Follow Africa's Richest Man Into One of the Best Profit Opportunities on Earth
... Singapore, the Netherlands, Japan, Malaysia - wherever you can grow your money fast. The 56-year old native of Kano, Nigeria is a self-made business magnate, with a net worth of more than $16...
View ArticleNigeria Declares Emergency as Christians Debate Amnesty for Islamists
Nigerian Protestants and Catholics are largely divided over a government proposal to grant amnesty to members of Boko Haram, the violent Islamist sect whose attacks and suicide bombings have killed...
View Article17m children face dangers
Lagos-No fewer than 17 million children are vulnerable to all forms of danger in Nigeria, an orphanage, Societal Socialese, SOS, children village, has said.
View ArticleNigeria president declares state of emergency
Admitting Islamic extremists now control some of his nation's villages and towns, Nigeria's president declared a state of emergency Tuesday across the country's troubled northeast, promising to send...
View ArticleCourt stops Edo govt from selling water project pipes
An Edo State High Court sitting in Benin, has restrained the Edo State Government from disposing or selling the water project pipes stacked in two places in Benin City for the water supply scheme...
View ArticleEnforce ban on public officials' membership of cults - SSEPU
... po forest in Nasarawa. "We also appeal to the misguided elements and their collaborators, who are determined to drag Nigeria into a state of anarchy by discrediting President Goodluck Jonathan and...
View ArticleOnitsha stands still as MASSOB members protest
Commercial activities and vehicular movements were paralyzed for hours, Tuesday, in the commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra State following a peaceful demonstration by over 1000 members of the Movement...
View ArticleAmesiemaka, Odiye shaped my life - Ogedegbe
... of how Adokiye Amiesimaka, Segun Odegbami and Godwin Odiye made him to seek University education After playing for Nigeria I came to the USA on an athletic scholarship and completed a degree in...
View ArticleWhy our roads fail often, by S&T minister
... opening ceremony of the three-day National Conference on Road Failure titled "Challenges of Road Pavement failure in Nigeria", organized by the Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute in...
View ArticleChatr ads were 'unquestionably true,' Rogers tells court
... demanding a $10-million penalty, and accused the communications giant of being unco-operative. A young man in Lagos, Nigeria, uses a BlackBerry to take a picture of himself at a concert put on by...
View ArticleAt least 23 killed in central Nigeria violence
Officials say at least 23 people have been killed in separate attacks in central Nigeria, as the nation's embattled president prepares to speak to the nation.
View ArticleNigerian president declares state of emergency in country's northeast region
Admitting Islamic extremists now control some his nation's villages and towns, Nigeria 's president declared a state of emergency Tuesday across in the nation's troubled northeast, promising to send...
View ArticleNigeria Proposes Joint Commission With Singapore To Boost Ties
Nigeria has proposed the establishment of a joint commission with Singapore to strengthen relations between both countries, Xinhua news agency reported.
View ArticleIFC to support Central Bank of Nigeria in strengthening sustainable banking
ABUJA, Nigeria, May 15, 2013/African Press Organization / - IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, today signed an agreement with the Central Bank of Nigeria to support the implementation of standards,...
View ArticleNigerian troops on new offensive against Islamists
Nigeria launched a military campaign on Wednesday to flush Islamist militants out of their bases in remote border areas, after President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in the northeast.
View ArticleGlobe Trot: Factory collapse survivor didn't dare dream of rescue
... position group, stands at 94,000 people, at least. A leading clergyman and secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria in Maiduguri was shot dead this morning in the northeastern city, which...
View ArticleNigerian president declares a state of emergency
Northeast Nigeria is in a state of emergency after the country's president, Goodluck Jonathan, announced Islamic extremists control some of the area's villages and towns.
View Article'Massive' troop deployment in Nigeria's...
Nigeria's military on Wednesday announced a "massive"deployment of troops to its restive northeast, after the president declared a state of emergency in areas where Islamist insurgents have seized...
View ArticleNJC probe: Justice Gunmi resigns, becomes Emir in Zamfara
... he has already forwarded his letter of voluntary retirement to both the NJC presided over by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mariam Aloma Muhktar and the Federal Judicial Service Commission,...
View ArticleSoldiers storm Borno,Yobe, Adamawa
... of the Joint Task Force in the area, also has Police and DSS contingents. His words: "The Nigerian Armed Forces, the Nigeria Police and other security agencies have commenced operations to rid the...
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