How to check official corruption, by SERAP
Lagos-Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has said that "rooting out high level official corruption, ending impunity of perpetrators, and turning around Nigeria will take more than...
View ArticleIghodalo now FAMAD chairman
Footwear and Accessories Manufacturing and Distribution, FAMAD, Plc, has appointed Pastor Ituah Ighodalo, Managing Partner of SIAO as its chairman after his election into the board at the just...
View ArticleVision Telecommunications Technologies Adds Marquee Service to Support EKO...
Jan. 6, 2013 - Press Release Vision Telecommunications Technologies Nigeria, LLC Launches Marquee High Speed Global Video Service in the New International Market.
View ArticleAir travel in 2012 was the safest since 1945, group says
... last year, resulting in two deaths. The worst accident of the year took place June 3 when an MD-83 jetliner flown by Nigeria-based Dana Air crashed on approach to Lagos, killing 153 onboard and 10...
View ArticleNigeria: Where Is Governor Sullivan Chime?
... copy sent to that state for circulation and destroyed them. The leader of EDA, Enechi Onyia, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), is leading a delegation to the acting governor to find out the truth...
View ArticleNigeria: For Peaceful Co-Existence in the FCT
The peace of the Federal Capital Territory was shattered in the last week of last year, following the sack by suspected Gbagyi youths of no fewer than 27 communities in Gako town in the Gwagwalada area...
View ArticleGhana president to be sworn in after disputed vote
... The inauguration has attracted at least 12 African heads of state, including heavy-hitters Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria and Jacob Zuma of South Africa, as well as delegations of diplomats from the...
View ArticleNigerian Airline Resumes Operations Amidst Controversy
A spokesman for the Nigerian Ministry of Aviation has defended the government's decision to allow Dana Airlines to resume operations, nearly eight months after one of its aircraft crashed in Lagos,...
View ArticleNigeria: The VIP Killer Convoys
... the first anniversary of the United Nations Decade of Action, health minister Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu lamented that Nigeria held the record of the second highest road traffic accident fatalities...
View ArticleNigeria: Constitution Amendment - Opinion Poll Would Check Hijack By Elites -...
The Deputy President of the Senate and Chairman, Senate Committee on Constitution Review, Senator Ike Ekweremadu yesterday said the Committee opted to adopt the online opinion polls to ensure...
View ArticleNigeria: Nations Cup - Keshi in 'Trouble' Over Final Team Selection
... who to drop." Eagles goalkeeper trainer Ike Shorunmu is also satisfied with the showing of the goalkeepers from the Nigeria Premier League, Daniel Akpeyi and Chigozie Agbim. "Ike Shorunmu is happy...
View ArticleNigeria: I Don't Have 48 Houses Anywhere in the World - Sylva
FORMER Governor of Bayelya State, Chief Timipre Sylva, Saturday, insisted that the 48 properties in Abuja, allegedly confiscated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, were not his,...
View ArticleNaira Heads for Biggest Drop in Three Months on Corporate Demand
... in an e-mailed note. "We expect to see pressure on the naira." Businesses close during religious festivities in Nigeria , a nation of more than 160 million people with a population almost evenly...
View ArticleNigeria drop Ibrahim from squad
Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi has dropped four players from his preliminary squad for the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations finals.
View ArticleRecall Osaze Now, Owo-Blow tells Keshi
Felix Owolabi, a member of Nigeria's 1980 Nations Cup winning team, has called on Super Eagles Coach Stephen Keshi to recall striker Osaze Odewingie for the South Africa 2013 soccer fiesta.
View ArticleOshodi-Apapa Expressway: Fashola writes FG on worsening condition of the road
... of vehicular traffic that characterised the Apapa area and Tin-Can Island which host the two largest sea-ports in Nigeria. "Apart from the congestion and deterioration, the social and economic...
View ArticleNigerian Hustles You DONT Want to Know About
... Pan-African news, we come across some pretty amazing/scary/ridiculous ish. Most of the weird news that we get from Nigeria concerns money, and the things people in that country do to make a buck....
View ArticleNew Market Study Published: Nigeria Freight Transport Report 2013
There will be a healthy increase in throughput across all modes of Nigeria's freight mix both in 2013 and over the forecast period.
View ArticleStar Ushers In 2013 In Style With Lagos Crossover Concert
Arguably the biggest concert of its kind in Nigeria, the first ever Lagos Crossover Concert, organized by the Lagos State Signage and Advertising Agency , and sponsored by premium lager beer, Star,...
View ArticleScrutiny of 787 fire ramps up; Boeing shares fall
... a power distribution panel. Last week, United said it would delay the start of 787 flights from Houston to Lagos, Nigeria because it wanted to "improve the reliability of the aircraft." In November...
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