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Edo State government wants the United Nations General Assembly to prevail on the British government and other suspected looters to return stolen Benin artifacts.
Has any Lagos-based football fan bothered to ask why the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have not staged any match involving any of our national teams for a very long time now? Since the Super Eagles lost to the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon at the final of Ghana-Nigeria-2000 right at the National Stadium, Lagos, one can't remember the senior national team having played another game, whether ...
Golden Eaglets gaffer, John Obuh, has declared that his team have overcome initial nerves after they hit five goals past New Zealand's Kiwi in a round of 16 match at the Abuja National Stadium on Thursday night.
As quarter-final action resumes today in the on-going FIFA U-17 World Cup Nigeria 2009, Golden Eaglets forward, Shehu Sani Emmanuel, with three goals in just two games, is considered among the top contenders for the Adidas Golden Shoe. Currently placed second behind top scorer, Uruguay's Sebastian Gallegos, Emmanuel saw action for only 73 minutes, while the likes of Gallegos and Sergi Roberto (3 ...
Tout Puissant Mazembe of Democratic Republic of Congo bridged a 41-year gap by regaining the CAF Champions League title.
African media leaders ended their meeting in Lagos yesterday with a call on owners and operators of media organisations to embrace the digital revolution for seamless information dissemination on the continent.
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), yesterday joined the global effort in the use of a cutting-edge technology to fight counterfeiting in Nigeria.
Even when Guinea is not facing political crisis and reeling from a massacre, daily life is gruelling for many and instability is never far away.
President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua said yesterday that there was no going back on the planned deregulation of the downstream sector of the petroleum industry.
A majority of sixty-eight members of the Pan- African Parliament (PAP) have adopted the motion to exert pressure on the government of the Kingdom of Morocco to release the seven human rights activists that were "abducted upon their return from visiting their families in the Saharawi refugee camps."
Decorum was thrown to the wind yesterday as a debate on the "State of the Nation" gave way to chaos, pitting honourable members of the House of Representatives against one another.
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has assured that the position of its leader, Mr. Henry Okah on the amnesty programme of the federal government while reflecting the truth of the situation will not lead to resumption of attacks by its commanders.
The federal government yesterday said Nigeria has not closed its borders with Niger Republic.
Charles Taylor today accused Britain of transporting arms to Sierra Leone in violation of a United Nations arms embargo on the country, and of using him as a scapegoat by falsely accusing him of responsibility for the flow of arms into the country. Mr. Taylor also denied widespread press and investigative reports that the terrorist group, Al Qaeda, traded diamonds with Sierra Leonean rebels under ...
Various speakers at the second African Media Leaders Forum (AMLF), which began in Lagos yesterday, have called for an integration of the old and new media in presenting information to the people of the continent.
PRESIDENT Umaru Yar'Adua has said that the deregulation of the downstream sub-sector of the petroleum industry is inevitable, but that government is still holding consultations with stakeholders on the necessity of the action.
It is a common saying that your best friend is the one who assists you to become what you want to be. The same goes with nations. In exercise of their right to association, the best partner is the one that aids in the other's development process. In this regard, we commend the United States embassy for services they render to facilitate the development of this country particularly rural areas.
When former President Kufuor decided to put up the presidential palace at the then Flagstaff House, President Mills was one of the people who vehemently protested against the decision. The Chronicle does not fault the latter for his views over the issue, because most Ghanaians at the time kicked against the decision, since the general view was that the project was not a priority one for ...
Officials from the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) are at work in the Atlantic Ocean archipelago of Cape Verde to help local authorities battle the country's first reported epidemic of dengue fever.
At the health centre in Dar Naim, a working class neighbourhood of Nouakchott, the building for malnourished children is always full: in rural areas the seasons and crops affect malnutrition levels whereas in the capital this phenomenon remains constant throughout the year.
In 2008 alone the Gambia imported 75 Million Dalasis worth of fruits and Vegetables.
The opposition Liberty Party (LP) is expected to hold Monrovia and its environs at a stands till When it carry out a formal campaign rally today, November 6,2009 at the Antoinette Tubman stadium (ATS).
Anambra state Police Command yesterday said some people had been arrested in connection with the kidnap of Pa Simeon Soludo, the 78-year-old father of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the February 6, 2010 governorship elections in Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, who was released Wednesday night by those who abducted him from his family house about 10 days ago.
Following the confirmation of the first case of Swine Flu (HINI) in Nigeria in which a nine-year-old female student in Lagos was said to have tested positive on Wednesday, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) yesterday said it had commenced talks with key stakeholders in the health sector on the implementation of mitigation measures against possible spread of the epidemic in the country.
With seven weeks left in the Federal Government's promised 6,000megawatts power generation target by year's end, the country currently generates 2,900mw of power even though all the $5.09 billion [about N762.93 billion] special intervention funds for the sector this year have been spent. This much became clear yesterday from the speech by Minister of Power Mr. Remi Babalola at his Ministerial ...
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