Nigeria Looks to Rio Tinto, Ratel Group for Mining Revival
Nigeria, Africa's top oil producer, is offering mining concessions to companies including Rio Tinto Plc and Ratel Group Ltd.
View ArticleHillary Clinton: Deepest Regret Is 'Loss of American Lives in Benghazi'
... Broadcasting Corporation, Nuestra Tele Noticias 24 Horas in Bogota, New Delhi Television, Channels TV in Lagos, Nigeria, and British Broadcastring Corporation. Each network and their audience posed...
View ArticleNigeria's Boko Haram Militants Announce Ceasefire
Confiscated weapons are displayed after a military raid on a hideout of suspected Islamist Boko Haram members in Nigeria's northern city of Kano August 11, 2012.
View ArticleBoko Haram 'ceasefire' claim spurs debate
... and his efforts have failed to curb the violence that has left some 3,000 people dead in northern and central Nigeria since 2009, including killings by the security forces. A previous intervention...
View ArticleExcessive intake of kola nut is dangerous, says doctor
Dr Dades Obed, an Abuja-based Consultant General Surgeon, on Tuesday advised Nigerians against excessive intake of kola nut because of its health implications.
View ArticleNEMA to engage 154,800 volunteers on disaster management - DG
... working on an existing platform of having at least 200 NEMA volunteers in each of the 774 local government areas of Nigeria, thus having at least 154,800 volunteers nationwide and integrating into...
View ArticleElectronic waste can destroy human cells, environment - Neurologist warns
... electro-magnetic transmission from electronic waste could destroy human body cells. Adetunji told the New Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that it was important for the public to manage and control...
View ArticleCrude Account: Governors to seek final resolution from Supreme Court
The Nigeria Governors' Forum says it will seek a final constitutional interpretation of all matters relating to the Excess Crude Account controversy between the federal and state governments.
View ArticleNigerian president mediates in Sudan, South Sudan crisis
ABUJA The move to end the feud between the neighboring Sudan and South Sudan got a boost as Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan brought together leaders of both countries, according to a statement...
View ArticleNigeria lead poison fund welcomed
The release of $4m promised by Nigeria's president seven months ago to clean up villages contaminated by lead has been welcomed by campaigners.
View ArticleAfrican Cup of Nations - Group C: Ethiopia v Nigeria LIVE
... Hopefully he won't incorrectly award any late penalties, like Egypt's Ghead Greisha, who was sent home after denying Nigeria victory against Zambia. African Cup of Nations - Keeper Mweene scores as...
View ArticleHillary Clinton Will Write Memoirs, Deepest Regret Is 'Loss of American Lives...
... Broadcasting Corporation, Nuestra Tele Noticias 24 Horas in Bogota, New Delhi Television, Channels TV in Lagos, Nigeria, and British Broadcastring Corporation. Each network and their audience posed...
View ArticleBucketFeet Footwear Combines Art and Philanthropy
... New for 2013 is a trio of sneakers that champions the designs of artists from regions as diverse as Denmark and Nigeria. The work of London's Inkheart draws from a map of the city's "tube" - the...
View Article1st Annual Toronto Black Film Festival (TBFF) announces line-up
With exciting films from all over the world, an online program, an industry panel and parties, the first edition of the TBFF shines a cinematic spotlight on Toronto's Black History Month celebrations.
View ArticleGradExchange Partners NDE, NECA on E-Recruiting
Jan. 29, 2013 - Dragnet Solutions, owners of GradExchange, Nigeria's first e-based recruitment product, is partnering with the National Directorate of Employment, NDE, and the National Employers'...
View ArticleAfrican viewpoint: Why Nigeria must fight in Mali
... to have chosen northern Mali as their base for spreading across West Africa, and their most prized target is Nigeria" So, why should Nigerian soldiers be sent there to fight and probably die?...
View ArticleFrance returns Nigeria artefacts
Nigeria's tourism minister told the BBC it was a "big achievement" in the country's campaign to recover its lost treasures from around the world.
View ArticleDutch court rejects most of Shell spill case
... Court rejected all cases against the Netherlands-based company. However, in one case it ordered a subsidiary, Shell Nigeria, to compensate a farmer for breach of duty of care by making it too easy...
View ArticleNational Security and Senior Special Operations Expert Pete Aubrey...
... Director, Security Cooperation for U.S. Army Africa, and as the Defense and Army Attache to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as well as in a variety of other operational and diplomatic assignments...
View ArticleAgenda for FG Committee on Digital Migration
As the Federal Government unveils a group of experts to drive the process of transition from analogue to digital terrestrial television transmission in Nigeria, Raheem Akingbolu writes on the enormous...
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