Nigeria’s Edition of Editors Lab Hackdays Begins Today At Vanguard, Lagos
Editors lab hackdays held in Warsaw, Poland on April 1-2.The much anticipated Nigeria’s edition of Editors Lab hackdays by the Global Editors Network, GEN, will commence tomorrow at the corporate head...
View ArticleNational Confab: Alamieyeseigha Criticizes Obasanjo, Says He Shielded Oil...
L-R: Obasanjo and AlamieyeseighaFormer governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Diepreye Solomon Alamieyeseigha Monday lampooned former President Olusegun Obasanjo, accusing him of having the list of oil...
View ArticleParents Cry Over Price of JAMB Results Scratch Card
Some parents and guardians in Plateau have described as “very exorbitant’’, the N1,500 they were being charged by JAMB for scratch card to access the examination result.The parents, who spoke in Jos,...
View ArticleNSGF, ACF, APC Commiserate With Sambo Over Brother’s Death
The All Progressives Congress, APC, and Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, have condoled with Vice President Namadi Sambo on the death of his younger brother, Capt. Sabo Sambo, in an auto crash along the...
View Article2nd Niger Bridge Will Be Completed On Schedule – FG
The Julius Berger-Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority, NSIA, consortium, the contractors handling the 2nd Niger Bridge, has promised to complete the project on schedule.This position was contained...
View ArticleFund Threatens Nigeria’s Participation In African Taekwondo Championship
Chika ChukwumerijeThe championship is scheduled to take place from May 5 to May 8 in Tunisia.Chukwumerije in Abuja said that it was unfortunate that the private sector was not investing in “what is...
View ArticleAnother Terrorist Group Linked With Boko Haram Discovered
Another suspected terrorist Islamic sect with link to the Boko Haram sect has been uncovered in Bida, Niger State.Already, the state government has set up a two-man committee with the mandate to...
View ArticleRenowned Nollywood Movie Producer, Amaka Igwe Is Dead
Late Amaka IgweAmaka Igwe, one of Nigeria’s foremost film producers, writer, director and a leading player in the motion picture industry, is dead.This is contained in a statement issued on Tuesday in...
View ArticleJonathan Sacks Political Adviser, Ahmed Gulak
Alhaji Ahmed GulakPresident Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, sacked his Political Adviser, Alhaji Ahmed Gulak, in an unceremonious manner.It was gathered that Gulak’s sacking might not be unconnected with...
View ArticlePolice Disperse Protesting ASUP, COEASU, NLC Members With Water Cannon, Teargas
Forces deployed by the Federal Government, yesterday, in Abuja used water cannon and teargas to disperse striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, and College of Education...
View ArticleEditors Lab Hackdays: Practitioners Advocate Social Media Coverage of 2015...
Journalists, web designers and developers from top media houses and the academia, have canvassed for a paradigm shift by utilising new internet applications and social media for effective coverage of...
View Article2015 AFCON Qualifiers: Nigeria Drawn Against South Africa In Group A
Cote d’Ivoire and Cameroon have been handed a tough draw in the qualifiers for the Orange Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2015.The duo was drawn together in the battle for the 15 places to join hosts...
View ArticleAbducted Students: Borno Youths Storm Gov. Fashola’s Office
Governor Babatunde FasholaYouths, under the aegis of Kibaku Youth Association of Nigeria, KYAN, yesterday, stormed the office of Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State to protest the continued...
View ArticleBehold The Beacons of Nigerian ICT Industry
The common talk around the country now is that there is no economy without Information and Communications Technology, ICT. The support which this sector gives to the Gross Domestic Product, GDP and...
View ArticleControversy Never Works For Me – Jaywon
JaywonIt is not news anymore that popular hip-hop star, Jaywon, who was under the record label of Kennis Music has parted ways with the premier record label after buying out his contract. But the...
View ArticleBarber Stabs Graduate To Death During Chelsea vs Atletico Madrid UCL Match
Saheed BadmusWhen on Wednesday 29-year-old Saheed Badmus went to a viewing centre on Lamina Street, Egbe, Lagos State, to watch the UEFA Champions League semi-final match between Chelsea Football Club...
View ArticleMay Day Tragedy: Scores Die In Fresh Abuja Bombing
Scene of the blast in Abuja, yesterday. Exactly 18 days after deadly bomb blasts at Nyanya bus terminal in Abuja that killed 75 people and injured 200 others, Nigerians were thrown into mourning,...
View ArticlePoverty Not Nigeria’s Problem — Jonathan
President Goodluck JonathanPresident Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday said Nigeria’s problem was not poverty but wealth redistribution.He spoke on Thursday at the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union...
View ArticleIgbo Film Makers Declare One Week Mourning For Amaka Igwe
Late Amaka IgweFilm makers from the eastern part of the country under the aegis of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Nollywood, ONN, yesterday, declared one-week to mourn the demise of a frontline film producer and...
View ArticleMy Ambition Is Legitimate – Atiku Abubakar
Atiku and ObasanjoAtiku Abubakar, erstwhile vice-president of the country has been one of the most visible political players since the advent of the Fourth Republic in 1999.With one of the most...
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