Chris Giwa and four others have been handed a five-year ban from all football activities by the Confederation of African Football, CAF. The ban confirms the same five-year ban placed on them by the Amaju Pinnick- led Nigeria Football Federation. The four others affected by the continental ban are Muazu Suleyman, Yahaya Adama, Sani Fema […]
Dana Air pilots yesterday embarked on strike, leaving the airline’s passengers across the country stranded for several hours. The strike was for reasons not unconnected with the allegedly unpaid salaries and welfare issues. The protest brought normal Dana Air scheduled flight operations to a halt nationwide. Alleged failure of the operator to properly inform the […]
Ugandan High Court convicted seven people on terrorism and murder charges for their role in the July 2010 bombings in the capital Kampala that left 76 people dead and scores of others injured. The court found Isa Luyima, Hussein Hassan Agad alias Hussein Agade, Idris Magondu, Suleiman Njoroge, Hassan Haruna Luyima, Muhammed Ali Muhammed, and […]
The Bayelsa State government has uncovered payroll fraud in the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), with the discovery of over 765 illegally employed teachers in the eight LGAs, including 50 dead persons in Ogbia Local Government Education Authority (LGEA). The discovery cuts across the eight local government areas with Ogbia Local Government Education Authority, […]
By Mayowa Okekale, Abuja President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday said the reform of the nation’s railways system is critical to the much needed economic revival in the country even as he reiterated the commitment of the 8th Senate towards the passage of the National Railways Commission Bill before the end of the […]
Popular comedian, Bill Cosby has been ordered to face trial on accusations of sexual assault by a Pennsylvania judge. Judge Elizabeth McHugh who made the order on Tuesday, found that prosecutors presented enough evidence to support allegations that he drugged and assaulted a woman in 2004. The judge rejected arguments from Cosby’s defense lawyers that […]
The Federal Government would require 166 billion dollars in the next five years to meet the country’s energy and transport infrastructure needs. The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, made the disclosure at a public hearing in the House of Representatives on a Bill for an Act to Repeal the Nigerian Railway Corporation Act on […]
Louis van Gaal has been sacked as Manchester United manager, with the club bringing the Dutchman’s two-year reign to an end on Monday, reports from England said. “Van Gaal led United to the FA Cup on Saturday but it wasn’t enough to save him after he failed to qualify for the Champions League and received […]
Work resumes this morning across the country following the suspension, on Sunday evening, of the strike called by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to resist the new price of petrol. NLC President Ayuba Wabba announced the suspension of the strike after an emergency meeting of its organs – the National Working Committee and the National […]
In furtherance of its aim to develop indigenous manpower in the Nigerian telecommunication industry, Etisalat Nigeria, has rolled out another set of postgraduate students of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria as part of its 2015/16 Etisalat Telecommunication Engineering Postgraduate Programme (ETEPP). The course intakes were unveiled during the closing ceremony of the 2016 edition of the […]