Nigeria: Government moves to stop Lassa fever in Benue
The Federal Ministry of Health has donated 4,500 doses of both Ribavirin and Virazole tablets including intravenous drugs to the Benue State government to control the spread of Lassa fever in the state.
View ArticleHakeem Olajuwon celebrates 50th birthday
... a milestone birthday today. On Jan. 21, 1963, Akeem Abdul Olajuwon (he would add the 'H' later) was born in Lagos, Nigeria. Olajuwon would visit Houston for first time in 1980 as unheralded recruit...
View ArticleOCT 1 BOMBING: Henry Okah found guilty, faces life jail
... the attacks. He also denied leading MEND, but had said he sympathised with their goals,moved to South Africa after Nigeria issued an amnesty for MEND members in 2009, lifting charges of gun-running...
View ArticleIgbo traders in Edo protest, demand Perm Sec's removal
BARELY one week after he was sworn in by Governor Adams Oshiomhole as Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Environment, thousands of Igbo traders at Mission Road, Benin City, Edo State, yesterday,...
View ArticlePipeline vandalism as a metaphor
By Pini Jason APART from the menace of terrorism in certain parts of Northern Nigeria, another seemingly intractable menace in the country is pipeline vandalism.
View ArticleConstitution review: Reps to release result of public sessions Jan 31
... ceremony on January 31." The Deputy Speaker further stated that organisations invited for the occasion include: "The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC), Nigeria Bar...
View ArticleNigeria earns N6trn from oil in 11 months - CBN
By Babajide Komolafe LAGOS - The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, yesterday, said that Nigeria received N6.24 trillion as oil revenue from January to November last year.
View ArticleTerrorists group claims attack on Mali-bound Nigerian soldiers
A Terrorist group in northern Nigeria, Ansaru has claimed responsibility for the attack on Nigerian soldiers due to be redeployed to Mali as part of African troops.
View ArticleSundance 2013: 'Wire' Actor Shooting Nigerian Crime Film
Gbenga Akinnagbe , who memorably played a killer on multiple seasons of HBO's The Wire , is starring and producing Render to Caesar , which is in production in Nigeria.
View ArticleNigerian government and Boko Haram insurgenceOLUSOLA SOGUNRO,...
t will take a lot of courage and gut to rule a diverse nation like Nigeria. It appears the legislative, executive and Judicial branches of government are inept to say the least. Unfortunately, there...
View ArticleLest we forgetE O Eke, (Nigeriaworld) - It is heartening to see the...
... it a couple of times. It is important to realise that there are other police colleges and other institutions in Nigeria which are at the same, if not worse, state of decay. Police College Ikeja is...
View ArticleAmerican Soldier
... report on his mission in Afganistan. And yes I have proof of this. I know exactly where he is now located in Lagos, Nigeria. Please from American to another please help me get my Tom Home I will...
View ArticleFreedom at last for Otokoto murder suspect
Incarcerated for 16 years TIME was when some people of sudden wealth took over the landscape of Imo State.
View ArticleCourt clears EFCC to re-arraign Ugbane, others over N5.2b scam
... to and punishable under Section 14(a) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2004, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria. After hearing the allegations against him, Omatseye pleaded not guilty,...
View ArticleIslamists in Africa emerge as threat to West
... AQIM that has held large parts of the north since last year and has been imposing its version of Islamic law. In Nigeria, Islamist group Boko Haram has conducted a destabilising and bloody campaign...
View ArticleNigeria: Senate Backs Establishment of National Carrier
... the newly designed and built General Aviation Terminal at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja. He said Nigeria, like some other countries of the world, should have a national carrier that...
View ArticleNigeria: Mali - NLC Seeks Internal Protection From Terrorists
The Nigeria Labour Congress has called on the Federal Government to take adequate steps to ensure the protection of Nigerians from reprisals by terrorists' networks which may be borne out the ongoing...
View ArticleFrom Vision to Action: 2nd AGCO Africa Summit Held in Berlin
... John Agyekum Kufuor (former President of the Republic of Ghana), and Olusegun Obasanjo (former President of Nigeria) at the AGCO Africa Summit 2013 (Photo: Business Wire) The AGCO Africa Summit...
View ArticleMali: Islamists Kill Two Nigerian Troop-Members Headed for Mali
Two Nigerian soldiers were killed and five others seriously injured in a 19 January attack on a military detachment destined for deployment to Mali as part of Nigeria's contribution to UN-sanctioned...
View ArticleGunmen kill 18 hunters in Nigeria
Gunmen suspected to be militants of the Boko Haram sect killed 18 hunters in Nigeria's northeastern state of Borno, a senior military source told Xinhua on Tuesday.
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