Nigerian female
athletes Josephine Omaka and Florence Nwakwe put up sterling
performances at the weekend to win the 100m and 200m events
respectively at the ongoing maiden Youth Olympic Games in Singapore.Omaka, ran 11.58
secs ahead of second-plac...
Olympic Games In Singapore Nigeria’s Josephine Omaka on Saturday won the country’s first gold medal in the girls 100 metres at the ongoing maiden Youth Olympic Games in Singapore. She returned a time of 11.58 secs ahead of second-placed Annie Tago...
Nigerian female
athletes Josephine Omaka and Florence Nwakwe put up sterling
performances at the weekend to win the 100m and 200m events
respectively at the ongoing maiden Youth Olympic Games in Singapore.Omaka, ran 11.58
secs ahead of second-plac...
Kenneth Ehigiator
Nigeria is next month playing host to airport operators in Africa, under the aegis of Airports Council International, ACI, African region, who would be here to articulate solutions to issues of safety, security and technology i...
NIGERIA has been granted the right to host, for the first time, the Airports Council International (ACI) conference. The event, which is the 19th in the series, comes up September 12 to 17, in Abuja. The global airport event, which is aimed at br...
NIGERIA has been granted the right to host, for the first time, the Airports Council International (ACI) conference. The event, which is the 19th in the series, comes up September 12 to 17, in Abuja. The global airport event, which is aimed at br...
The West Africa Football Union (WAFU) have postponed indefinitely the first leg match in the second round of this year’s Eyadema Cup competition between one of Nigeria representatives, Niger Tornadoes and Stella of Abidijan. In a letter to this ef...
The Bako Kontagora memorial Stadium, Minna will come alive today as it hosts the first leg of the West Africa Football Union (WAFU) between Niger Tornadoes football club of Minna and Stella of Abidjan, reports Wole Mosadomi, Minna
•Senate: They are wasting their time
Sanya Adejokun, Abuja
THE Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has approached a Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, to determine the proprietary, or otherwise, of the extra quarterly allowances, which members ...
•Sad over lack of respect for court order
Lateef Ibrahim, Abuja
THE member representing Uyo Federal Constituency of Akwa Ibom State in the House of Representatives, Elder Bassey Etim, who was controversially replaced about two weeks ago, has acc...
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), which begins its annual conference in Kaduna tomorrow has dragged the leadership of the National Assembly, Finance Minister and some other agencies of the Federal Government to the Federal High Court Abuja over ...
Jeff Amechi Agbodo, Abakaliki
Health Minister, Prof Onyebuchi Chukwu, has said that the ministry was atop of the cholera outbreak in Bauchi State, which has claimed over 200 lives.
He disclosed that he had dispatched a medical team to the are...
• Lagos cautions residents against disease
THE death toll in the cholera outbreak in Bauchi and Borno states has risen by another 129 in addition to the 231 reported last week. The number of infected persons has also increased from 4800 to 5,3...
• Lagos cautions residents against disease
THE death toll in the cholera outbreak in Bauchi and Borno states has risen by another 129 in addition to the 231 reported last week. The number of infected persons has also increased from 4800 to 5,3...
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday debunked any break in ranks between him and his deputy, Namadi Sambo contrary to the report making the rounds.
The presidency also noted that, on the issue of 2011 that both men were on the same page and henc...
Five persons including the Chief of Protocol to the Bayelsa State Deputy Governor, Tienama Oburiki and the Chairman of Yenagoa Local Government Council, Hon. Micheal Obolosigha yesterday escaped being killed in a boat mishap along the Yenagoa wate...
About 100 politicians representing the 19 Northern states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja yesterday night visited Aso Rock. Their mission? To persuade President Goodluck Jonathan to contest in next year?s presidential election.
Leading Nigerians abroad and their international associates and foundations are collaborating with the federal government to host an historic 50th Independence anniversary celebration in New York next month at the world-class Waldorf Astoria Hotel.