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CommonWealth Games: Doom Looms For Team Nigeria
Despite promises that Nigeria will never experience the type of shame brought upon the country at the Olympic Games in London two years ago, danger signs are again flashing that the worst may happen at...
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Jonathan Leads a Corrupt Government — New York Times
President Goodluck JonathanThe United States based New York Times has said that President Goodluck Jonathan is leading a corrupt government.It added that the government had little credibility.The...
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Jonathan’s Era of Denial of Terrorism Has Ended — Prof. Soyinka
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole SoyinkaNobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, granted an interview to CNN on the abduction of over 200 schoolgirls in Chibok, Borno State. Excerpts:What did you make of the...
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Nollywood: The Big Boobs Boom
Someone once told me that the only physical feature one can see at a glance that differentiates a woman from a man is the bust. For an average woman, it can be a source of pride, a symbol of womanhood...
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LASU Students Threaten Government Over High Fees
Students of Lagos State University, LASU, Ojo, yesterday threatened violent protest should Governor Babatunde Fashola of the state fail to reduce the institution’s tuition fees from N348,750 to...
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African Leaders Commit to Increased Investment in Agriculture
African leaders reaffirmed their commitment to transforming the agricultural sector across the continent at the 2014 Grow Africa Investment Forum, taking place in Abuja, Nigeria, in the lead-up to the...
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Search For Abducted Nigerian Schoolgirls ‘Challenging’ — US
Photo credits: saharareporters.comUS experts arriving in Nigeria to help hunt for more than 200 abducted schoolgirls face a “challenging” task and it’s too early to say if they can find them, officials...
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Women Group Chides Nigeria's First Lady For Doubting School Girls’ Abduction
Mrs. Patience JonathanA group, BAOBAB for Women’s Right, yesterday, called on the First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, to apologise to parents of abducted Chibok school girls for doubting that the...
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FG to Unravel Missing $20bn Fund in 4 Months
WEFA—President Goodluck Jonathan (C) speaks, flanked by WEF founder Klaus Schwab (L) and Rwandan President Paul Kagame (R), during the World Economic Forum in Abuja, yesterday. Photo: AFP.Indications...
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Cameroon Denies Harbouring Kidnapped Chibok Schoolgirls
Cameroon has refuted allegations that some of the more than 200 missing Nigerian schoolgirls have been sold for marriage within its borders. Boko Haram’s leader had vowed to sell the girls in the...
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EU/ECOWAS Agreement Harmful to Nigerian Economy — Committee
The National Technical Committee on the European Union/ECOWAS Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) negotiation on Thursday said Nigeria might lose its fiscal revenue by endorsing the agreement....
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I Will Not Sleep Until Abducted Girls Are Rescued — Jonathan
President Goodluck JonathanPresident Goodluck Jonathan says he will “not sleep” or rest on his oars until the over 200 abducted girls in Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno, are rescued.He...
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UN Official Lauds Nigerian Government’s Zero Tolerance For Terrorism
The United Nations’ Special Envoy on Education, Mr Gordon Brown, on Friday in Abuja lauded the Nigerian Government’s zero tolerance for terrorist groups.Brown, while speaking at the World Economic...
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SMEs in Developing World Need N320trn — IFC
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank Group has estimated the financial needs of small and medium scale enterprises in Africa and other developing...
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Buhari to Boko Haram: You’re Bigots Masquerading as Muslims
General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.)In his most pointed denunciation of the Boko Haram insurgency, former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.), yesterday, urged Nigerians to put aside politics and...
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Why Cement Price is Still High – Dangote
President, Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko DangoteA major manufacturer of cement in the country, Dangote Cement Plc, has explained that the recent increase in the price of the commodity is due to low...
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PDP Can Only Win Election by Rigging — Tinubu
Bola TinubuA national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has said the Peoples Democratic Party can only win the Ekiti governorship election by rigging.He added that the PDP was aware...
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Abducted School Girls: Britain May Send Soldiers
British Prime Minister, David CameronThe United Kingdom hinted on Sunday that it could send troops to Nigeria if requested by President Goodluck Jonathan as part of efforts to rescue the over 200...
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Abducted School Girls: Joint Military Operation Begins This Week
Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex BadehTop officers of Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters and military experts from the United States, the United Kingdom and other countries held their first meeting...
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Boko Haram, Others Received $3m From Bin Laden — Report
The violent sect, Boko Haram and other groups in northern Nigeria received $3m from Osama bin Laden in 2002, according to a report by some United States intelligence analysts.Bin Laden was said to have...
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