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Jonathan seeks intensify prayers for Nigeria
Abuja &ndash; President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday urged the church to continue praying for peace in the country. Jonathan made the appeal in Abuja while addressing the second session of the 8th ...

UEFA Final Can Chelsea break the winless jinx
Chelsea celebrating the winning of the League trophy At exactly 19:45 local time this evening, Allianz Arena in Germany will stand still as Chelsea Football Club of England slug it out with Bayern ...

Guest at Concorde Hotel slumps dies in Owerri
By Chidi Nkwopara Owerri Confusion and anxiety reigned supreme amongst staff and guests of Imo Concorde Hotel, Owerri, as one of the customers, Mr. Uzoma Onyekuru, suddenly slumped, started foaming ...

VIDEO Couples in mass Nigeria wedding
One hundred couples have been married en masse in Nigeria&#039;s second city, Kano. The aim is to try to reduce a rising divorce rate, and to provide the women with a stable home and financial ...

UPDATE 3-Cash-strapped G8 looks to private sector in hunger fight
WASHINGTON, May 18 (Reuters) - Buffeted by the euro zone crisis and distracted by political problems at home, the leaders of the world&#039;s industrial powers turned to the private sector on ...

Cameron Merkel to watch Bayern Munich Chelsea battle
CAMP DAVID, Maryland &ndash; (AFP) &ndash; David Cameron and Angela Merkel will take a break from discussing wars and fiscal crises at a G8 summit on Saturday to watch the Champions League final ...

Nigeria mass wedding for divorcees denounced
Rights activists have denounced a mass wedding in Nigeria where 100 couples were married at once. Islamic police in the northern city of Kano recently organised the arranged marriage ceremony to ...

FG Denies Having Neglected Military Pensioners
Abuja - MILITARY Pension Board, MPB, weekend, said that some people attacking the government over their non-capture by the board in its pension service were in no time served in the military, ...

FG States LGs Share N563.089 Billion
The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee , FAAC, met in Abuja, yesterday and shared the sum of N563.089 billion among the three tiers of government from a gross revenue of N626.178 billion that ...

Local Men Are Gold Diggers - Lizzy Anjorin
fondly called Lizzy strikes you as one actress who has an insatiable desire to stay on top of her game. She has come a long way, having featured in over 50 Yoruba movies, in the last few years of her ...

Fashola Doctors in Unending War
What started as a three-day warning strike over sundry issues whereby government issued queries to them and also ordered that they appear before a disciplinary panel to explain their action, the ...

Police Arrest Pastor for Robbery
Kogi state police command has arrested and paraded a pastor and two others in connection with the last month robbery of First Bank and Unity bank in Ankpa, Ankpa Local government of Kogi state. Also ...

Ifeoma Umeokeke - I Came to Have Fun
Ifeoma Umeokeke,21, unlike the two others did not represent her state. She hails from Nnewi South local government of Anambra state and represented Abuja, Federal Capital Territory. She is a student ...

Weightlifting Coach Sure of Medal at London Olympics
Chief Coach of the Nigerian Weightlifting Federation, Patrick Bassey is optimistic that his two lifters going to the London Olympics will end the long wait of Olympic medals from the federation. ...

Edo 2012 Guber - Our People Will Resist Rigging - Oshiomhole
of Edo state received the Champion Man of the Year Award at Sheraton Hotels and Towers Lagos in Lagos, last Tuesday May 16, 2012. Incidentally, the award came barely 24 hours after the Governor led a ...

Why I Went Back to Classroom - Ikechukwu Onyeka
Popular Nollywood director, Ikechukwu Onyeka who recently went back to the classroom in far United States, is back in the country to direct a new movie by Oakfil Film Productions. Onyeka disclosed ...

Kadunas Unsung Victims of Terrorists Attacks
In Rigassa, a dingy, uncharted, crammed suburb about 5 km west of Kaduna State Government House, death lurks on select enemies of some unidentified gunmen, suspected to belong to a rising cell of a ...

Reggae Star Stereoman Arrested for Alleged Murder
One time popular reggae star, Stereoman, popularly known as Ekwe Sample is currently held at the D4 section of the State CID Panti for an alleged murder of the mother of his daughter, Rukayat Idris. ...

FG Bans Pregnant Women From Hajj
Federal Government yesterday banned pregnant women from going on pilgrimage even as it intensified medical screening of the 2012 Hajj pilgrims. Chairman, National Hajj Commission (NAHCON, Alhaji ...

