LAGOS, March 12 (Reuters) - A Nigerian court on Friday overturned the election of one of the country's best-known tycoons as president of the stock exchange, almost a year after he was cleared of...

I keep telling you that as a woman, you have the strongest and most powerful weapons on your inside to rule the world. You don’t believe me? Haven’t you noticed how this one woman  almost took...

After a failed attempt in 2009 under coach Okey Emordi, Nigeria’s home-based Super Eagles begin another chase of the new African title for players on the African continent with a visit to Niger...

Prof. ADENIKE GRANGE The author of over fifty scientific papers mainly on diarrhoeal and nutritional conditions in children, she rose through the ranks and became a Professor of Paediatrics, the Dean...

I have found this German proverb to hold true in my life as a parent, “He who teaches children learns more than they do.”  I consider my children to be my greatest teachers. My kids are growing...

Chigbo Anichebe, head of public communications at the Bureau of Public Enterprises, or BPE, said in a statement that the decision to form the panel was made during a meeting Friday of the NCP,...

YAOUNDE, Mar. 12, 2010 (IPS) - A support network for women's political participation, are challenging head-on what it calls "electoral apathy", after noting a growing trend in electoral...

ABUJA, March 12 (Reuters) - Nigeria's Acting President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday approved the disbursal of a further $1 billion from the country's windfall oil savings, leaving about $4.1...

ABUJA, March 12 (Reuters) - Nigeria's Acting President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday approved the disbursal of a further $1 billion from the country's windfall oil savings, leaving about $4.1...

ABUJA, March 12 (Reuters) - Nigeria's Acting President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday set up a panel led by the justice minister to probe the prospective buyers of former state telecoms firm Nitel,...

ABUJA, March 12 (Reuters) - Nigeria has set up a panel led by the justice minister to examine the prospective buyers of former state telecoms firm Nitel, whose sale has been dogged by controversy,...

There are security companies and there are security companies. Sometimes we do not hire right because of a number of factors. Sometimes we are carried away by the fancies and blindfolded by...

Often we get so caught up in the rules of a diet that we miss the most important part of a life style strategy: changing attitudes and perspectives about food, and eating to allow a change of habit....

After a failed attempt in 2009 under coach Okey Emordi, Nigeria’s home-based Super Eagles begin another chase of the new African title for players on the African continent with a visit to Niger...

There is a popular cliche which says there is no smoke without fire underneath. Most truths in Nigeria first begin like a rumour and because Nigerians are mostly doubting Thomases, they fail to act...

Former president of the Performing Musicians of Nigeria (PMAN), Charles Chukwuemeka Oputa aka Charly Boy has blamed Nigeria’s football woes on mismanagement and bad leadership of the Nigeria...

• Crossroads ... Hurdler Seun Adigun waiting for things to happen on the track The athletes are to camp in Mosogar, a town near Oghara along the Benin- Sapele express way in Delta State. The...

That controversial former Chairman of the Gombe State Football Association, Alhaji Ahmed Shuaibu Gara Gombe withdrew his suit against the Sports Minister/Chairman of the National Sports Commission,...

UK Athletics head coach ,Charles van Commenee is disappointed by Phillips Idowu’s decision to withdraw from the World Indoor Championships starting today in Doha Qatar. World triple jump champion,...

Disquiet, that is the state in which Nigerian athletes sneaked into Doha, Qatar where the IAAF World Indoor Championships is running this weekend. Sprinters, Peter Emelieze, Ogho-Oghene Egworo and...

Her Excellency, This letter is from one    woman who understands the enormous influence of women to another woman who wields enormous powers, at home and in the political landscape of our country,...

From time to time, news of artistes defaulting on   performance agreement filter in and when they (indicted artistes) are contacted by the press over such matters, they manage to defend themselves....

Life Above Poverty Organisation (LAPO) has reeled out its medium term project plans, which include reaching out to one million clients in few years to...

The 2010 edition of  the annual survey of 20 Best Companies for Leadership by BusinessWeek.com has rated Accenture fifth in global corporate leadership. Accenture, a global management consulting,...

