Nigeria: Jonathan Charges Varsities to Be Creative
President Goodluck Jonathan has challenged Nigerian universities to be innovative and brace up efforts in research to tackle the country's socio-economic challenges.
View ArticleNigeria: Nigerian Leaders Not With People - Lagos First Lady
... guide them to the right path. Founder of Awesome Treasure Foundation, Jumoke Adenowo said the level of insecurity in Nigeria is manifestation that there is conspiracy against the country to...
View ArticleNigeria: Divestment of International Oil Companies' Assets Unsettles...
Lagos - The frequency of divestment of equity by some multinational oil companies in the midst of the nation's drive to reform its petroleum industry has raised concerns on whether Nigeria will get the...
View ArticleNigeria: Plateau Counts Gains From Eggs Export, Agriculture Mechanisation
Jos - Plateau State's economy has seen upheavals. This the world knows. What is not so known is this: the economy remains quite active Plateau State has faced daunting security trials.
View ArticleNigeria: Aero - How Cost Cutting Measures Turned Costly
Though the 16-day crisis between Aero Contractors and its staff has ended, Aero might count losses.
View Article11 killed in central Nigeria village attacks
... Warren has committed suicide at his Southern California home, Warren's church and authorities said on Saturday. JOS, Nigeria (AP) - Officials in central Nigeria say at least 11 people have been...
View Article12 missing after delta attack
Attackers have ambushed and opened fire on a police boat in the oil-producing region of southern Nigeria, leaving 12 police officers missing, authorities said on Saturday.
View ArticlePolice missing in Niger Delta ambush
... court for terrorism. The group had been fighting to gain a greater share of the oil wealth from its part of southern Nigeria. A boat carrying some 50 police officers was on its way to a funeral...
View ArticleNigeria marks world health day, warns against excessive salt, alcohol intake
... minister said the rise in non-communicable diseases was posing huge challenge to health systems globally, including Nigeria. The minister noted that complications such as heart and kidney diseases,...
View ArticleHypertension: Pharmacists caution against high consumption of noodles,...
AS Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark this year's World Health Day, with the theme "High Blood Pressure", the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, PSN, has cautioned against unrestrained...
View ArticleACN accuses FG of promoting policies that will plunge nation into crisis
The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has accused the Federal Government of promoting policies that will plunge the country into crises and as well shuttle election in 2015.
View ArticleNigeria police: 12 missing after delta attack
Militants in Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta ambushed a group of police officers as they sat stranded in a boat in the region's winding creeks, leaving at least 12 "missing" in the most serious...
View ArticleNigeria Delta militants kill 12 police in boat ambush
... of Azuzama, which a further 38 police officers survived. MEND, whose activities at their peak cut oil production in Nigeria by around half before the amnesty, threatened to restart attacks this...
View ArticleNigeria: Sultan May Head Amnesty Committee
... (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasauki (rtd), Chief of Defence Staff, Admiral Ola Sa'ad Ibrahim, the director-general of the Nigeria Intelligence Agency (NIA), and a representative of the Northern Elders Forum...
View ArticleNigeria: 60 Die in Edo Road Accident
No fewer than 60 persons were feared killed yesterday in ghastly road accident involving a trailer belonging to Dangote Industries, a petrol tanker and a luxury bus at Ugbogui in Ovia South West Local...
View ArticleNigeria: Ekiti Deputy Governor, Olufunmilayo Olayinka, Dies At 52
... and seasoned professional banker, Mrs Olufunmilayo Aduni Olayinka (nee Famuagun) was born in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State Nigeria on the 20th of June 1960. She attended Holy Trinity Grammar School Ibadan...
View ArticleNigeria: Thirteen Policemen Feared Dead in Bayelsa Boat Attack
It was a black weekend in Bayelsa State as 13 policemen were feared dead in a boat attack along the creek of Azuazuama in the Southern Ijaw local government area of the state.
View ArticleChimamanda Ngozi Adichie at Wordfest
The author, when she's not splitting her time between America and Nigeria, teaches writing workshops and creates critically acclaimed books that fizz vividly with colour and trauma.
View ArticlePolice Detain Three Foreigners, 4.5kg Cocaine, Syabu Seized
... CID Director Datuk Noor Rashid Ibrahim said two of the three foreigners were from the Philippines and another from Nigeria. Noor Rashid said police detained two Filipinos at a hotel in Jalan Pudu...
View ArticleFlying doctor takes to skies after sister's death
... studying to become a doctor in the UK a few years ago when her younger sister fell seriously ill while traveling in Nigeria. The 12-year-old girl, who'd gone to the West African country on holiday...
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