Latest on Burnt Housewife - Doctor Frustrates NGOs Stops Transfer for Better Treatment
A mild drama unfolded itself at New Evolution Hospital, in Ago area of Lagos, where 36-year-old Mercy Nnadi, whose one year-old son was killed by her husband, who also burnt her with hot pressing ...

Madam Modesty Emelda Osuji Set for TV Talkshow
Society lady, Emelda Osuji, has revealed the aim of the concept of her trademark long-styled cap. The woman, who is the brain behind Women and Modesty, a Non-Governmental Organization, which ...

Nigeria Govt Reveals Annual Oil Theft Losses
Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, has disclosed that while huge amount of dollars has been in the last one year on pipeline repairs, a record volume of crude valued at ...

Shocker Man60 arraigned for raping 20-yr old man
By DAUD OLATUNJI, Abeokuta It was a shocker when a 60-year-old businessman and a contractor, Olusegun Adesina, was yesterday arraigned at an Abeokuta Magistrate Court sitting in Isabo, for allegedly ...

2015 Jonathan has constitutional right to run – Mbagwu
C hief Cliff Mbagwu, a chieftain of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is an Economist, management consultant and chairman of Simeon and Rose Associates. He speaks to Saturday Vanguard on 13 ...

Most Wanted Trans-Border Kidnappers - How Police Arrested Suspects Five Years After
In 2008, members of Folarin Coker&#039;s family, a former aide to the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, were thrown into disarray when his little daughter was kidnapped and flown to Ghana ...

This Govt Is Tired of Strikes - Lagos Commissioner for Health
, in this concluding part of the interview said the sacking of 788 striking doctors was a difficult decision for the government but was taken in the overall interest of the health ...

Keshi to Continue Open Door Policy
Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi stated that he will continue with his policy of giving every player a chance to prove himself despite calls for him to put down a standing team. Former Eagles midfield ...

24 Schools Battle for Channels Kids Cup
TWENTY Four primary schools in Lagos square up in this year&#039;s Channels Kids Cup Football (Under 13) tournament which begins next Monday at the Legacy Pitch of the National Stadium, Surulere. ...

34 killed in Nigerian market raid
Gunmen armed with explosives killed at least 34 people in northeastern Nigeria when they attacked a cattle market and burned it to the ground, residents and officials said today. The attack ...

FG loses $7billion to crude oil theft
By CLAra NWACHUKWU The Federal Government said it is losing about $7billion annually to crude oil theft in Nigeria, at the rate of 180,000 barrels per day. To stem the trend, which government ...

FG Reviews Projects Consultancy Remunerations
Abuja - Federal Government has reviewed road projects and remunerations paid road consultants in the country, with a view to prioritising projects and saving money. Minister of Works, Mike ...

FCT Minister and St Vincents ClinicMaternity
ST Vincent&#039;s Clinic/Maternity in Kubwa, Abuja, is run by Catholic nuns - the Daughters of Charity. The essential work these selfless reverend sisters are doing is under threat because the ...

How to make Asaba airport a hub – Uduaghan
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan says the ongoing expansion of the Asaba International Airport was aimed at meeting the requirements of the Aviation regulatory authorities to enable bigger planes land at ...

FG sends delegation to plead for Nigerians on death row overseas
By VICTORIA OJEME Abuja The Federal Government said it has sent a 2- man delegation to Indonesia to plead for clemency on behalf of 17 Nigerians sentenced to die by hanging by Indonesian court for ...

Pre- paid meter will halt ‘crazy bills’ – Nigerians
By Anozie Egole Most Nigerians have congratulated the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) over the recent introduction of per-paid meter as the new way of the payment of power bills. They are ...

Salami’s recall I’ll not lobby to be confirmed – Ag PCA
By Ola Ajayi and Caleb Ayansina, Abuja ACTING President, Court of Appeal, Justice Dalhatu Adamu has said that he would refuse any attempt to push him to lobby to be confirmed as the substantive ...

Babies skin and bones in drought-hit Niger
Twin girls Hassana and Ousseina weighed less than 1.5 kilograms each when they were born a month ago.Now, after 18 days in the central hospital of Maradi in the far south of Niger, they have almost ...

Another shake-up in Police Force 67 ACPs 70 CSPs redeployed
ByMITAIRE IKPEN Abuja Determined to reposition the Nigeria Police Force to face the challenges of insecurity in the country, Acting Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar has effected ...

