Photos: Nigerians get in the carnival spirit
Performers fill the streets of Lagos April 1, 2013 as they celebrate carnival, a major festival in Nigeria's largest city.
View ArticleRiver Basins: How unending policy reversals abet inefficiency
... RBDAs across the country, have lived up to their mandate. CHARLES KUMOLU reports FOLLOWING the 1972-74 drought in Nigeria which many described as the worst ever experienced in West , it was not a...
View ArticleWolves raise fresh alarm over Mba
The transfer saga surrounding Super Eagles midfielder, Sunday Mba, took a new and dangerous twist yesterday with Warri Wolves alleging that some elements in the Nigeria Football Federation were...
View ArticleBefore we swallow this APC
By Pini Jason AT the sixth edition of her Town Hall meeting, the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, senator representing Lagos Central Senatorial District, the immediate past First Lady of Lagos State...
View ArticleWoman who tortured, poisoned husband arrested
Late Chief Kingsley Wobo's wife, Charity, who allegedly poisoned and tortured him to death in Mboshimini Community, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State has been arrested by the police.
View ArticleCatholic cleric tasks politicians on election promises
Catholic Bishop of Ilorin Diocese, Kwara State, Dr. Ayo-Maria Atoyebi, has asked political leaders to strive to deliver on their electoral promises so that Nigeria can enjoy the gains of democracy as...
View ArticleNigeria loses over $40bn investments in 2 years
Nigeria is estimated to have lost more than $40 billion or N6.3 trillion investments in the last two years as a result of uncertainties in the oil and gas sector.
View ArticleShale, petroleum game changer
... and reduction in huge capital flight on account of fuel imports, the exporting countries have become jittery. Nigeria, in particular, which exports about 10 percent of its crude to the U.S. is...
View ArticleGovt must intervene to crash interest rate on mortgages - Experts
THE rate of poverty in Nigeria is unarguably very high. In fact, the Bureau of Statistics in its latest report, estimates that a whopping 102 million Nigerians fall within the poverty bracket.
View ArticleDon't subject sitting president, governors to primaries - Guber aspirant
A governorship aspirant in Anambra State, Mr. Charles Udogaranya, has called on political parties in the country not to subject their sitting president or governors to party primaries, arguing that it...
View ArticleFG invests N5trn in 2,500MW power
... with advance payment guarantees from first class Nigerian banks and Letters of Credits issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. It also stated that over N238.5 billion ($1.5 billion) of the sum...
View ArticleRage in PDP over failure to constitute FG boards
... and dispensing patronage and contracts at will. Reacting to the development, yesterday, the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN described the absence of the boards as a further reflection of what it...
View ArticleUduaghan fortifies waterways against kidnappers, oil thieves
WITH the wave of kidnapping in Delta State and his refusal to sign into law the death penalty bill on kidnappers, passed by the state House of Assembly, not a few Deltans were beginning to wonder what...
View ArticlePaisley pattern is right way to play, says Buddie Paul
The draw came a fortnight after they had lifted the Scottish Communities Cup with a 3-1 triumph over Hearts.
View ArticleI made N45m from the airport robbery - Suspect
Surprisingly, one of the suspects was discovered to be the general overseer of The way of Joy church located in Egbe area of Lagos.
View Article18 killed in Nigerian bus crash
A spokesman for the country's Federal Road Safety Corps, said the crash happened early Wednesday morning near Gwagwalada, a town outside of Nigeria's capital, Abuja.
View ArticleOyo Trade Fair will encourage local content devt - Organisers
... and further enhance cooperation between Oyo State, manufacturers and other stakeholders from within and outside Nigeria. According to the Trade Fair Consultant, Delight Owoyemi, the event with the...
View Article18 killed in head-on bus crasha
Jonas Agwu, a spokesman for Nigeria's Federal Road Safety Corps, said the crash happened early Wednesday morning near Gwagwalada, a town outside of Nigeria's capital, Abuja.
View ArticleKorean firm, KEPCO takes over Egbin power plant
MOVES to privatise the power sector in the country have received a boost as the Federal Government has relinquished its 70 per cent stake in Egbin Power Plant to a Korean firm, KEPCO Energy Resources.
View ArticleReps wade into $11.5b charges on SNEPCO over spill
INDICATIONS emerged Tuesday that the House of Representatives Committee on Environment has begun moves to resolve the disparity in $11.5 billion administrative charge imposed on Shell Nigeria...
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