Promoting Super Eagles with the Largest Football Jersey
In furtherance of its 'Fly with the Eagles' campaign, which was unveiled towards the end of last year, Guinness Nigeria raised the bar of sponsorship as a tool for positioning last week, when it...
View ArticleNigeria: Boko Haram Ceasefire - Military Wants 30-Day Peace Guarantee
... and dialogue with the group, so that peace and security will return to the north-east, north-west in particular and Nigeria in general." Earlier in an interview with Daily Trust, the JNI scribe...
View ArticleInterswitch Targets More African Markets
Nigeria's integrated payment and transaction processing company, Interswitch, has said that it intends to extend its presence into more African countries in the years ahead.
View ArticleDutch court says Shell responsible for Nigeria spills
... sabotage at one of its facilities. The district court in The Hague said Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd. (SPDC), a wholly-owned subsidiary, must compensate one farmer, but...
View ArticleChinwe Chukwuogo-Roy obituary
... life by myasthenia gravis, a disorder that weakens the muscles, she worked and travelled extensively. Born in Awka, Nigeria, she moved to the UK in 1975 and studied at the Hornsey College of Art in...
View ArticleCourt rejects Nigerian suit against Shell
... that Anglo-Dutch Shell's parent company could not be held responsible for the pollution, as only subsidiary Shell Nigeria was responsible for one oil leak. The court "dismissed all claims against...
View ArticleFreetown's moment
... largest cities. Lagos Intercontinental, which cost $81m (A 51m) to build and will be one of the tallest buildings in Nigeria, is due to open this year. It follows others. Radisson Blu, Sheraton,...
View ArticleIn Mali, military intervention is not enough
West Africa rarely figures prominently on the global agenda. So it is clear that something very serious is happening when it dominates the news headlines and political debate around the world.
View ArticleAfcon: Eguma counsels Keshi on strategy against Cote d' Ivoire
Dolphins of Port Harcourt Manager, Stanley Eguma has urged Super Eagles Coach, Stephen Keshi, to come out with a special strategy to win the quarter final match against Cote d'Ivoire. Stanley Eguma in...
View ArticlePrison sentence for ex-pension director ridiculous - NBA
The Nigerian Bar Association , Ibadan branch, says the two years prison sentence handed to former Director of the Police Pension Board, John Yusufu, by an Abuja High Court is ridiculous.
View ArticlePolice pension fraudstar re-arraigned, remanded in Prison
... account with the Zenith Bank, the sum of N250million, N10million in a fixed deposit account with the First Bank of Nigeria Plc, and another N29 million which he was said to have instructed one...
View ArticleJonathan promises equity in federal appointments
... your job,'' he said. The president also urged the appointees to learn how to relate with their colleagues and to see Nigeria as one entity. The seven members of the FCC include, Mr Uche Romanus...
View ArticleDialogue with Boko Haram, Sultan tells FG
... by a faction within the Boko Haram sect, we welcomed it and I believe it is an issue we have to open up to." "Nigeria will remain one entity. Those clamouring for the division of the country are...
View ArticleNigeria Official Denies Government Malfeasance
... Doyin Okupe, senior special adviser for public affairs, says the accusations are malicious and without merit. Nigeria's former education minister, Obiageli Ezekwesili, said the government wasted...
View ArticleFear grips oil workers over MEND fresh threat
... Federation Account. In a related development, NUPENG and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, (PENGASSAN) have threatened to embark on a three-day warning strike over...
View ArticleCAN flays El-Rufai over statement on Jesus
THE Christian Association of Nigeria has condemned the controversial statement about Jesus Christ made by the former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory , Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, describing it as...
View ArticleOkada: Lagos goes tough on unrestricted routes
... to desist from such unlawful act as both rider and passenger would be made to face the law. He appealed to Nigeria Police, Military and other Law Enforcement Agents to carry out their duties...
View ArticleThe old lion roars back
... have we made. The cost of administration and the task of ensuring accountability is too huge. The problem with Nigeria is the 36 states and the 774 governments. We don't need them, if we want to...
View ArticleReps postpone unveiling of constitution review report
... Deputy President of ACE Asuzu Echezona and a representative of Persons with Disability Initiative Society of Nigeria Augustine Onwuamaegbu at separate interviews with news men described the...
View ArticleSenate probes Ezzu River bodies
Police Affairs Committee, others get two weeks to submit report ABUJA-The Senate Thursday said it was worried that over one month after human bodies were found floating on Ezzu river in Anambra State,...
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