Ihejirika urges intelligence gathering on terrorism, Fashola, Obada charge media
THE Chief of Army Staff, Nigerian Army, Lt.-Gen. O. A. Ihejirika, has said that checking the activities of Boko Haram before they strike is critical to winning the war against terrorism in Nigeria.
View ArticleWhy progressives' merger is inevitable, by ACN
ECHOING abuse of power, the Action Congress of Nigeria has cautioned that no presidential directive or executive order can stop the coming together of progressive forces in the country to...
View ArticleGhana Must Go by Taiye Selasi
Selasi tells the tale of a family torn apart with glittering poetic command and a deep emotional investment in the lives of her characters Before you get to page one of this book there is a noisy...
View ArticleHedgehog Salmonella Scare of 2012-13
... scene since the early 1990s, when some 80,000 Central African and Algerian hedgehogs were imported from Lagos, Nigeria between 1991 and 1994. In 1994, the United States Department of Agriculture...
View ArticleNigeria: Trouble in Nigeria's House of Health
THERE is trouble in Nigeria's house of health at the Federal level, where health workers under the aegis of the Joint Health Sector Unions, JOHESU, are spoiling for a showdown with Federal government.
View ArticleNigeria: Seven Feared Dead, 52 Houses Torched As Anambra, Kogi Communities...
NO fewer than seven persons were feared dead and 52 houses burnt when the people of Enugu-Otu Aguleri in Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State and Ashonwo/Odeke in Ibaji Local Government...
View Article18 killed in head-on bus crash in central Nigeria
... Intelligence. Hawaii is better known for sunbathing on the beach or surfing than high-stakes sleuthing. LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Authorities say 18 people have been killed in a head-on collision...
View ArticleNigeria's MEND Rebel Group Pledges to Resume Attacks on Oil Region
The main rebel group in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger River delta said it's resuming assaults on Africa's biggest petroleum industry after its suspected leader, Henry Okah , was imprisoned in South Africa.
View ArticleWTI Crude Drops on U.S. Supply; Nigerian Rebels Threaten Attacks
... the Midwest to Texas refineries, will stay shut until regulators are satisfied with repairs. The main rebel group in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger River delta said it will resume assaults. "Crude builds...
View ArticleReborn Nigeria train trip tells nation's history
In this Photo taken, Friday, March . 8, 2013, a Muslim women peers out the door aboard an Ooni of Ife train to Kano, in Nigeria.
View ArticleNigerian naira rises to highest in 6-wks on dollar sales
... Insight is a one-stop shop for time-pressed and global-minded Canadian business readers. LAGOS, April 3 (Reuters) - Nigeria's naira currency strengthened to its highest in six weeks against the U.S...
View ArticleA Train Trip Through Nigeria Tells The Nation's History
... the vibrating metal track. Its rattling coaches draw stares as children run toward it, waving, as it leaves Lagos, Nigeria's massive southwestern city, on the long trip north to Kano. But in the...
View ArticleNIGERIA : Women's Basketball League - Sunshine Angels Beg Ondo Govt for Funds
Coach Shola Aluko of Sunshine Angels Basketball Club of Akure has urged Ondo State Government to increase funding to the team to ensure a good performance at the ongoing female league.
View ArticleNigeria: Dana Slashes Fare for April
The offer which commences from April 1 to April 30, 2013 will see guests of the airline fly for N15, 300 one-way on its Lagos-Abuja-Lagos route.
View ArticleNigeria: Jonathan Contemplates Amnesty For Boko Haram - Report
This was the outcome of a meeting between the president and the leadership of the Northern Elders Forum at the presidential villa, Abuja.
View ArticleNigeria: MD of Mint Company Tenders Resignation
... to the board of directors of the company. LEADERSHIP had, late last year, exclusively reported that a Central Bank Nigeria (CBN) audit team had uncovered a scandal in which N2.1 billion worth...
View ArticleNigeria: 2015 - PDP Admits Internal Crises
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party yesterday reviewed the crises that have engulfed the party, especially the National Working Committee led by Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, and admitted that it had challenges.
View ArticleNigeria: Jonathan, Governors Won't Get Auto Tickets - PDP
President Goodluck Jonathan and first-term governors in the Peoples Democratic Party will have to go through primaries ahead of the 2015 general elections as spelt out by the party's constitution,...
View ArticleNandwa open to Leopards' offer
... born Belgian national, Adel Amrouche, was hired as Stars boss in February. With Nandwa in the bench, Kenya held Nigeria to a 1-1 draw in Calabar a fortnight ago in their 2014 World Cup qualifier to...
View ArticleVital rail link reopens in Nigeria - in pictures
Associated Press photographer Sunday Alamba depicts the recently reopened railway line in Nigeria, which links the former capital Lagos in the south, to the city of Kano in the north.
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