Police challenge N5m judgment award to Ugolor at Supreme Court
... a case they would lose. "The police are wasting tax payers' limited resources to pursue a case that the IGP and the Nigeria Police will lose because after more than nine months they have not been...
View ArticleArchbishop of Canterbury, Ghanaian president, others for Achebe's burial...
... Federal Government and the Ogidi community. Besides, for about an hour in the main auditorium of the University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus (UNEC), the academic community paid tributes to the late...
View ArticleUnited resumes flights by 787
... service as well as temporary Houston-to-London flights. It's adding flights to Tokyo, Shanghai, and Lagos, Nigeria, in August. Those long international flights are the main reason the 787 exists....
View ArticleAfrica: Africa Loses U.S.$50 Billion Annually to Illicit Fund Flow - Mbeki
... crude they refined. Jonathan said his administration was taking definite steps to check the theft of crude oil from Nigeria. He called on the panel to carry out an in-depth and comprehensive study...
View ArticleNigeria: Nine Minor Informants to Kidnappers, Assassins Nabbed
Nine minors, all males, suspected to be members of four different dreaded cult groups that have been disguising and acting as informants to kidnappers and assassins in Sapele, Sapele Local Government...
View ArticleWhat's Behind Nigeria's Escalating Bodycount?
... of a suicide bomb attack during a memorial service at St. Theresa's Church in Madalla, on the outskirts of Abuja, Nigeria on December 23, 2012. (Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters) New data from the Council...
View ArticleNigerian military in heavy fighting with Boko Haram militants
... arrive in Yola as they continue their offensive to drive out Boko Haram militants from the area. Photograph: Str/EPA Nigeria 's military has been involved in heavy fighting with Islamist insurgents...
View ArticleNigeria's military takes back five rebel strongholds
Pressing on with a sweeping offensive against Boko Haram militants, Nigeria's military says it re-established control in five remote areas.
View ArticleLondon police arrest two Arik cabin crew members over alleged drug trafficking
... drug trafficking aboard Brazilian national airline, Varig, was one of the reasons the carrier ceased operations to Nigeria 19 years ago. The Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Ahmadu Giade, has...
View ArticleNigeria seeks Niger's military support against Boko Haram
NIAMEY/MAIDUGURI - Nigeria has asked its northern neighbour Niger for help in an offensive against Boko Haram insurgents, as West African states try to cooperate against a spread of Islamist violence.
View ArticleAlternative courthouse in Lagos speeds delivery of justice
... to paying off a judge for a favorable verdict. It causes a rot that spreads deeply throughout public institutions in Nigeria, eating at the very fabric of governmental authority, officials say....
View ArticleChinua Achebe's body arrives Nigeria
The body of celebrated writer, Chinua Achebe has arrived in Enugu, Nigeria, ahead of final funeral rites to be held on Thursday, May 23, 2013, according to a lindaikeji blog report.
View ArticleTuface, Ras Kimono, Faze, others clean up Lagos streets, feed hungry destitutes
The exercise was organised by the Copyright Society of Nigeria as part of efforts to create awareness about the industry and bring music to the doorstep of every Nigerian.
View ArticleNigeria military declares 24-hour curfew in city Nigeria's military...
) - Nigeria's military declared a 24-hour curfew Saturday on neighborhoods in a northeastern city that's the spiritual home of an Islamic extremist network as soldiers continued the A statement...
View ArticleAvoid conceding first goal, Siasia warns Eagles
... our chances to qualify again. I do not have any fear. As I said earlier, We have the players who can do rightly get Nigeria to the World Cup and all that we need to pray for is for the luck to be...
View ArticleHijab ban in Lagos: MPAC, MURIC, others hit back at govt
... the divine injunction, at all costs. Everyone who holds dear the values of freedom and equality that the people of Nigeria have struggled so hard to establish over the years should also find the...
View ArticleFollowing up on last week's topics
... then stay on illegally. Our government should take note of the fact that this kind of misbehaviour, which tarnishes Nigeria's image internationally, would occur much less often if this was a better...
View ArticleOndo guber: PDP files appeal against tribunal ruling
It's a voyage of fantasy - Govt AKURE - THE Peoples Democratic Party candidate in the governorship election in Ondo State Chief Olusola Oke, Thursday, filed an appeal against the judgement of the...
View ArticleWe'll wrest power from ACN in S-West - PDP
PEOPLES Democratic Party in the South West has said it was battle ready to wrestle the ruling Action Congress of Nigeria for the control of the zone in the 2015 elections.
View ArticleNGF Election: Amaechi, Yuguda, Shema in final battle
By Soni Daniel, Regional Editor, North & Henry Umoru ABUJA-Uncertainty fired by a web of intrigues, last night, shadowed aspirations of three of the nation's governors ahead of today's election of...
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