Nigeria: Soldiers Repel Attack On Barracks, Kill 20
... reads in part: "There is this wicked rumour making the rounds that we have dialogued with the government of Nigeria which led to a ceasefire on our part. We have also heard how some of our...
View ArticleNigeria: AMCON Appoints Receiver/Manager Over Fiogret's Assets
The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria has said it has appointed a receiver/manager over "the entire undertakings, stocks, goodwill, plant and machinery, moveable and fixed assets," of Fiogret...
View ArticleNigeria: Zaki Ibiam - FG to Pay N8 Billion to Benue State
The federal government has agreed to pay N8billion to the Benue State government as compensation for the destruction of life and property in Zaki-Biam in 2001 by the federal troops.
View ArticleNigeria: FG to Make Lottery Second National Income Earner
The federal government said weekend that it was planning to strengthen the operational capacity of the National Lottery Commission and the National Lottery Trust Fund by reviewing the 2005 Act which...
View ArticleNigeria: Ajimobi Plans to Kick Out Child Killer Diseases
The Oyo State governor Abiola Ajimobi has declared that his administration would not relent in its efforts until all diseases that could pose threat to the lives of the children in the state are kicked...
View ArticleNigeria: GNE - Tinubu Congratulates Adesina, Says His Emergence Is Victory...
Former governor of Lagos state and National leader, Action Congress of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has congratulated the Deputy Editor- in -Chief of The Sun newspapers, Mr.
View ArticleNigeria: Why FG Must Stick to Timelines for Power Assets Sale
... exercise, which was adjudged as fair and transparent. It is becoming a well-understood fact that economic growth in Nigeria can only be achieved with reliable electricity supply. However, achieving...
View ArticleShell: Nigeria pipeline spills caused by thieves
... one of its nurses who refused pleas by a 911 operator to perform CPR on an elderly woman, who later died. LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Royal Dutch Shell PLC says a major pipeline it has in Nigeria has...
View ArticleNigeria: Trouble Looms Ahead of 2015 If...
ON the eve of 100 years of amalgamation of Southern and Northern Protectorates to form Nigeria and ahead of the 2015 general elections, eminent Nigerians, who converged on Enugu for the 14th National...
View ArticleJonathan splashes N3 billion new grant on Nollywood
President Goodluck Jonathan at a presidential dinner to celebrate the industry at 20, held at State House, Marina, Lagos unveiled a N3 billion package to help turnaround Nigeria's movie industry,...
View ArticleNFA needs to do more to manage success - Adeh
A former House of Representatives member, Hon. Lumumba Adeh, says sustaining Nigeria's upward movement in world football depended largely on how the Nigeria Football Association manages recent successes.
View ArticleAp Photos: Colonial polo embraced by Nigeria elite
This is the Lagos Polo Club, located on Ikoyi Island, a remnant of Nigeria's colonial British rule.
View ArticleNigeria: Crude Oil Theft Increased Astronomically Under Jonathan That ...
... barrels per day from Shell alone," Mutiu Sunmonu, the Managing Director of Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited, lamented to journalists on Sunday. Mr. Sunmonu said apart from the...
View ArticleObasanjo for NIMAREX 2013
Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has promised to be part of a three-day Nigeria Maritime Expo opening on March 12 in Lagos.
View ArticleComputer-Based Testing Is Inevitable ---Ikazoboh, Dragnet Solutions MD
... on, Mr. Robert Ikazoboh, the Managing Director of Dragnet Solutions, promoters of the Face Of Testing (FOT) product, Nigeria's first indigenous CBT Solutions provider, has stressed that the...
View ArticleNIGERIA : Milo School Basketball Begins March 4
All is now set for the commencement of this year's Nestle Milo Secondary Basketball Championship with the state preliminaries dunking off on March 4 to end on March 18.
View ArticleGunmen kill eight in attacks on Nigerian bank, police station
Gunmen killed eight people in an attack on a police station and a bank in north-eastern Nigeria, a witness and a security official said on Tuesday, in an area frequently targeted by Islamist militants.
View ArticleSCANDAL! Pastor Chris Of Christian Devotional 'Daily Manna' Sued For Adultery...
... are concerned to help me beg her but she refused to come back home. I also wrote to the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) on the issue.." The affair has sprung a lot of havoc at his Church...
View ArticleNigeria: Muslim leader calls for extremist amnesty
The top spiritual leader for Muslims in Nigeria called Tuesday for the nation's president to grant a "total amnesty" for Islamic extremists now launching attacks in the country in order to halt the...
View ArticleOpposition govs' meeting, act of desperation, says Presidency
... governors, Okupe said: "That visit, which was borne out of sheer political recklessness, could have caused Nigeria major security embarrassment but for the fact that the Federal Government and its...
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