Edo 2012 guber Ogbemudia group meets with Oshiomhole Airhiavbere
By Simon Ebegbulem, AHEAD the July 14, governorship election in Edo State, the Enunuedo socio-cultural organization led by the two-time former governor of the old Bendel State, Dr Samuel Ogbemudia, ...

FG bans pregnant women from hajj
By FAVOUR NNABUGWU Federal Govern-ment yesterday banned pregnant women from going on pilgrimage even as it intensified medical screening of the 2012 Hajj pilgrims. Chairman, National Hajj ...

Edo 2012 INEC postpones fresh voters registration
By Okey Ndiribe Abuja In order to defuse the charged political atmosphere in Edo State, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended a fresh voters registration exercise ahead ...

FG denies having neglected military pensioners
By KINGSLEY OMONOBI &amp; CALEB AYANSINA, Abuja MILITARY Pension Board, MPB, weekend, said that some people attacking the government over their non-capture by the board in its pension service were ...

Amnesty Programme Only President Jonathan can include Itsekiri youths – Kuku
THE Presidential Amnesty Programme for militants among Niger Delta youthswho laid down their weapons to give way to peace and development in the region, once again, took a centre-stage of activities ...

Obama opens G8 summit at Camp David
CAMP DAVID (AFP) &ndash; President Barack Obama greeted G8 leaders at his rural presidential retreat of Camp David Friday, marking the opening of summit dominated by Europe&rsquo;s fiscal woes. ...

Nigerian men are gold diggers – Lizzy Anjorin
By Benjamin Njoku Despite all the controversies surrounding her acting career, Elizabeth Ibukunoluwa Anjorin fondly called Lizzy strikes you as one actress who has an insatiable desire to stay on ...

Latest on burnt housewife Doctor frustrates NGOs stops transfer for better treatment
By Evelyn Usman &hellip;as Shock, intrigues trail movement of Mercy from hospital . A mild drama unfolded itself at New Evolution Hospital, in Ago area of Lagos, where 36-year-old Mercy Nnadi, ...

Security breach FAAN arrests 216 persons
The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, said yesterday that 216 persons were arrested by the Joint Airport Security in Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja, between January and ...

Champions League We all have equal chances – Ogunbote
By Ime Bassey Nigeria&#039;s flag bearers in the 2012 CAF Champions League, Sunshine Stars of Akure were drawn over the week in Group A of the tournament alongside three north African teams but ...

Why distribution of pre-paid meter is slow – Adeyanju
In 2005, a new phase of meter was introduced in the country as a way of addressing issues pertaining to electricity billing system in the country. While the deployment of the new pre-paid meter ...

Kaduna’s unsung victims of terrorists’ attacks
By Luka Binniyat In Rigassa, a dingy, uncharted, crammed suburb about 5 km west of Kaduna State Government House, death lurks on select enemies of some unidentified gunmen, suspected to belong to a ...

Nigeria’s problem didn’t start from my regime – Jonathan
By TONY EDIKE, Enugu PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, declared that the numerous problems confronting the nation did not start from his regime which commenced only two years ago. He asked ...

Police arrest pastor for robbery
Kogi state police command has arrested and paraded a pastor and two others in connection with the last month robbery of First Bank and Unity bank in Ankpa, Ankpa Local government of Kogi state. Also ...

Highlife great Ochonma stages a come-back
Highlife, Makossa and Soukous Exponent of the late 80s and 90s, Innocent Chuks Onyekwere Ochonma is set for a full comeback to the Music Scene following a long period of absence from the industry. ...

True story of Uche Jombo’s arrest release
By Benjamin Njoku &hellip;She was unruly -- Police source It is no longer an issue of contention that Uche Jombo recently slept in the police&#039;s cell while filming in Surulere, Lagos.What is ...

Doctors’ strike Our lives are not safe in the hands of baby doctors – Lagosians
Reactions have been trailing the employment of what Lagosians have termed &lsquo;baby doctors&rsquo; in place of the sacked doctors in Lagos State Government hospitals. Lagosians especially those ...

Navy hands over seized oil bunkering vessel to EFCC
By Evelyn Usman The Nigerian Navy (NN), yesterday handed over an oil bunkery ship to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for further investigation and prosecution , five months after ...

