Military offensive failing - Boko Haram
... that is been hunted down," he added, speaking in a mixture of Arabic and the Hausa language common in northern Nigeria. Shekau asked his "brethren" in Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Syria to join...
View ArticleDemocracy Day: Imoke, Chime, Ajimobi call for unity
... move the nation forward. The governors, in their goodwill messages on the 14th Democracy Day celebration, noted that Nigeria as a nation, has come to stay as one entity. In a broadcast to mark the...
View ArticleNigeria has recorded remarkable success in democracy - Ndoma-Egba
As Nigeria marks Democracy Day, Senate Leader Chief Victor Ndoma-Egba, SAN, has said that the country has recorded remarkable achievement since the enthronement of democracy after many years of...
View ArticleCourt orders APCON to vet Airtel adverts
THE Federal High Court, Lagos, has ordered the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria to statutorily vet advertising materials submitted to it by telecommunications firm, Airtel Networks Limited.
View ArticleNigerian Author Publishes New Book about AIDS Crisis in His Native Land
"HIV/AIDS in Nigeria," a new book by Olumuyiwa Omonaiye, has been released RoseDog Books.
View ArticleNigeria: Unspoken Truths of the Northern Struggle and the Question of Equality
... case for northern ethnic groups in this country that have been forced under the emirate system. Ekpo in an article 'Nigeria, tribalism and economic development' rightly observed that: 'Nigeria,...
View ArticleCPC and Fashakin got it wrong about President Jonathan and OAU/AU at 50 Summit
State House press release -We are dealing with such hideous and second rate characters in Nigeria's public space, belonging to the ACN and the CPC, and that other would-be disaster-prone mongrel called...
View ArticleBoeing: All 787s now retrofitted with new battery systems
... service as well as temporary Houston-to-London flights. It's adding flights to Tokyo, Shanghai, and Lagos, Nigeria, in August. Poland's LOT Airlines plans to return its 787s back into service on...
View ArticleNigeria has been stagnant for so long, it is time to change - Obasanjo
... and communication technology (ICT), solid minerals and small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs). Obasanjo said that Nigeria was endowed with abundant natural and human resources, which could be...
View ArticleAgriculture, Structural Change and the Urban Imperative in African Development
Street traders covers stalls with umbrellas along abandoned railway line in Nigeria's oil hub city of Port Harcourt December 3, 2012.
View ArticlePDP S-South youth leaders back Jonathan for 2nd term
Yenagoa-The youth leadership of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, South-South zone, Wednesday, threw its weight behind the resolution of the South-South leaders to back President Goodluck Jonathan for a...
View ArticleGroup faults celebration of Democracy Day on May 29
A group, Coalition of Yoruba Autonomy, COYA, has faulted the celebration of Democracy day on May 29, advising that October 1, be adopted as Nigeria's democracy day.
View ArticleTinapa is gold mine waiting to be tapped - Umeh
... new chapter in business in this clime. It is like a breath of fresh air. Tinapa is the only free trade zone in Nigeria today that is engaged in trade in finished goods. The trade in Tinapa involved...
View ArticleAPC is for national cohesion - Buhari
Retired Gen. Muhammad Buhari, leader of the Congress for Progressive Change , said the evolution of All Progressive Congress was not for personal aggrandisement, but for national cohesion.
View ArticleTogo to Aid Nigerian Navy's Fight against Piracy
The Ambassador of Republic of Togo to Nigeria, Colonel Addo Maman Tchalare has pledged the commitment of his country to assist Nigeria's crackdown on insurgents.
View ArticleNigeria Group Meets Thursday Over States of Emergency
... are seen on the outskirts of Maiduguri in the north-eastern state of Borno in this May 13, 2013, file photo. The Nigeria's Northern Elders Forum (NEF) plans to meet Thursday to review a strategy...
View ArticleIsaiah Washington, John Legend and Youssou N'Dour celebrate African designers
"They Die By Dawn" star Isaiah Washington, musicians John Legend and Youssou N'Dour celebrated Africa's Progress at Made in Africa Foundation gala.
View ArticleKennis Music releases Goldie's last music video before her untimely death
... StarGame representative died on February 14, Valentine's Day at the Reddington Hospital, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria shortly after complaining of severe headache. Kennis Music released the...
View ArticleWe are not yet where we ought to be, says Osoba
SOME eminent Nigerians, including former governor of Ogun State and chieftain of the Action Congress of Nigeria , Chief Olusegun Osoba, have said 14 years of democracy in Nigeria have been saddled with...
View ArticleNigeria arrests Hezbolla-linked Lebanese
Nigerian authorities said on Thursday they had arrested three Lebanese in northern Nigeria on suspicion of being members of Hezbollah and that a raid on one of their residences had revealed a stash of...
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