NUJ flays assault on journalist by security operatives in Enugu
THE Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, South East Zone, Sunday, expressed concern over the alleged assault, harassment, curtailment of fundamental human right and hostage taking of PUNCH Newspapers...
View ArticleNEXIM, Miners Association to boost investments in solid minerals
Nigerian Export Import Bank and the Miners' Association of Nigeria have put in place, a framework to better structure and attract sustainable investments to the Solid Minerals sector.
View ArticleNigeria: A New Kaduna State Governor Sworn in
... lic service career as a Higher Executive Officer at Ahmadu Bello University Zaria in 1992 before joining the defunct Nigeria Universal Bank Limited in 1993.
View ArticleYero sworn in as new Kaduna gov
From Saxone Akhaine , John Abba Ogbodo, Ezeocha Nzeh, Terhemba Daka , Iyabo Lawal , Lawrence Njoku , Gordi Udeajah , Njadvara Musa and John Ogiji NIGERIA Sunday remained in the grip of rage, shock and...
View ArticleECOWAS court asks Nigeria to punish oil firms for pollution
... that have abused the human rights of the people of the Niger Delta with impunity for decades. In a suit SERAP v. Nigeria, filed by SERAP counsel, Femi Falana SAN, Adetokunbo Mumuni and Sola...
View ArticleMinister, Atiku, Tinubu extol Yakowa's, Azazi's virtues
... the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Bala Mohammed, and national leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Bola Tinubu. The minister said the nation would miss the qualitative...
View ArticleThe united colours of Britain
... Devine Foods in Rugby, Warks. She says: "At first I found people weren't as open and friendly as they are in Nigeria. I got a few funny looks when I said hello to strangers in the street. "The...
View ArticleLouis Theroux explores the order and chaos of Lagos.
LOUIS Theroux has made it his business to explore places that don't appear in glossy holiday brochures.
View ArticleOranyan festival: Ooni is ignorant, says Alaafin
The perennial rivalry between the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi and Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuade resurfaced weekend as the former described Oba Sijuade as someone who is not knowledgeable...
View ArticleNavy begins probe; victims' bodies deposited at FMC Yenagoa
BY KINGSLEY OMONOBI & Luka Binniyat ABUJA - The Nigerian Navy disclosed, yesterday, that it had commenced investigation into the cause of the crash even as bodies of the victims have been deposited...
View ArticleOne dies, 20 injured in Ogun auto crashes
One person was yesterday reportedly killed while 20 others were on danger list in two separate accidents that occurred on the Shagamu - Lagos and Abeokuta Lagos express roads in Sagamu and Ewekoro...
View ArticleOgun PDP factions disagree over Tukur's endorsement
The Adebayo Dayo-led State Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ogun State, has faulted claims that the National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, affirmed the Dipo...
View ArticleEagles coaches frown at Nigerian League
BY ONOCHIE ANIBEZE Super Eagles players started arriving at their Abuja camp yesterday for the Nations Cup preparation in South Africa next month.
View ArticleObi's welfarist approach to governance
... schools, for sure the circumstance would be different today. Obi, saw this and made history as the first governor in Nigeria to fully return schools to the missionary owners. He didn't stop there....
View ArticleChallenges of Okonjo's kidnap
By Ochereome Nnanna THE high and mighty are under siege in Nigeria. Under siege too are those who are not so high and mighty.
View Article52 years after, Ekwueme decries Nigeria's rot, unrealised dreams
SECOND REPUBLIC Vice- President, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, Sunday, took a dispassionate look at the state of affairs in Nigeria and returned a grim verdict: "we have not realised our pre-independence dreams...
View ArticlePoor governance and corruption begets anarchy and lawlessnessBABS...
... who took the last West African Examination Council (WAEC) examination passed. Transparency International ranked Nigeria as one of the most corrupt nations in the whole world. The Nigerian nation is...
View ArticleGowon should stop hoodwinking NigeriansTEMPLE C. UBOCHI, Bonn,...
... having written his latest book on the civil war based on position of ignorance. What was Gowon talking about here? "Nigeria's Civil War president, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (rtd.), has hit renowned writer,...
View ArticleThe helicopter crash in the creek: Have the Islamic fundamentalists...
... father of presidential aide, Oronto Douglas - Pa Tamunoobebara Douglas. Why all these crashes? It's unfortunate that Nigeria, apart from being one of the most corrupt entities in the world, is also...
View ArticleECOWAS court blames FG for oil spillage in N-Delta
... the verdict as a key moment in holding governments and companies to account for pollution." In the case, SERAP v. Nigeria, the court unanimously found the Nigerian government responsible for abuses...
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