Weightlifting coach sure of medal at London Olympics
By Ime Bassey Chief Coach of the Nigerian Weightlifting Federation, Patrick Bassey is optimistic that his two lifters going to the London Olympics will end the long wait of Olympic medals from the ...

First impression matters to me a lot – Rekiat Okoje
By Victor Gotevbe It is said that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. However, Rekiat, whom at a glance passes for a replica of Mercy Johnson(Nollywood star), thinks differently as she believes ...

Pre-paid meter system PHCN operates out of decency – Consumers
When the government of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo came with the readiness of combating the problem of energy in the nation, it generated loud ovation and the enthusiasm that descended on the country was ...

Ferguson Eating one’s humble pie
By Patrick Omorodion The late Reggae crooner, Lucky Dube in one of his songs said, &quot;If you don&#039;t have any good thing to say about somebody, just shut up because the thing you say may come ...

Inner beauty means more to me – AyukMBGN
Few weeks back, the name Isabella Ayuk is not a name that would mean much to majority of Nigerians until last Saturday in Edo State when her fortune changed. She emerged the winner of the 2012 Most ...

Players’ performance excites Bosso d with
By Ime Bassey &amp; Kate Obodo Coach of Wikki Tourist of Bauchi, Ladan Bosso has heaped praises on his young team for their form and performances since the commencement of the second half of the ...

Unpaid Abuja Stadium Staff Lock Eagles Out
Friday morning training of the national team; Super Eagles was almost disrupted when officials of the National Stadium in Abuja, locked out the team from the complex. The team had arrived the ...

Qualifiers - Yobo Out Soriola Oboabona Idris on Standby
Super Eagles Head Coach, Stephen Keshi announced on Friday morning that national team skipper, Joseph Yobo, has officially been ruled out of the Jumbo June qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup and 2013 ...

Buhari - PDP Suffers From Selective Amnesia Says Tinubu
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) suffers from selective amnesia by its claim that Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, national leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), endorsed Goodluck Jonathan&#039;s ...

Niger is worst place to be mother study
The African nation of Niger has ousted Afghanistan as the worst place in the world to be a mother, largely due to hunger, according to an annual report out Tuesday by Save the ...

Bombs found on Nigerian campus previously attacked
Three unexploded bombs were discovered on Tuesday at a university in northern Nigeria that was the site of an attack on church services last month which killed at least 19 people, authorities ...

Young talents discovered at Enugu Inter House competition
The Inter House sports competition re-engineered by Enugu state government entered the zonal stage last month and is heading towards the state finals this month with a lot of young talents discovered ...

Glo launches special Sim for Ogun traders
Globacom Limited Friday introduced a unique, low tariff calling platform tagged Oloja, a variant of Glo Infinito tariff platform, for market men and women in Ogun State in the company&#039;s bid to ...

I like decency not flamboyancy – Bode Adediji
B ode Adediji is the President, Nigerian Institute of Estate Surveyors and Valuers and CEO, Bode Adediji Partnership, one of the front-line property consultants in Nigeria. Besides his professional ...

Buhari PDP suffers from selective amnesia says Tinubu
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) suffers from selective amnesia by its claim that Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, national leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), endorsed Goodluck Jonathan&#039;s ...

Nigerian Racing Eagles to race in 12 GRC series
By Ime Bassey Principal/Owner of Team Nigeria Racing Eagle, Ribi Adeshokan has disclosed that the racing team will compete soon in the GT3 series. Speaking ...

Bayern boss wary of ‘outstanding actor’ Drogba
MUNICH, Germany (AFP) &ndash; Bayern Munich coach Jupp Heynckes has branded Chelsea striker Didier Drogba an &#039;;outstanding actor&#039;; to up the ante ahead of Saturday&rsquo;s Champions League ...

Nigeria Senegal Burkina Faso troops head to G.Bissau
Cisse . &quot;Nigeria is sending the largest contingent of 300 men,&quot; of whom 140 are police and 160 soldiers,&quot; he said. &quot;Then, Burkina Faso will provide ...

A Nigerian mass wedding to fight stigma of divorcee
government installations .But this week, Kano put itself into the history books in a different way, holding what is billed as the first ...

US mulls Nigerias Boko Haram for terror watch list
The Nigerian militant group Boko Haram has killed more than 1,000 in a three-year insurgency, and may have ties with Al Qaeda. Will putting the group on a terror watch list ...

