Amaechi, Others Can’t Win Ward Election — Jonathan
President Goodluck JonathanPresident Goodluck Jonathan has said the Peoples Democratic Party is not missing any of its five governors who defected to the All Progressives Congress. He said some of the...
View ArticleNigeria is AfDB’s Largest Shareholder — Okonjo-Iweala
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-IwealaThe Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, says Nigeria is the largest shareholder in the African Development Bank (AfDB) with the highest voting power of 9.2 per...
View ArticleBoko Haram: UK Meets Nigeria, Others June 12
Boko Haram SectThe Nigerian government will be part of a meeting with its neighbouring countries in London on June 12 to discuss how to tackle the Boko Haram insurgency.This is according to a statement...
View ArticleGov. Akpabio’s ₦100m Retirement Medical Largesse Inappropriate — Poll
Governor Godswill AkpabioNigerians have said it is not appropriate for the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Godswill Akpabio, to sponsor a bill awarding N100m medical benefits to himself, the state’s...
View ArticleMilitary, SSS Seize, Destroy Major Nigerian Newspapers
We are looking for arms – OlukoladeThe Defense Headquarters and the State Security Service on Friday morning seized and destroyed major Nigerian newspapers in an action reminiscent of military...
View ArticleInfection, Smoke Causes Asthma
Recently, Nigeria, indeed, the literary world lost a gem in the person of popular movie producer, Amaka Igwe.Igwe, who produced popular movies and soap operas that include ‘Violated’, ‘Checkmate’ and...
View ArticleSouth Africans Think Aki And Pawpaw Are Kids
Winner of the Best Child Actor in the Africa Movies Academy Awards 2014, Lebohang Ntsane, speaks on his experience acting in South African film, Forgotten Kingdom.Ntsane in the movieWhen 16-year-old...
View ArticleSHOCKING: Escaped Chibok Girl Raped 15 Times by 15 Men Everyday
Escaped Chibok SchoolgirlsMore chilling revelations have emerged to shed some light on the agonising experience of the missing Chibok girls, based on the account of one of the escapees.Three of the...
View ArticleCampaign For Jonathan’s Re-election Sparks Criticism
Although President Goodluck Jonathan has yet to officially declare his intention to run in the 2015 presidential election, campaigns for his second term in office has started taking shape.Tens of...
View ArticleEmir of Kano: Sanusi, Others in Succession Race
Mallam Lamido SanusiThe race to succeed the late Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, has begun.Bayero, longest-serving emir in Kano’s history, passed on in the early hours of Friday after an undisclosed...
View ArticleTablets Sale Rises by 68%
Worldwide sales of tablets to end users reached 195.4 million units in 2013, a 68% increase on 2012 figures, according to Gartner.com.It was learnt that while sales of iOS tablets grew in the fourth...
View ArticleFormer NAFDAC Boss, Prof. Dora Akunyili is Dead
Late Prof. (Mrs.) Dora Nkem AkunyiliProf. (Mrs.) Dora Nkem Akunyili, former Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and former minister of...
View ArticleBoko Haram: Army Court-martials Officers For Cowardice, Negligence, Others
Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex BadehAs security operatives and top government officials intensify moves to ensure the release of the abducted girls of the Government Secondary School, Chibok,...
View ArticleI am in Love With Gov. Uduaghan's Wife — Orubebe
Deaconess Rolly Uduaghan Elder Godsday OrubebeFormer Niger Delta Affairs minister and 2015 governorship hopeful, Elder Godsday Orubebe has said he...
View ArticleGovernor Kwankwaso Gives 28 Cars to Kano Pillars FC
Kano Pillars FCKano state government has made true its pledge by giving out 28 brand new Corolla saloon cars, worth millions of Naira, and cash gifts to players and officials of Kano Pillars FC, for...
View ArticleSokoto Approves ₦331m Sponsorship For 164 Students to Sudan
The Sokoto State Government said on Saturday that it had approved ₦331.63 million for the sponsorship of 164 medical and engineering students to Sudan.This is contained in a statement signed by the...
View ArticleMaria Sharapova Beats Simona Halep to Win 2014 French Open
Maria Sharapova drew on her fighting spirit once again to beat Simona Halep in a dramatic final and win her second French Open title.The Russian came through 6-4 6-7 (5-7) 6-4 in three hours and two...
View Article2014 Microsoft Imagine Cup: Nigeria, Uganda, Egypt to Represent Africa at...
TEAM NIGERIA @ IMAGINE CUP: Members of the Team LifeSaver — the four geeks representing Nigeria at Microsoft’s Imagine Cup — From left: Akinlaja Solomon, Oluwole Michael, Afolabi Olamide and Adewale...
View Article80% of Nigerian Youths Are Unemployed — CBN
CBN buildingThe Central Bank of Nigeria has said 80 percent of Nigerian youths are still unemployed.This is despite the repeated release of figures by the National Bureau of Statistics showing that the...
View Article20 Years of World Cup Crises
When Nigeria qualified for the World Cup, for the first time in 1994, it was in the midst of the crisis that attended the June 12 presidential election of the previous year. Street protests were...
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