Nigeria: Power Outage Stalls House Proceedings
... a hundred houses and public power infrastructure destroyed. The lawmakers also urged the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) to urgently rehabilitate its power lines and restore power supply to...
View Article'Our members are hungry, our members must not be hungry'
... is the underlining context and content of the politics of our ruling elite and why they continue to under-develop Nigeria. When he said the "hungry"chairmen should not be allowed "to stray" to...
View ArticleBullion van driver in court for alleged theft of N17.3m
... the offence committed is punishable under section 287(1)(b),285(5)(e), of the criminal laws of Lagos state of Nigeria 2011. However when the charge was read to the defendant, he pleaded not guilty...
View ArticleGunmen kill tea vendor in Maiduguri
Violence erupted again, in Maiduguri, the BornoState capital, yesterday, as gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect shot dead a tea vendor at his Maduganari T-junction shop at 6.30am....
View ArticleNigeria: Planned Removal of Feul Subsidy - Don't Play With Fire, Labour,...
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan's insistence on removing fuel subsidy, a matter that drove the polity to the edge of the precipice in January 2012, is eliciting mixed reactions from all sections of the...
View ArticleBomb blast: Igbo in Kano on 3-day mourning
... President, Evang Elliot Uko said any form of retaliation would aid the terrorists in achieving their goal of setting Nigeria on fire. His words: "It has become necessary for the Igbo Youth Movement...
View ArticleJonathan, PDP plotting APC's fall - Tinubu
NATIONAL leader of Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, yesterday, accused President Goodluck Jonathan and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, of plotting to destabilise the newly formed...
View ArticleBoat mishap: We were in water for three days - Survivor
... sank at 3pm, adding that they were on the sea until 3 pm on Sunday, before help came their way. He said: "I was in Nigeria for one month and assisted the crew members who became my friends in...
View ArticleAlleged al-Qaida operative charged in N.Y. court
... Ibrahim Suleiman Adnan Adam Harun was captured in 2005 without carrying out the plot targeting U.S. diplomats in Nigeria, prosecutors said. He was extradited to New York City last year and secretly...
View ArticleSuspected al-Qaeda operative, the 'White Rose,' charged in NY court
... Ibrahim Suleiman Adnan Adam Harun was captured in 2005 without carrying out the plot targeting US diplomats in Nigeria, prosecutors said. He was extradited to New York City last year and secretly...
View ArticleNigeria: The Ansaru Challenge
... Amidst the continuing security challenges in the country, the foreigners' abduction has added an unwelcome impact on Nigeria's image, particularly at the international level. The security agencies...
View ArticleNigeria: 117 missing in boat mishap in south Nigeria
LAGOS, : At least 117 persons are yet to be recovered from the sea following a vessel mishap on Tuesday in Cross Rivers State in south Nigeria, top officials with the Nigerian Red Cross Society said on...
View ArticleHermaphrodite causes stir in Sapele
The police in Sapele, yesterday, saved an hermaphrodite who is partly man and partly woman, from being lynched by a mob, when the figure suddenly showed up along New Ogorode road, by Total Filling...
View ArticleChinua Achebe: Obituary of Nigeria's renowned author
... (1987) Translated into more than 50 languages, its focus was on the traditions of Igbo society in south-eastern Nigeria, where he grew up. "The white man is very clever. He came quietly and...
View ArticleAchebe was an iroko of integrity - Atiku
FORMER Vice President Atiku Abubakar has described the late Nigeria's and Africa's literary giant, Professor Chinua Achebe, as an icon of unmatched integrity and conviction.
View ArticleKwankwaso reassures Kano residents on security
Gov. Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano State has reiterated his administration's determination to ensure the safety of lives and property of all persons living in the state.
View ArticleOyerinde: The weird crusade to find killers
... Oshiomhole's penchant for throwing wild allegations. Amazingly, Oshiomhole chose, of all places, the launch of the Nigeria Police Code of Conduct to make wild and intemperate allegations against...
View ArticleRevered Nigerian writer Achebe has died: publisher
Nigerian writer, 70, Chinua Achebe is pictured on January 19, 2009 during a welcoming ceremony at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja upon his return to Nigeria for the first time in over 10...
View ArticleNIGERIA : National Women's Basketball League Kicks Off in Abuja
... on Thursday. Find below the list of participating teams: First Deepwater FC First Bank FC Sunshine Angels Dolphins Nigeria Customs Delta Force FCT Angels Nigeria Immigration AHIP Queens Plateau...
View ArticleNIGERIA : Women's Basketball League Starts Saturday
The National Women's Basketball League will be officially opened on Saturday with the opening ceremony and the opening match.
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