Year: 2012
Nigerian army explains Zaria explosions
The Nigerian army has explained the reason for the bomb explosions and the gun fire that rocked the Nigerian northern…
Governor Dickson denies ill-health rumour
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa state on Sunday arrived at the Government House after about three weeks abroad, dispelling rumours…
Ayo Wins MTN’s Project Fame
Bayo Adetu/ Entertainment Correspondent Twenty-five year old Ayobami Ayoola has emerged the star prize winner of MTN sponsored Project Fame…
Tinubu, Fashola, Amosun rally Nigerians for rebirth
Nigeria will clock 52 years as an independent nation tomorrow, amidst an atmosphere of gloom being experienced by citizens. But…
Tinubu: Islam has lost a peerless mouthpiece in Adegbite
A Tribute To Dr. Lateef Adegbite, the late Secretary General of the National Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs By Asiwaju…
Delta commissioner kidnapped
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba Delta state Commissioner for Higher Education, Professor Hope Eghagha has been seized by unidentified gunmen. He was kidnapped…
October 1: Jonathan keeps off Eagle Square
Nigeria’s president for the second year will be holed in his official residence at Aso Villa while he celebrated Nigeria’s…
Nigeria resumes hajj flights after Saudi row
National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) on Sunday resumed flight operations to Saudi Arabia in five centres for this year’s…
2 die as bomb explosion, gun fire rock Zaria
An explosion and gunfire shook an area around an Islamic school in Zaria, Kaduna state Sunday, leaving two suspected attackers…
Seriake Dickson’s Bayelsa state clocks 16
—OKAFOR OFIEBOR/Port Harcourt Bayelsa State which shares the same date of birth with Nigeria, clocks 16 The Ijaw of the…
Zenith bags Continental Honour
Tokunbo Olajide Nigeria’s financial powerhouse, Zenith Bank plc, is rated Africa’s best Zenith Bank plc has added to its list…
First Bank adopts HoldCo structure
Clement Oriloye Last week, shareholders of First Bank of Nigeria plc approved the holding company (HoldCo) structure for the bank…
Emeka Ngige: Nigeria has failed as a state
Chief Emeka Ngige, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, tells FOLA ADEMOSU his assessment of the Nigerian state on its 52nd…
Yakassai: Nigeria will not break up
Alhaji Salihu Abubakar Tanko Yakassai, a former presidential aide, tells MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH that corruption is biggest of the factors that…
Nigeria’s economy gasps for breath
Clement Oriloye On paper, the country’s economy is growing at the rate of over 7 per cent. But the living…
Nigeria not yet a nation
The happy estimation of Nigeria as a nation has proved unjustifiable BAMIDELE JOHNSON In the last one year, even the…
Henry Boyo: Nigerians Are Much Poorer
Henry Boyo, Chief Executive Officer, Technol Systems Limited, tells CLEMENT ORILOYE that excessive liquidity in the system has pushed up…
Nigeria stunted at 52
Ademola Adegbamigbe At 52, Nigeria is suffering from arrested development. Almost at the same time, Nigeria and some Third World…
Nigeria’s Flamingoes pick quarter final ticket
Halimatu Ayinde’s second brace of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup was enough to send Nigeria into the quarter-finals and…
Boss of loss making South Africa Airways quits
Embattled state-backed carrier South African Airways was thrown deeper into crisis weekend after its chairperson and seven board members resigned…
US Supreme court decides on Shell torture case
The US Supreme Court is back in session tomorrow to tackle major social issues such as same-sex marriage and affirmative…
Zimbabwe PM apologizes over love triangle
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe (AFP) – Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai Saturday apologised for his affairs with two women whom he later…
Katsina state leads in polio cases
Katsina state, in Nigeria’s Northwest has the nation’s highest number of polio cases, Dr Mustapha Mahmud, Head of the Immunisation…
Governor Ajimobi, others bag honorary doctorate
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN The Governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi has attributed the current multi-faceted crises bedeviling the country to the…
More woes for Nigerians displaced by flood
Unabating flood is threatening to sack flood-displaced people at their camp in the LGEA Primary School camp in Lokoja, capital…
Encomiums as Adegbite buried in Abeokuta
Abiodun Onafuye, Abeokuta The body of the late Secretary General of Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Dr. Abdul Lateef…
NEMA can’t cope with Kogi flood disaster, says senator
EROMOSELE EBHOMELE Senator Nurudeen Abatemi-Usman representing Kogi Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly has described the flood that has…
2 drug suspects arrested
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Two suspected drug traffickers arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have blamed their friend…
Chelsea maintain tight grip on league table
Chelsea cemented their position on top of the Premier League as Juan Mata inspired a 2-1 victory over London rivals…
All set for Nigeria Fashion Week
Arrangements are in top gear for this year’s edition of the Nigeria Fashion Week. According to ThankGod Ofoelue, Media Manager Nigeria,…