FG can't meet infrastructure needs with N4.99trn spending - Sec DG
... of 12 African countries, total infrastructure demand over the next four decades will amount to $1trilion, of which Nigeria alone will need $360billion, Ms Oteh stated that the nation's current...
View ArticleIt's equal opportunities across zones at APC - ACN
Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has strongly condemned the perceived campaign of calumny against All Progressives Congress, APC, describing the alleged attempts to use ethno-religious sentiments to...
View ArticleEwherido, DPP's only senator; Oliha, ex-international footballer die
THE cold hands of death dealt Nigeria's political and sporting firmament a devastating blow yesterday by snatching Senator Pius Ewherido and ex-international, Thompson Oliha.
View ArticlePrepare for heavy rains, thunderstorms from this month - Lagos govt
Lagos State government, yesterday, warned residents to prepare for heavy rains with wind and thunder- storms from this month, beginning today.
View ArticleWike, too insignificant to discuss - Amaechi
Rivers State governor and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors' Forum, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, yesterday, said that Minister of State for Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, who now leads a faction of the state...
View ArticleFG rebukes critics over Edo executions
THE Federal Government has rebuked foreign critics of Nigeria over the recent execution of four condemned convicts in Edo State, insisting that nobody could question the nation's constitution over...
View ArticleHow Oliha died - Doctor
... the 1990 Africa Cup of Nations finals in Algeria. He was a member of the renown Golden Generation, which qualified Nigeria for her first-ever FIFA World Cup finals, won the Africa Cup of Nations...
View ArticleLet's preserve our indigenous languages - Remi Tinubu
Wife of former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has called on Nigerians to preserve their indigenous languages, saying the lingua franca of an ethnic group remains...
View ArticleAttention Ambassador Campbell: North is pampered, not alienated
... Ambassador John Campbell in Washington DC. Campbell was the chief envoy of the United States of America in Nigeria. When he was through with serving his country, he wrote a controversial book:...
View ArticleChamber of Commerce warns of impending oil glut
President, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mr. Goodie Ibru, weekend, warned Nigeria of the problem posed by the impending global oil glut to the economy.
View ArticleAnd they burnt down an empire
... British did to the Mau Mau in Kenya is a child's play to what they did to the old Benin Kingdom,the last Empire in Nigeria. I am from Idanre in Ondo State. Idanre has over 400 villages and if...
View ArticleNigeria Gay Issues ...and the hypocrisy of our politicianMICHAEL...
... the bounds of his mandate as an apostle of Christ. The same right can be extended to every imam, and every cleric in Nigeria. As a Christian I recognize what the scripture said about...
View ArticleCNPP asks Jonathan to recover $400bn looted fund
Conference of Nigerian Political Parties, CNPP, yesterday, called on President Goodluck Jonathan to make a "blanket request" for the recovery of over $400 billion Nigeria's looted fund.
View ArticleSPDC, Agip, Chevron: NUPENG begins 3-day warning strike over 'unfair' practices
NIGERIA Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, today begins a nationwide three-day warning strike over, among others things, perceived unfair labour practices by Shell Petroleum...
View ArticleKilled Lagos Kidnappers: We could have exposed Lagos council...
... with a team of international policemen, INTERPOL, but, after 31 days without a headway, our policemen returned to Nigeria. "Based on painstaking follow-up and surveillance in tracking these...
View ArticleLagos moves to eliminate childhood blindness
With a report from the World Health Organisation, WHO showing that developing countries like Nigeria contribute 60 percent of children out of the 500,000 children that become blind each year, the Lagos...
View ArticleOil theft: JTF impounds 2 barges, arrests 25 suspects
The Joint Task Force in Niger Delta codenamed Operation Pulo Shield, yesterday, said its operatives have intercepted two self-propelled barges prowling around Bonny anchorage in Rivers State without...
View ArticleCHAN 2014: 23 players hit Eagles camp
Twenty three of the 24 players invited for the crunch CHAN qualifier tie against the Elephants of Cote d' Ivoire.
View ArticleCOMPLAINTS and INVESTIGATIONS: No longer receiving dividend from Access Bank
... Lagos. Telephone: 01-2714566 or 01-2714567) Please sir I want to know what happened to my share with Afribank Nigeria PLC. I am not in Nigeria since 2004. The last time I came home I received a...
View ArticleVigilantes burn politician'sa
... Boko Haram group. The soldier requested his name not be used because he is not authorized to speak to reporters. Nigeria's National Human Rights Commission said Sunday it has credible reports that...
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