Military government responsible problems in the north say Lamido Shema
Dutse &ndash; Gov. Sule Lamido of Jigawa and his Katsina counterpart, Gov. Ibrahim Shema, have refuted the claim that northern governors were responsible for the social and economic challenges ...

Police in Benin arrest electoral offenders says Oshiomhole
Abuja &ndash; Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo says the Police in Benin have arrested some people for allegedly being in possession of Direct Data Capturing (DDC) machine in the state. Oshiomhole made ...

Damiete Charles Granville I was merely a girl but now I am a lady
Damiete Granville, 23, who won the crown as First runner-up and Miss Universe stands 5.9thfeet tall with a slim frame of a gazelle. She hails from Calabari in Rivers state and also represented her ...

First troops of west African force arrive in G.Bissau
BISSAU (AFP) &ndash; Some 70 soldiers of a west African force arrived Thursday in Guinea-Bissau on a mission to restore stability after the country&rsquo;s April 12 coup, as the prime minister of a ...

Nigeria says oil revenue fell 13.8 pct in April
ABUJA May 18 (Reuters) - Nigeria earned 626.18 billion naira ($3.95 billion) in oil revenues in April, down 13.8 percent from 726.77 billion naira in March due to lower production, the accountant ...

WAfrica Crude-Angolan Girassol offered higher
LONDON, May 18 (Reuters) - Angolan state oil firm Sonangol started offering July cargoes on Friday, raising differentials for some grades such as Girassol significantly higher than June levels. ...

Nigeria to launch 3 satellites
Abuja- Prof. Ita Ewa, the Minister of Science and Technology said on Thursday that Nigeria would launch three satellites and send astronauts to space by 2015. Ewa stated this in Abuja at the ongoing ...

Sessegnon headlines Benin squad
Benin coach Manuel Amoros has named a 21-man squad for next month&#039;s 2014 World Cup qualifier at home to Mali. Sunderland player of the year Stephane Sessegnon headlines a squad bidding to ...

South-East PDP Blasts Buhari
The former military leader, General Muhammadu Buhari. Enugu - THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, South East zone, yesterday, joined other Nigerians in condemning recent comments by former military ...

Nigerian interbank rates up as liquidity dips further
cash outflows to bonds and dollar purchases drained liquidity in the market further, traders said on Friday. Nigeria sold 70 billion naira worth of 5-year and 10-year bonds maturing in 2017 and ...

Total plugs Nigeria gas leak no further well needed
Niger Delta region and no longer needs to drill an additional relief well to curb its flow, a spokesman said on Friday. The leak occurred in March on a block that also ...

AFRICA DEBT-Kenya yields head into single digits
LONDON May 18 (Reuters) - Kenyan Treasury bill yields are likely to fall to single digits for the first time since September at an auction next week, while healthy demand is expected at ...

15 killed 6 injured in auto crash in Maiduguri
Maiduguri &ndash; Fifteen persons on Thursday lost their lives while 6 others were injured when a commercial bus collided with a car on Maiduguri-Damaturu road. Eyewitnesses told newsmen in ...

Chicago - Ajimobi Tasks U.S. Partners On Development of Oyo State
Oyo State Governor, Mr. Abiola Ajimobi has urged investors and agencies from the United States of America to help his administration develop the State with United States Technologies. This came up ...

Anambra to Feature Over 200 Masquerades for 2012 New Yam Festival
Abuja - Chief Martin Ezeh, the Idu II of Igboukwu, on Thursday said that the 2012 New Yam Festival in Anambra would feature over 200 different masquerades. He said this when a delegation of the ...

Ex-Militants Threaten Violence Over Non-Inclusion in Amnesty Programme
Benin - FRESH crisis is brewing in the Niger Delta, as over 200 ex-militants in the region, who earlier accepted the amnesty granted by the Federal Government, have condemned the alleged ...

Warriors to Face Super Eagles
Windhoek - The Brave Warriors, undeterred by the rumblings of internecine strife in Nigeria, are preparing to meet the Super Eagles in a couple of weeks in their first 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier. ...

LG Company in Face-Off Over Business Premises
In line with the efforts of the Lagos State Government to bring sanity to the environment, the Amuwo-Odifin Local Government Councilhas begun moves to ensure that Festival Town popularly called ...

Capello not in talks with Chelsea – son
ROME (AFP) &ndash; Former England coach Fabio Capello is not in talks with Champions League finalists Chelsea, his son said Friday. &#039;;Unfortunately, these are just wonderful inventions by ...

