Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has described Nigerians as very difficult people to please just as he says insecurity remains the greatest challenge confronting the nation. Fashola spoke on Monday at the St Saviour’s Anglican Church, Tafawa Balewa Square, Marina, Lagos, southwest Nigeria during the church’s 32nd Synod. He lamented that people complained too [...]
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday assured Nigerians and members of the international community of the commitment of his administration to take appropriate action against any member of the security agencies found culpable in the death of 185 people in Baga town, Borno State. The Baga massacre which happened over the weekend when men of the [...]
The national U-17 team, Golden Eaglets have offered their unreserved apologies to Nigerians following their shock 0-1 loss to Cote d’Ivoire in their second game at the ongoing 2013 Morocco CAF Under-17 Championship. The self-acclaimed ‘New Nigeria Golden Eaglets’ who opened their account at the tournament with a 6-1 victory over Black Starlets of Ghana [...]
The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has assured Nigerians that the Golden Eaglets will qualify for this year’s FIFA U-17 World Cup finals holding in the United Arab Emirates. Chairman of the NFF Technical Committee, Barrister Chris Green said on Thursday that the defeat by the Junior Elephants of Ivory Coast at the African U-17 Championship [...]
Nigerians in the United States, especially those in Texas and the surrounding states, are getting ready to have a massive party when the Super Eagles take on the Mexican national team in an international friendly in May. Nigerians were also shocked when the team had to battle back to force Kenya to a 1-1 draw [...]
Nigerians were jolted last Thursday when Abubakar Shekau, the purported leader of Boko Haram in an audio message rejected the Federal Government proposed amnesty programme. In that message not only did Shekau mock the deal, he said it was government that should be granted pardon for its ‘atrocities’ against Muslims. This did not come as [...]
Nigerians have been identified among the flood of illegal immigrants that have sneaked into Brazil’s northwestern state of Acre. Although the number of Nigerians was not mentioned, authorities of the state have been so overwhelmed by their arrivals that they declared a “social emergency” Wednesday as they attempt to slow the wave. The undocumented immigrants, [...]
