Jonathan holds presidential media chat Sunday
President Goodluck Jonathan President Goodluck Jonathan will on Sunday 4 May 2014 at 7p.m. speak on current national issues and respond to questions from the public on the Presidential Media Chat on...
View ArticleIn Pictures: Okpekpe Race Photos
The second edition of the 10km Okpekpe race in Edo State graced by Governor Adams Oshiomhole and other dignitaries. Comrade Issa Aremu, Vice President, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC); Chief Oseni...
View ArticleNigerian group plans one million jobs in 4 years
Eromosele Ebhomele TAN seeks to support President Jonathan’s Transformation Agenda A Nigeria-based group, Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria, (TAN), is to establish 10 cottage industries in all the...
View ArticleEthiopian wins second edition of Okpekpe race
Comrade Issa Aremu, Vice President, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Chief Oseni Elamah, Governor Adams Oshiomhole and Dr Rafiu Ladipo, President-General, Nigerian Football Supporters Club at the 2nd...
View ArticleNigerian army arrests foreigners, others, over Abuja terror attacks
Director of Defence Information, Major-General Chris Olukolade Nigeria military authority said on Saturday that it has arrested eight persons over the recent bombing attacks in the Federal Capital...
View ArticleSenator Ndume: Civilian JTF more effective than Nigeria’s military
Senator Ali Ndume representing Borno South Senatorial District in the National Assembly told participants at Abuja rally of #BringBackOurGirls on Saturday that the civilian JTF has been more effective...
View ArticleFCT Minister appeals to relations of Nyanya blast to claim corpses
FCT Minister, Senator Bala Mohammed The FCT Minister, Senator Bala Mohammed, has appealed to relatives of the 20 persons who died in the May Day Nyanya bomb blast to come forward to claim the corpses....
View ArticleKhan defeats Collazo in welterweight bout
Amir Khan British star Amir Khan won a unanimous decision over former champion Luis Collazo in his first fight after moving up to the welterweight division on Saturday. The 27-year old, who was...
View ArticleMayweather beats Maidana in welterweight unification bout
Mayweather: takes a pose with his belt Floyd Mayweather won a 12-round majority decision over Marcos Maidana on Saturday to run his perfect record to 46-0 in a welterweight world title unification...
View ArticleSecret Service seized my passport – Lamido Sanusi
Sanusi Lamido Sanusi: relieved of his passport by the Secret Service Nigeria’s suspended Central Bank governor Lamido Sanusi said on Sunday that secret police had seized his passport as he tried to...
View ArticleChinese Premier to visit Nigeria, other African countries
Chinese Premier, Li Keqiang Chinese Premier, Li Keqiang, will on Tuesday 6 May, commence visits to Nigeria, Ethiopia, Angola and Kenya. Li, who disclosed the planned visits in a statement made...
View ArticleJuve wins Serie A after Roma crash at Catania
L-R: Paul Pogba, Carlos Tevez (m) and Andrea Pirlo celebrate during an Europa League match Juventus secured the 2014 Serie A title with three games to spare on Sunday after closest challengers Roma...
View ArticleWEF: IG orders security barrier in Abuja
Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar Mohammed Abubakar, Inspector-General of Police, has ordered a massive security cordon in the FCT to ensure a hitch-free take off of World Economic Forum...
View ArticleAbduction of schoolgirls: WAEC boss blames Borno officials
•Secondary school girls in northern Nigeria The Head of National Office of WAEC, Charles Eguridu, says the Borno government officials should be blamed for the abduction of school girls in Chibok....
View ArticleCAN Releases Names Of Kidnapped Chibok Schoolgirls
The names of the schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram gunmen from their dormitories on 15 April, 2014 have been released by Christian Association of Nigeria. However, the list released by Evangelist...
View ArticlePolice foil suicide bombing in Damaturu
Director of Defence Information, Major-General Chris Olukolade The Police on Sunday said they foiled an attempt by a suicide bomber operating in a pick-up van laden with Improvised Explosive Devices...
View ArticleNigerian troops patrol airports ahead of WEF
Troops deployed Saturday to Nigeria’s main airports in a security clampdown ahead of a major international economic conference next week in Abuja after two bomb blasts left scores dead in the capital....
View ArticleLeke Pitan Joins Lagos governorship race
.The ex-commissioner for health vows To Build On Tinubu, Fashola’s Legacies Jamiu Yisa Former Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Leke Pitan has declared his interest in vying for the state...
View ArticleJonathan seeks Obama’s help over abducted schoolgirls
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday said that his government is seeking help from US President Barack Obama to overcome the country’s current security challenges. Nigeria has also...
View ArticleNigeria will ‘surely’ free abducted girls – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan Sunday vowed that his government will ensure the release of the 223 schoolgirls abducted by suspected Boko Haram Islamists. “We promise...
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