Nigerian pastor to visit this month
EAST WENATCHEE -- Rev. Kola Emiola, president of Word of Righteousness Ministries International, founder and senior pastor of the Dominion Impact Church in Oyo, Nigeria, will speak in East Wenatchee ...

Why Salami should not be reinstated
LAST week&#039;s decision of the National Judicial Council (NJC) to recall the suspended President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Isa Ayo Salami, has continued to generate mixed reactions. Not only ...

VIDEO Niger faces malnutrition crisis
Save the Children says serious malnutrition has spread throughout the West African state of Niger, despite giving warnings about the situation for many months. The charity says the crisis, which ...

Nigeria Governors Back Former Military Leader
Our focus is on Nigeria where a political storm is blowing after 19 northern state governors offered strong backing to former military leader Mohammadu Buhari, in the wake of his remarks threatening ...

Bombs target Nigerian primary schools
Abuja - Nigerian authorities found improvised bombs in two primary schools in the northern city of Kano on Thursday, hours after the schools were attacked using explosives and gunfire by suspected ...

Jonathan now eats locally produced rice from Abakaliki – Maku
Abuja &ndash; President Goodluck Jonathan now eats locally produced rice and bread made from cassava as part of efforts to encourage indigenous production and stop capital flight, says Minister of ...

Nigeria Islamic School Bombed
Kano - A government-run Islamiyya primary school was attacked with home-made explosives in Kano on Wednesday evening, damaging some classrooms, in the first such incident affecting an Islamic ...

Nigeria FCT Board Makes Entrepreneurship Education Compulsory in Schools
In a bid to tackle unemployment in the country, the Federal Government has made entrepreneurship education a compulsory subject for students in secondary schools, an official said. The Director, FCT ...

Keshi Picks Utaka Moses for Eagles Snubs Aiyegbeni Mikel
Wigan Athletics of England sensation, Victor Moses is among the 11 foreign-based players invited by the Super Eagles Head Coach Stephen Keshi for Nigeria&#039;s 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2013 Africa ...

Okocha Not Authority in Technical Matters - Baribote
As reactions continue to trail ex-Eagles captain Jay Jay Okocha&#039;s comments that players in the country&#039; domestic league are not ripe enough for the senior national team, Chairman of the ...

Nigeria Biafra Group Files Complaint Against the Country at ICC
Just as secessionist leader Odumegwu Ojukwu moved in 1967 to declare the independence of Biafra to protect his people from genocidal killings, the group is asking ICC to intervene on their behalf ...

Nigeria Reflections On the Lagos State Governments Onslaught On Doctors
A recent crackdown on doctors in Nigeria is symptomatic of a wider state attack on the working class. The recent mass sacking of over 788 medical doctors by the Raji Fashola/ACN-led Lagos state ...

DON JAZZY FINALLY BREAKS SILENCE ‘My integrity was never damaged’
Since his shocking break-up with his erstwhile partner, and co-owner of Mo&#039; Hits, Dapo Oyebanjo a.k.a D&#039;banj, prolific music producer, Don Jazzy whose real names are Collins Edjereh has ...

TRIBUTE My Y Mother My Mentor
By Kayode Fayemi As the last child in the Fayemi household, my arrival was heralded with song and dance. Although my birth elicited genuine excitement on the part of my siblings, it was for my ...

2015 - Northern Governors Unite for Presidency
Kaduna - Ahead of the 2015 elections, the 19 Northern Governors, yesterday, expressed determination to sink their differences and unite to produce the president from the region in 2015. This was the ...

Nigeria Buharis Statement Treasonable - Arewa Youths
Abuja - The Arewa Youth Forum yesterday slammed the former Military Head of State and 2011 Presidential candidate of Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, General Muhammadu Buhari over his prediction ...

Nigeria 2015 - North to Field Single Candidate - Northern Govs
Kaduna - Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum(NGF) and Niger State Governor Mu&#039;azu Banbagida Aliyu yesterday said the North will present a united candidate for the 2015 presidential election ...

Keshi Snubs Mikel Osaze Yakubu
Super Eagles&#039; Head Coach, Stephen Keshi yesterday named Skipper Joseph Yobo and 10 other overseas-based professionals for the three 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2013 African Cup of Nations qualifying ...

