52 new oil-producing communities emerge in Delta
No fewer than 52 new oil-producing communities in Ika and Aniocha Local Government Areas in Delta North Senatorial District of Delta State have visited the leadership of Oil and Gas Producing...
View ArticleGbanite urges amnesty for Boko Haram
... presented by General Charles Omoriegie (rtd), at the two-day summit jointly organised by Vanguard Newspapers and the Nigeria Police Force in Abuja. He said that the Anti-Terrorist Act does not...
View ArticleNigeria'll soon get broke - Ozekhome
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Mike Ozekhome, has predicted that the country may soon get broke and witness crisis going by the way a huge percentage of the national budget was spent on the...
View ArticleEFCC grills Soludo, ex-CBN gov, others
Over printing of polymer currency notes *To be charged to court with other officials ABUJA-Former Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor, Prof Charles Soludo, was Thursday arrested by operatives of the...
View ArticleChime will soon return - PDP
... vacation has brought another challenge to our government. I expect that the good people of Enugu State and Nigeria at large should live up to the challenge once more believing that the governor...
View ArticleDriver killed by LASTMA officials buried
THE remains of 54 year old commercial bus driver Isaac Popoola, allegedly killed by officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, at Brown Bus- stop in Oshodi area of Lagos, was...
View ArticleMan docked for biting off journalist's ear
THE Ogun Police, yesterday, arraigned a 50-year-old man, Alao Akala before an Abeokuta Magistrates' Court for allegedly biting off the left ear of a journalist, Saheed Ganiyu.
View ArticleNollywood veteran actor, Enebeli Elebuwa, for burial today
... journey began on Wednesday with a candle light procession and Night of Tribute, organised by the Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN, at the celebrity hangout, O'jez, National Stadium, Surulere. At the...
View ArticleEbute-Metta: Burnt structures need new building approvals - Fashola
LAGOS State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, SAN, yesterday said owners of structures razed in Market Street, Ebutte-Metta, Yaba Local Government would not be allowed to rebuild their structures until they...
View ArticleToxic waste: FG to sanction ship owners
... When he realised that there was a red alert on the containers, he lied that the containers were not destined for Nigeria and that they were meant for another country, which was completely false. "I...
View ArticleEagles friendly: Bad advert for African football - Onigbinde
... build up for the 2013 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) scheduled to hold in South Africa from Jan. 19 to Feb. 10. Nigeria is one of the 16 teams participating in the tournament. "I did not see any...
View ArticleNigerian texters to take on the drug counterfeiters
The steel door of the shipping container in Nigeria's Lagos port swings open to reveal hundreds of cardboard boxes packed with sachets of anti-malaria medicine.
View ArticlePolice Recover 1,123 Explosives In Northern Nigeria
KANO, Nigeria, Jan 11 -- Nigerian police recovered 1,123 improvised explosive devices in northern Kano State last year, Xinhua news agency reported.
View ArticleFACTBOX-Soccer-African Nations Cup finalists a
Factbox on African Nations Cup finalists Nigeria ahead of this year's tournament in South Africa from Jan.
View ArticleNwabueze, Ibru, Akinrinade, others task Jonathan on corruption
THE Patriots, a group of eminent persons, Thursday, criticised President Goodluck Jonathan for the way he is handling high profile corruption cases in the country.
View ArticleMaking famed father's legacy his own, Femi Kuti launches U.S. tour in Miami...
... Grammy for his 2010 album Although he has not been as confrontational as his father, who was infamously harassed by Nigeria's military regime, Kuti has continued Fela's legacy of political...
View ArticleNigeria: Eagles Friendly - Bad Advert for African Football - Onigbinde
... build up for the 2013 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) scheduled to hold in South Africa from Jan. 19 to Feb. 10. Nigeria is one of the 16 teams participating in the tournament. "I did not see any...
View ArticleTravel briefs
... in the U.S. last year, resulting in two deaths. The worst accident took place June 3 when a jetliner flown by Nigeria-based Dana Air crashed on approach to Lagos, killing 153 onboard and 10 people...
View ArticleNwosu hails Keshi's 23-man Nations Cup list
... excited at this development as he revealed to Goal.com. "The list released by Keshi is a good omen to players in the Nigeria Premier League (NPL). He kept to his word to integrate the home based...
View Article'Woe Unto Death' - When Death Knocks at the Door, the Queen Refuses to Open It
... publisher; please email bookorder@aeg- About the Author: Fred Agbeyegbe is an admiralty legal practitioner in Lagos, Nigeria. He is also Nigeria's first playwright, the subject of a Theatre Arts...
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