The singer fondly called Klever  J in the music arena is at it again. The  Konikoni master is back with a new album titled Forward Ever. The 12-tracker album comprises tracks like Omosexy, Igboro...

Daihatsu Motor, a subsidiary of Toyota, said Thursday it will recall around 275,000 vehicles in Japan due to faulty brake lamps and loose bolts in the suspension system. The move comes as...

Acting President Goodluck Jonathan Friday ordered an immediate probe into the controversies surrounding the recent sale of the Nigerian Telecommunication Company, NITEL, to a new generation telecom...

Microsoft has highlighted its ongoing commitment to Nigeria’s economy at the opening of its new office in Lagos. Microsoft sought new premises due to its rapidly expanding staff complement and...

The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is calling on Nigerian authorities to tackle the underlying causes of repeated outbreaks of deadly ethnic and religious...

Eni SpA (E), Italy's biggest energy company by market value, expects to reach a deal with U.S. authorities over the TSKJ consortium graft probe,...

The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is calling on Nigerian authorities to tackle the underlying causes of repeated outbreaks of deadly ethnic and religious...

LAGOS, March 12 (Reuters) - Nigerian interbank rates rose to 2.16 percent on average this week from a record low of 1.28 percent last week after state oil firm NNPC withdrew 90 billion naira...

Kenyan stocks race to a near 32-month high on helped by agricultural stocks after recent strong results and ahead of what is expected to be a bumper harvest in the East African...

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, today (Friday) nullified the August 6, 2009 election of Alhaji Aliko Dangote as the President of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE. Meanwhile, Dangote’s...

WARRI—MEMBER representing the Warri Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Mr. Daniel Reyenieju, has commended the National Assembly for taking the bold steps to resolve the...

press release Violent conflict in the city of Jos - and in much of Nigeria - is about rights, access to resources and access to power. In the latest attacks, more than 200 people have been killed at...

Umuahia — Abia State House of Assembly has passed the 2010 Appropriation Bill of N65.7 billion into law. It was N5 billion more than the N65 billion proposed by Governor Theodore Orji. The...

Kaduna — The Federal Government is yet to inaugurate the National Council on Public Procurement, three years after the law establishing the Bureau for Public Procurement, BPP. The BPP was...

Oji — The wife of Oji River Local Government Area Chairman in Enugu State, Mrs Njideka Onuzulike has flagged-off the second round of the 2010 National Immunization in Ehuhe autonomous community...

Abakaliki — A House of Representatives member from Ebonyi State, Mr. Paulinus Nwagu, has lamented the spate of killings in the two years communal war between Ezza and Ezillo people in Ishielu...

Calabar — The Cross River State government has awarded contracts for the execution of electrification projects covering over 67 communities at the cost N1,586,003,992.10 Acting Director...

LAGOS, March 10 (Xinhua) -- The Nigerian Police in northern Plateau State has said 109 people were killed in the Sunday violence. Local officials and residents had previously said that over 500...

A vendor (L) measures out millet, which has doubled in price in the local market, for a client in the village of Tamou, 60 kilometers outside Niamey, Niger, 26 Feb...

“I don’t think anybody should begin to talk about [a] reprisal attack. We must continue to foster peace and understanding,” said Babatunde Fashola, Lagos State governor in Nigeria (Nigerian...

Nigeria stocks rallied to their highest level this year on Friday, notching up 16 percent year to date as investors favour banking, cement and petroleum ...

Kano, Nigeria - An overnight fire razed northern Nigeria's largest textile market, consuming goods valued at billions of naira and some cash, traders said on Friday. Firefighters were battling on...

Kano — The Hisbah Commission charged with the responsibility of enforcing the Sharia’s legal system that prohibits the consumption of alcohol in Kano has destroyed 34,000 bottles of assorted...

MAIDUGURI — TEACHERS Registration Council of Nigeria, TRCN, has warned teachers in Borno State who are yet to obtain the minimum teaching requirement to do so or face sanction. The state...