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Zenith Bank wants Nigerian coaches to be ambitious and aspire to be at the zenith of their careers by acquiring requisite skills and setting standards for themselves.

DEPUTY Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Nsima Ekere, weekend, described Akwa Ibom as the state that holds the brightest prospect and promise for the profession of estate surveying and valuation in Nigeria.

EMINENT leaders from the six geo-political zones of the country converged in Lagos to dialogue on the state of the nation and proffer a lasting solution to the multifarious problems facing the country.

Nigeria's rice consumption is projected to reach 35 million tonnes by 2050, from five million tonnes currently, rising at the rate of 7 per cent yearly, due to population growth.

Ani Amatosero is a young upcoming actress and the owner of Effixzzy magazine. Effixzzy magazine has showcased celebrities both in the entertainment industry and other sectors in Nigeria and the States.

THE introduction, 10 years ago, of backward integration policy, which required that cement import licences be allocated only to importers who show proof of building factories for local manufacturing, has helped the country make substantial progress in its march to self-sufficiency. Alhaji Aliko Dangote, the president of the Dangote Group expressed ... (more)

AT Independence in 1960, Nigeria looked promising to be one of the ten most developed countries in the world because of its large population, relative harmony, and natural resources of land, agriculture and animal production, variety of minerals, crude oil and gas, among others.

Two explosions, including a car bomb, have gone off in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, killing four suspected Boko Haram fighters and wounding two soldiers, army officials have said.

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria -; Authorities say two explosions, including a car bomb, struck a northeast Nigerian city, wounding two soldiers.

Nigeria needs real men and women now. Nigeria needs real leaders immediately. I do not mean politicians alone and certainly not just Jonathan.

Nigerians voted amid tight security in a governorship election on Saturday in President Goodluck Jonathan's restive and oil-rich home state of Bayelsa, where last week militants attacked a major oil pipeline.

Customs officers have detained a 27-year-old Nigerian man for attempting to smuggle into the country 75 pellets of drugs in a condom which he had swallowed, KL International Airport Customs deputy director Siti Baya Berahan said today.

It is diverting money away from needed infrastructure spending and could be costing as much as 2 percent of the country's economic output.

The "highly intelligent" daughter of a prominent Nigerian politician died after suffering an epileptic fit at her Lisson Grove home, an inquest heard.

Asaba - Violence broke out in Onitsha, Anambra State, yesterday after a policeman shot dead a bus driver who refused to pay a N20 tip, heightening ethnic tensions in the commercial city.

ABUJA , Nigeria - The alleged mastermind of a radical Islamist sect's Christmas Day church bombing fled across Nigeria after escaping police custody and hid for about a month before finally being apprehended Friday, authorities said.

Makurdi - Two months of renewed onslaught against criminals and violent crimes across Benue State by the new Commissioner of Police in charge of the state, Mr.

LAGOS, Nigeria -; Officials say a police shooting in Nigeria's southeast caused Muslims living in the Christian area to flee in panic amid concerns about retaliatory violence.

Abuja - Senator Uche Chukwumerije, Wednesday, revealed that the burial rite of Eze Igbo Gburu Gburu, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu will take a national outlook, featuring prominent people from all walks of life from within and outside the country.

Nigeria's ex-corruption chief Nuhu Ribadu said he viewed his appointment as chair of a new task force to police the oil sector as a national calling.