troops have been deployed to retake territory seized by the [...]
Former Italy international Attilio Lombardo led an exodus of Italian backroom staff from Manchester City, the club confirmed Thursday. Read full story on author website »
By Anayo Okoli UMUAHIA – Seven persons were feared dead when a building under construction in Agbama area of Umuahia, the capital of Abia State collapsed yesterday night at about 8 [...]
Musawa (Katsina State) – The Committee on Prison Inmates Rehabilitation in Katsina State has released no fewer than 40 prison inmates, convicted on minor offences. The Chairman of the committee, [...]
The dismissed Divisional Police Officer, DPO, of Yaya-Abatan, Agege Police Station, Lagos, Segun Fabunmi, was yesterday ordered to be remanded in Kirikiri prison by an Ikeja High Court after he [...]
Barely three weeks after the National Judicial Council, NJC, concluded plans to visit a petition seeking his sack over alleged judicial impropriety, the Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory, [...]
Nigeria yesterday began its quest to gain promotion to the Davis Cup Euro-Africa Zone Group II, with a 2-1 victory over Botswana in Cairo, Egypt. Read full story on author [...]
Nigeria must protect the rights of civilians and avoid any “heavy-handed” response as it moves against Islamist rebels to enforce a state of emergency, a top US official said Wednesday. [...]
Wayne Rooney could be handed the England captaincy for the May 29 friendly against the Republic of Ireland as national team boss Roy Hodgson looks to boost the star’s flagging [...]
OTUOKE—Determined to confront the high rate of joblessness in the Niger Delta region, the Federal Government has concluded arrangements to train over 700 youths in various fields of endeavour at [...]
Justice E. S. Chukwu of the Federal High Court in Abuja, yesterday, granted the request of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to evacuate for safe keeping the petroleum [...]
A 93rd-minute header from Branislav Ivanovic gave Chelsea a stunning 2-1 victory over Benfica in the Europa League final on Wednesday as the London club claimed the trophy for the [...]
Gover-nor Kashim Shettima of Borno State has commiserated with the families and the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, over the death of its Secretary, Borno State chapter, Rev. Faye Pama [...]
Football legend Pele on Wednesday waded into a bitter debate about the future of Brazil’s Maracana stadium, saying the famous venue should not be privatised. Read full story on author [...]
Former Islamist warlord Ahmed Madobe has been elected “president” of Somalia’s volatile southern Jubaland region following weeks of tense negotiations between rival factions, officials said Wednesday. Read full story on [...]
Imo State High Court presided over by Hon. Justice C.M.I. Egole, has sentenced eight persons to death by hanging for their alleged involvement in the brutal murder of an ex-police [...]
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has described the declaration of a state of emergency in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States by President Goodluck Jonathan as lacking in original thinking, [...]
LONDON (AFP) – Wigan were relegated from the Premier League just three days after their FA Cup final triumph as Arsenal seized control of the race to finish in the [...]
The face-off between the North and Niger Delta campaigners for Jonathan’s re_election in 2015, deepened yesterday with a former member of the House of Representatives, Farouk Adamu Aliyu, boasting that [...]
POLICE in Delta State have killed two supposed hostage takers and arrested eight suspected kidnappers, including three females in separate gun battles with two kidnap gangs at Ozoro in Isoko [...]
There were indications, yesterday, that no fewer than 10 serving policemen had been arrested and detained in connection with last week’s massacre of 100 security men by members of the [...]
In celebration of the ideals of the Olympics, the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) and the Nigeria Sport For All Commission have said that the 2013 Olympic Day celebration will hold [...]
Some pupils of Ogba Primary school in Lagos were, yesterday, feared drowned while others were wounded in the flooded school premises, following heavy rainfall witnessed in some parts of Lagos. [...]
Nigeria’s under-20 men football team, the Flying Eagles, arrived in Germany on Tuesday for camping ahead of the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup finals in Turkey. Read full story on [...]
The Enugu State Police Command on Tuesday arrested six pregnant young girls in a home where they were allegedly being prepared to deliver their babies for sale. Read full story [...]
Promotion of local content in software development has received a major boost as the Federal Ministry of Education (FME) has endorsed the BrainFriend e-learning and examination preparatory software from CINFORES [...]
The Nigeria Content Advocacy Initiative NICADI, a multi-sector vehicle for the domestication of Nigeria information technology (IT) products and services has called on the Federal Government to quickly cancel the [...]
President Goodluck Jonathan, last night, declared a state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states with an order to the military high command to use extra-ordinary measures to quell [...]
Isah Akor was once again amongst the goal scorers as Heartland recorded a 2-1 win at home against a resilient Akwa United on Sunday, Read full story on author website [...]
Most Nigerians are quick to point to a system of sports development, ‘’the grassroots development’’, as the main cause responsible for the inconsistencies the nation experiences, whenever we fail to [...]
