S-H-O-C-K-I-N-G: Man hangs self in Kaduna
There was pandemonium this morning at Mando Afaka area of Kaduna State when the body of a middle-aged man was found dangling on a mango tree.
View ArticleTerrorists kill eight in embattled Borno
... which they slit their throats." Boko Haram, which has said it is fighting to create an Islamic state in northern Nigeria, has claimed scores of attacks in Borno state, but criminal groups are also...
View ArticlePeace offer from a supposed sect leader in northeast Nigeria comes amid...
A self-proclaimed commander of a radical Islamist sect in northeast Nigeria has come forward with a peace offer as violence in the region continues.
View ArticleDefterios: Are the emerging 'BRICS' markets dead?
... have decelerated dramatically. We gathered an all-star panel of three central bank governors from Brazil, China and Nigeria, the finance minister of Mexico and the chief executives of Coca Cola and...
View ArticleYes in Addition Sanusi Has No Right To Call For Scrapping Of Can
... the cell phone number or e-mail address you used to send it. About two weeks ago, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Malam Lamido Sanusi, was reported to have called for the ban of...
View ArticlePlaistow smuggler swallowed A 143,000 worth of cocaine
... He was arrested by Border Force officers at Heathrow Terminal Five on Sunday Dec 2 having returning from Abuja in Nigeria. Forensic tests later discovered that he was carrying 1.16kg of 82 per cent...
View ArticleMan who oversaw Nigeria police pensions pleads guilty to stealing $145M, goes...
A court in Nigeria has sentenced a man who once helped oversee the nation's police pension to two years in prison over the theft of $145 million from the fund.
View ArticleCatholics Suspend National Activity In the Christian Association of Nigeria
Storm clouds gather over the Church of the Holy Trinity in Onitsha, Nigeria, April 14, 2005.
View ArticleJonathan promises Nigerians world-class health facilities
... serve "very useful purposes in improving the health status of millions of Nigerians, marks yet another milestone in Nigeria - China relationship." The president reiterated the commitment of the...
View ArticleEducationists faults early enrolment of students into varsities
Some participants at the Canadian Education fair in Abuja on Monday advised parents to allow their children to mature before sending them to the university.
View ArticleWe are builders and not demolishers - Fashola
Determined to ensure early completion of ongoing housing projects in Lagos State, Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola, last week undertook an inspection tour of some housing projects sited in different...
View ArticleObasanjo says the darndest things
... insecurity and infrastructural decay as the bane of Africa's underdevelopment. After many years of leading Nigeria, Obasanjo has finally started peeling away the layers of problems confronting both...
View ArticleNigerian who stole $145M pays fine to avoid prison
However, he has avoided serving any time by paying a fraction of that in fines. John Yakubu Yusufu pleaded guilty Monday in a Federal High Court in Nigeria's capital, Abuja.
View ArticlePeace offer made amid northeast Nigeria violence
A self-proclaimed commander of the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram said Monday that a cease-fire by the group would be imminent in northern Nigeria, though violence continued unstopped in a region...
View ArticleBoko Haram commander declares Nigeria cease-fire
A girl kneels near the graves of victims of a suicide bomb attack at St. Theresa's Church in Madalla, on the outskirts of Nigeria's capital Abuja, in December 2012.
View ArticleEx-Dept Speaker House of Reps Decries over Bearing Influences of Governors
Former deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Austin Opara has joined the class of eminent Nigerians decrying the dictatorial activities of 36 states' governors and especially the...
View ArticleCanada To Invest $2.7b In Key Sectors Of Nigeria
The Canadian Government has unveiled plans to invest in Nigeria's key sectors - power, mining, education, vocational training and agriculture, the Canadian Minister of International Trade, Ed Fast, said.
View ArticleNigerian who stole $145M pays fine to avoid prison
... and related aid for victims of Superstorm Sandy and other federally declared disasters is to be spent: ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - A man who formerly helped oversee Nigeria's police pension program...
View ArticleNigeria: An Appraisal of El-Rufai and his Epistles on Leadership
... perspectives on an issue that endlessly agitates the minds of genuine patriots who desire not just the survival of Nigeria, but also the deployment of her amazing potentials for progress in a more...
View ArticleHenry Okah: MEND disowns threat to crumble Nigeria
By Emma Amaize WARRI- THE Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta, MEND, Monday, disowned, the threat, last week, purportedly by the group, to tear apart Nigeria over the conviction of Henry...
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