Aveon Offshore Limited awarded contract on Erha North Phase 2 project
AVEON Offshore Limited, a wholly Nigerian owned engineering and fabrication services company, has recently secured a contract from Cameron Offshore Systems Nigeria Limited for the fabrication of some...
View ArticleGetting Past Aid to Develop
"The game changers are inclusive growth, regional integration and gender equity - making sure women have property and inheritance rights," said Prof.
View ArticleNigeria: Safety in Our Airports
... airport. These operators of the bureau de change were dispossessed of millions of naira in hard currency. Men of the Nigeria Police had to engage the dare-devil robbers in a 20 minute shoot-out...
View ArticleDamilola Adegbite, Eku Edawor Others Storm Accra
... from some of the most prominent names on the movie, music, corporate and political scene in both Ghana and Nigeria. Amongst the big name celebs expected to walk the red carpet on the night are the...
View ArticleNigeria Ponders Amnesty for Boko Haram Militants
Suspected members of the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram are detained by the military in Bukavu Barracks in Kano state, Nigeria, March 21, 2012.
View ArticleSam Leith reviews 'Americanah'
... loaded meaning for Ifemelu, the protagonist of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 's third novel. Ifemelu, born and raised in Nigeria, is now completing a fellowship at Princeton. She has an African-American...
View ArticleGlobal X lists first Nigeria stock ETF in New York
ROB Insight is The Globe and Mail's exclusive feature led by a team of award-winning editors and writers who provide you with in-depth analysis on breaking business news and the issues that matter most.
View ArticleVarying Paths Equal a Shocker Final Four
... kid. Cleanthony Early came out of a tiny junior college in upstate New York and Ehimen Orukpe arrived from Lagos, Nigeria, by way of Three Rivers Community College in Missouri. Together, this...
View ArticleUntold story of pastor arrested over robbery attack at MMI Airport
... him and before we knew it, we started hearing he was a member of a robbery gang. Even , the whole newspapers in Nigeria carried the news two days ago" Before his arrest, Pastor Ibikunle was said to...
View ArticleNIPOST: 'We have lost over 70 percent of our customer base'
BY PETER DURU With the advent of the Global System of Mobile Communication, GSM, the general impression is that the services being rendered by the Nigerian Postal Service, NIPOST, may have been...
View ArticleMy Illiterate father's success inspired me - Agunmonmen
... teacher. Interestingly, during my service year, I had employment opportunities in multinational companies like UAC Nigeria and Unilever. I decided to join Unilever in 1986 as a personnel management...
View ArticleBoko Haram: PDP tasks Northern leaders to pursue peace
The PDP leadership has called on Northern leaders to take advantage of the presidential initiative to grant amnesty to the Boko Haram sect, to pursue peace in the region.
View ArticleFG to complete eastern rail line this year- Minister
The Federal Government has reiterated its commitment to complete the rehabilitation of the Eastern railway corridor from Port Harcourt to Maiduguri, within the year, a statement said on Friday.
View ArticleAt least 60 killed in southern Nigeria road accident
At least 60 people lost their lives on Friday in a road accident which occurred on Benin- Ore road located in southern Nigeria, according to rescue officials and officers of the Federal Road Safety...
View ArticleAfrica: Getting Past Aid to Develop
With the level of Western aid to the world's poorest countries declining amid the global financial crisis, economists are calling for "innovative" means of development that range from proper taxation...
View ArticleNigerian fuel tanker explosion kills at least 36
... - At least 36 people were killed when a fuel tanker exploded after crashing into a crowded bus in southern Nigeria, officials said on Saturday. The Federal Road Safety Commission said the crash...
View ArticleNigeria: Oil Search in the North
... a total sum of $140 million for 2011 and 2012 respectively, for the same purpose. NES also said that in 2011, the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) had, through its technical...
View ArticleNIGERIA : Zenith Bank League - First Deep-Water Eye 10-Year Title Reign
Having won the Nigeria Women League in three straight years 2010 to 2012, Lati Erinfolarin, head coach of First Deep-water basketball club of Lagos has given an assurance to their teeming fans that...
View ArticleTanker hits bus in Nigeria, dozens die
At least 36 people were killed when a fuel tanker exploded after crashing into a crowded bus in southern Nigeria, officials said on Saturday.
View ArticleForeign Policy: Drug palaces show the challenges of war in Mali
The houses rise three, four, five stories from the ground and can be seen from blocks away.
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