Nigeria Airports - Achieving Safety Security Through Facility Upgrade
The Federal Government is hoping to use the ongoing restructuring of airport infrastructure to reinforce security at the nation&#039;s airports. It is providing modern, technology based security ...

Nigeria N44 Million Bribe Scandal - Hembe Arraigned Refuses to Mount Dock
Abuja - Trial of the former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Capital Market and Other Institutions, Mr. Herman Hembe, kicked off on a dramatic note, yesterday, as the lawmaker ...

Nigeria Judicial Officers and Integrity Question
As judges gathered in Abuja this week for a workshop, chief justice of Nigeria Dahiru Musdapher told them: &quot;The judiciary today is under intense and sustained public scrutiny more than ever in ...

Osaze Mikel Still on the Radar - Keshi
Super Eagles Coach, Stephen Keshi has debunked insinuations making the rounds that he had kicked the likes of Osaze Odemwengie and Mikel Obi out of the National team. Keshi released the list of the ...

ICPC Detains Deputy Director Over Corruption
Engineer Victor Nnamdi Igboanugo, a deputy director with the Federal Ministry of trade and Investment Abuja, has been arrested by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offense ...

ACFNational Summit Group Agree on Dialogue
Alhaji Tanko Yakasai talking with dignitaries at the Transcorp Hilton after the meeting between the ACF and the National Summit Group The Arewa Consultative Forum and the National Summit Group have ...

Tambuwal Hails Nations Media Optimism
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Tanbuwal, Thursday lauded the optimism of the Nigerian media, despite major attacks on it. Tambuwal, who chaired the public presentation of ...

Nigeria Tribunal Dismisses Abubakar Audus Petition Okays Wadas Election
The Kogi State Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Lokoja has dismissed the suit filed by Prince Abubakar Audu, candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in last year&#039;s governorship ...

Nigeria PDP to ACN - Stop Promoting Falsehood
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described as the height of hypocrisy the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) statement alluding that the 2011 general elections were rigged. The party said that ...

Nigeria Payroll Software Uncovers Excess N14 Billion MDAs Salaries
The new payroll software, Integrated Personnel &amp; Payroll Information System (IPPIS), implemented by the federal government has helped uncover N14 billion excess funds for salary allocated to the ...

US mulls terrorist designation for Nigerian militants
Boko Haram , a Nigerian militant group alleged to be responsible for hundreds of deaths, as a &quot;foreign terrorist organization,&quot; according to a document obtained by ...

Nigeria to send astronauts aloft by 2015
President Goodluck Jonathan &#039;s administration. He said the move was part of government&#039;s efforts to boost the economy through space technology. The minister enumerated the country&#039;s ...

Lufthansa yet to pay N2.198bn to NCAA
By Kenneth Ehigiator LAGOS -- Almost two weeks after the Senate ordered Lufthansa Airlines to pay the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, N2.198 billion, being money representing unpaid ...

Nigeria Help Me Curb Terrorism Jonathan Tells Nigerians
President Goodluck Jonathan has urged Nigerians to assist him and security agents in the country to curb terrorism across the nation. He also tasked the citizens in nation building and urged them to ...

Senate Increases High Court Judges Number to 100
Lawyers being sworn-in. The Senate Wednesday passed a bill seeking an increase in the number of Federal High Court Judges from 70 to 100. The bill was read for the third time and passed by ...

Public Sector Corruption - Govt Urged to Adopt New Technologies
The Federal Government has been urged to adopt and implement new technologies in order to address the alleged misappropriation of public funds, as currently being investigated at the Securities and ...

NFF Bill Now Work in Progress
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Bill that is before the National Assembly is at the critical stage of amendment as a five-man sub-committee is currently working on producing a single draft ...

Nigeria Explosion Rocks Port Harcourt As Gunmen Attack Schools in Kano
One person was killed while four others were seriously wounded when an explosion occurred inside a commercial bus yesterday at the Rumuokoro Roundabout in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. ...

Lobi Hold Flying Eagles 1-1
Lobi Stars FC of Makurdi yesterday came from behind to draw 1-1 with the Flying Eagles in the friendly match played in the early hours of the day at the training pitch of the Abuja National Stadium. ...

Nigeria Government Doctors Join Striking Colleagues in Lagos
Ikeja - The face-off between the Lagos State Government and sacked 788 doctors, yesterday, took a dramatic turn, as doctors in federal hospitals in Lagos, said they will today embark on an indefinite ...