NIGERIA : Babalola Charges Oluyole Warriors, First Deepwater B'ball Teams
... the league in general. The Chief Executive Officer of First Deepwater Discovery Limited, the parent club of reigning Nigeria Women league champion, First Deepwater Basketball Club, also charged the...
View ArticleFace-off: Ezekwesili, Jonathan and the $67b question, by Fani-Kayode
... Crude Account put together. Let us look at the history. When President Olusegun Obasanjo came to power in 1999 Nigeria only had 1.5 billion USD in her foreign reserves and consequently no-one in...
View ArticleCorrection: Nigeria-Plane Graveyard story
A passenger plane lands as workers dismantle an abandoned aircraft at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria, Thursday, Jan.
View Article'How we delivered woman of horse'
... looked like a horse in his church located in the heart of Benin City. The incident attracted attention both from Nigeria and abroad and it was reported by Sunday Vanguard. It would be recalled that...
View ArticleNigerians on death row in Indonesia: Jonathan calls for stay of execution
... In tweets, Saturday, by Presidential spokesman Dr. Reuben Abati, both Presidents welcomed the signing of MoU between Nigeria and Indonesia to combat drug abuse and illicit trafficking in narcotics,...
View ArticleNigerian Vice President Says Boko Haram Cease-Fire Is Welcome
Nigeria's government recognizes and welcomes a cease-fire announced by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram and is considering how to respond to it, Vice President Namadi Sambo said today.
View ArticleUbah, Capital Oil Begin Contempt Move Against Access Bank
... Okon Abang had on January 28 berated the bank for filing the suit in a London court while the suit was before him in Nigeria and subsequently ordered the bank to withdraw the suit. But rather than...
View ArticleFG Pledges To Sustain Peace
Sambo stated this Saturday at the State's government house, Maiduguri, when he paid a courtesy call on Governor Kashim Shettima.
View ArticleSquandering Of $67b Reserves: Ezekwesili Hits Back
... for the Africa region in 2007, had delivered a Lecture at the 42nd Convocation Ceremony of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) two weeks ago. In the lecture entitled, 'The Wealth And Poverty Of...
View ArticleRemains Of Veteran Journalist, Ositelu, Laid To Rest
... ceremony were wife of the Lagos State Governor, Abimbola Fashola, Lagos State Chairman of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) Henry Ajomale, former Governor of Ogun State, Gbenga Daniel, who was...
View ArticleObama, Cameron, G8 Leaders To Discuss Nigeria's Controversial Oil Wealth Wastage
NIGERIA'S controversial management of its stupendous oil wealth over the years would form one of the important themes of discussion for G-8 leaders in June, when they meet in Northern Ireland in the...
View ArticleBill Gates, Groups Disagree On Bio-safety Bill
NOTWITHSTANDING a statement credited to Bill Gates, the United States' multi-billionaire and international donor, the Environmental Right Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria Saturday asked the Federal...
View ArticleNigeria will be among 10 greatest nations if- Guobadia
... of VANGUARD Media Limited during the week with two of his associates, to preach the message of restoration of Nigeria, it was obvious that I was face-to-face with a man with a heavy burden to...
View Article18 killed in northeast Nigeria military raid
... of what happened. Boko Haram, whose name means "Western education is sacrilege" in the Hausa language of Nigeria's predominantly Muslim north, has been waging an increasingly bloody guerrilla fight...
View ArticleFG Committed to Restoring Peace to Borno
Vice President Muhammad Namadi Sambo stated this Saturday at the Government House, Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, when he paid a courtesy call on Governor Kashim Shettima.
View ArticleQ/final cracker: Nigerians fear for Eagles
... holding in South Africa. A cross section of football stakeholders spoken to on the great match expressed fears that Nigeria may not go pass the quarter finals as the Ivoirians are clear favourites...
View ArticleNigeria fired up by 'pitiful' fans
Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi has urged the tens of millions of fans back home to forget their sniping and cynicism and get behind his players ahead of Sunday's clash with Ivory Coast.
View ArticleTanker taken by pirates off Ivory Coast: IMB
... the maritime watchdog had issued a warning to ships. "It appears pirates are moving towards the Ivory Coast because Nigeria and Benin have increased patrols in the Gulf of Guinea,'' said Choong,...
View ArticleNigeria: Looting Happily Ever After
... two years imprisonment for money laundering. In some of my earlier pieces I had argued that the best way of robbing Nigeria and getting away with it is to steal enough to bend the law. Whereas poor...
View ArticleNigeria: Attacks On President Jonathan - Obasanjo Becoming More Confused -...
... Presidency from delivering on its promise to Nigerians. According to the President's aide, the security problem in Nigeria actually started during Obasanjo's presidency and peaked during Yar'Adua's...
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