Protests by supporters of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram have been banned in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, police said on Monday. Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police spokeswoman Altine Daniel confirmed the ban in a text message to…
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Prof. Greg Nwakoby of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka (UNIZIK) has revealed how his refusal to bribe the screening panel…
DEMOCRACY DAY BROADCAST BY H.E. GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN, GCFR, PRESIDENT, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA MAY 29, 2014 Fellow Nigerians, 1. I…
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has disclosed that it has so far captured the data of about three million…
The Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Mr Mohammed Indabawa, on Saturday in Ibadan urged various communities in the country to engage…
A group of elders from the North-East have told President Goodluck Jonathan in no uncertain terms that his wife, Dame…
A new net neutrality proposal from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, which includes rules that say broadband providers can’t block legal Web traffic, does not destroy open Internet principals and meets the goals of past efforts, the FCC…
The FBI was Thursday hastily seeking to identify victims of a serial paedophile who drugged and molested dozens of children over four decades teaching in Britain and at other schools around the world. William James Vahey, 64, committed suicide in March…
Report from Environmental Health Registration Council of Nigeria. The Registrar, Environmental Health Officers Registration Council of Nigeria (EHORECON) Mr. Augustine…
The management of the Nigerian Jiquefied Natural Gas Limited (NLNG) has expressed commitment to supporting Federal Government’s efforts to get…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said that the federal government overspent by N105.47 billion in January due to decline…
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on wednesday approved a new National Tobacco Control Bill 2014, which among others, prescribes six…
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday described as false reports in some quarters that Ebola fever had been detected…
The S&P 500 Tuesday closed at a new record as US stocks rallied following solid economic data and investor relief over US Federal Reserve policy. The S&P 500 jumped 13.18 (0.70 percent) to 1,885.52, its first record close since March 7. The Dow Jones…
Following the cancellation of the tragic recruitment into the Nigeria Immigration Service, penultimate Saturday, President. Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday approved the…
Justice Olasumbo Goodluck of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja has adjourned to June 4, 2014 for ruling on…
The joint meeting of the National Council on Privatisation (NCP) and the Board of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company…
As the world marks the 2014 World Water Day today (Saturday), many Nigerians have renewed the call for the erection…
Asian markets rose Friday as bargain-hunters moved in after the previous session’s heavy losses, with investors taking a lead from Wall Street and a positive batch of US data. The dollar held on to its recent gains after the head of the Federal Reserve…
New Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen kept the central bank firmly on the path set by predecessor Ben Bernanke Wednesday, shrugging off recent economic weakness as largely weather-caused. But she also took a crucial step to reshape how the Fed has…