World Cup: Heartland captain commends Keshi for inclusion of home-based players
The Captain, Heartland FC of Owerri, Chinedu Efugh, says that Coach Stephen Keshi’s inclusion of home-based players in his World Cup squad would make domestic league players to be more dedicated....
View ArticleTwo pastors to die for armed robbery
It was a day of sorrow for the families and relatives of an Ibadan –based Baptist Church Clergyman, Pastor Adeniyi Mathew and Evangelist, Akeem Banjamin, when a state High Court sitting in...
View ArticleDickson advocates unity among Commonwealth countries
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has advocated greater cooperation among countries of the Commonwealth to address major challenges confronting them such as unemployment, political instability,...
View ArticleFour dead in Gbagyi, Fulani clash
The police in Gwagwalada, FCT, Abuja, have confirmed that four people were killed and 19 others injured in a clash between Gbagyi farmers and Fulani herdsmen in Paiko, near Gwagwalada, on Thursday. The...
View ArticleMighty Jets recruit 22 new players
Coach Donald Malomo-Paris of Mighty Jets of Jos says the club has recruited 22 new players in the mid-season transfer window of the Nigerian National League (NNL). Malomo-Paris told the News Agency of...
View ArticleCrises: Sultan urges Nigerians to turn to God
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has urged Nigerians to turn to God in finding solutions to some of the recurring problems in the country. The Sultan made the call in Sokoto on Sunday...
View ArticleAkunyili: Nigerians in Europe tasks FG on cancer campaign
A cross section of Nigerians in Europe on Sunday urged the Federal Government to scale up awareness campaign on the dangers and treatment of cancer. The Nigerians in Diaspora made the appeal while...
View ArticleWoman Suicide Bomber Detonates Bomb In Gombe
A woman suicide bomber on Sunday detonated a bomb at a military facility in Gombe, Gombe State. Details shortly. The post Woman Suicide Bomber Detonates Bomb In Gombe appeared first on Nigeria pilot.
View ArticleFormer CBN Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi Emerges New Emir Of Kano
The former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, on Sunday emerged the new Emir of Kano. Sanusi’s emergence was announced by the Secretary to the State Government of...
View ArticleFG plans to develop coal fields to generate electricity, facilitate...
The Federal Government would develop coal fields across the country to facilitate electricity generation and industrialisation, Mr Musa Sada, the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, said. The...
View Article,UNIMAID to resume second semester on Monday
Authorities of University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID), on Saturday, said the institution’s second semester of 2013/2014 academic year would commence on June 9. The information is contained in a circular...
View ArticlePassengers protest train fare hike in Lagos
FOLLOWING the increment in the prices of Mass Transit Trains Services, MTTS, across Lagos and Ogun states axis of the Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC, commuters along the Ijoko-Iddo terminus of the...
View ArticleTension over detention of Ondo chiefs
TENSION has heightened in Irun Akoko over the detentions of some chiefs and community leaders at the Police Station. The detained chiefs, Nigeria Pilot learnt had gone to follow proceedings in a case...
View ArticlePhilippines captures top al Qaeda-linked militant
Philippine security forces captured on Wednesday a top al Qaeda-linked Islamist wanted by the U.S. and involved in the kidnapping of Western tourists. It hailed the arrest as a major blow to his...
View ArticleFG to build 227 fire stations
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan yesterday said the federal government had entered into consultation with an American company to build 227 fire stations across the country. This he said was part of measures...
View ArticleIraq crisis: al-Qaeda forces seize Mosul and Tikrit
BBC – Islamist insurgents have attacked the Iraqi city of Tikrit after the second city, Mosul, was earlier overrun. Officials say militants are now in control of some parts of Tikrit – Saddam Hussein’s...
View ArticleFuel subsidy scam: ICPC re-arraigns Lawan, Emenalo
Alhaji Farouk Lawan, former Chairman, House of Representative Ad-hoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy, was on Wednesday re-arraigned before the FCT High Court, Abuja, for allegedly obtaining 620,000 dollars...
View ArticleFEC holds Special Valedictory session for late Akunyili
The Federal Executive Council (FEC), on Wednesday in Abuja, held special valedictory session in honour of late Prof. Dora Akunyili, former Minister of Information. Akunyili, also a former...
View ArticleFashola declares June 12 work-free day in Lagos
Gov. Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has declared Thursday, June 12 as work-free day in the state in commemoration of the June 12, 1993 presidential election. This is contained in a statement issued...
View ArticleBorno lawmaker donates 30 cars to victims of insurgency
Alhaji Idrissa Jidda, the Majority Leader in the Borno House of Assembly, on Wednesday donated 30 cars to victims of insurgency in Ngala Local Government Area of the state. Jidda who presented the...
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