Security in Rivers under control - Commissioner
State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, who spoke at her office in Port Harcourt, also dismissed as wishful thinking, speculations in some quarters that the game...
View ArticleBauchi not ready to conduct LG election - DPP
... over the issue. State Chairman of DPP, Hajiya Sa'adatu Mahmuda made the allegation while briefing newsmen at the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, press centre. Bauchi, yesterady. Mahmuda said:...
View ArticleNigeria, SA leaders aim to boost ties
Leaders from Africa's two largest economies, South Africa and Nigeria, will meet on Tuesday in an effort to improve sometimes patchy ties.
View ArticleWhere Is The Water?
THE World Bank, under its concerns for our economy, public health, gender issues, and grabbed headlines again with the news that it was providing additional $120 million credit facility to Nigeria to...
View ArticleNew route to justice
... can point to many examples where governments routinely flout international law protecting these rights, such as in Nigeria, where the local government in Port Harcourt on 28 August 2009 ignored a...
View ArticleJohn Coors plans to raise capital for private equity deals in Africa
... by the end of the year to invest in the fastest-growing African nations, including Kenya, Ghana, Tanzania and Nigeria, Coors said in a phone interview May 3. The fund will seek minority stakes of...
View Article3 nabbed over fake foreign health insurance certificates
The Special Fraud Unit, Milverton, Ikoyi, Lagos, has arrested two directors of a travel agency located in Tafawa Balewa Square and an insurance staff, who allegedly specialised in procuring fake...
View ArticleGoodluck Jonathan's report card for Nigeria? Must try harder | Remi Adekoya
... But then Nigerians can be stubbornly optimistic. When Jonathan first appeared on the political scene in 2007, when Nigeria's then president, Olusegun Obasanjo, announced him as the running-mate of...
View ArticleNigeria Autos Report Q2 2013 - New Study Released
BMI sees considerable strengthening in vehicle production, vehicle imports and car ownership in Nigeria's auto industry over the next few years.
View ArticleNamibia: Goodluck Jonathan to Visit Namibia
... "seek economic cooperation" with both Namibia and South Africa, from where will be arriving when he visits Namibia. Nigeria's Economic Management Team that will attend the World Economic Forum...
View ArticleJonathan to hold talks with MTN,Toyota, Nissan
The leaders of Africa's two largest economies, South Africa and Nigeria, are meeting Tuesday in an effort to improve sometimes patchy ties.
View ArticleRice Farmers Laud Customs On Anti-Smuggling Initiatives
Rice farmers and importers have lauded the Nigeria Customs Service for its achievement in reducing the smuggling of rice into the country through the land borders.
View ArticleZuma requests 'intervention brigade' to respond to CAR crisis
... by the AU is the establishment of the African standby force, for rapid deployment in crisis areas without delay." Nigeria unhappy about SA's decision Zuma's remarks followed suggestions in...
View ArticleGulf of Guinea Pirates? The little mystery of the Frio Athens
Six to eight pirates in a speed boat chased and fired upon a Refrigerated Cargo Ship underway.
View ArticleNigeria extremist attacks leave many dead
... attacks by Islamic extremists armed with heavy machine guns have killed at least 42 people in north-east Nigeria , according to authorities, the latest in a string of increasingly bloody incidents...
View ArticleNigeria: Delay in Fertiliser Distribution Hampers Farming
By Rakiya A. Muhammad, Usman A. Bello, Aliyu M. Hamagam, Garba Muhammad, Onimisi Alao, Itodo Daniel Sule And Abdulwasiu Hassan, 8 May 2013 - As farming continues across Nigeria with early planters'...
View ArticleNigeria: Rating Nigerian Airports
Government and aviation officials have for years claimed efforts to make Nigeria the hub of the aviation sector in Africa.
View ArticleNigerian Islamist raid in northeast town kills 55
BAMA, NIGERIA: Suspected members of the Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram armed with machineguns laid siege on the northeastern town of Bama on Tuesday, freeing over 100 prison inmates and leaving 55...
View ArticleBodies Pour In as Nigeria Hunts for Islamists
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - A fresh load of battered corpses arrived, 29 of them in a routine delivery by the Nigerian military to the hospital morgue here.
View ArticleFounder of 'Nigeria's Netflix' and Partners Invest...
Jason Njoku and Bastian Gotter, of iROKO Partners, have launched SPARK, a $1 million venture that will invest in Nigeria's most talented tech entrepreneurs.
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