Year: 2012
Nigeria’s mobile money operators get CBN ultimatum
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed the 16 Mobile Money Operators (MMOs) in the country to fully connect…
Kidnappers free 4 Korean workers in Nigeria
Four South Korean workers who were kidnapped earlier this week in Bayelsa state, south of Nigeria have been released unharmed,…
Wanted Nigerian ex- governor flees to USA
Abubakar Audu, former governor of Nigeria’s central state of Kogi, declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has…
America Warns Citizens Against Trips To Nigeria
Simon Ateba/Lagos The United States Government has warned its citizens against travelling to Nigeria, particularly during the holiday season, saying…
The day after: Yes, we’re alive!
Across the world, most people waited to see a fulfilment of the ancient prophecy, wondering how the world would go…
Fire guts NAFDAC warehouse
A fire on Friday evening destroyed counterfeit products in the warehouse of Nigeria’s National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and…
Cash crunch makes Zimbabwe’s 2013 polls uncertain
Zimbabwe cannot afford to hold elections in 2013, Finance Minister, Tendai Biti, said on Friday, and appealed to the international…
INEC axes 3 more political parties
Eromosele Ebhomele Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday announced the de-registration of three more political parties after it…
Nations Cup: Nigeria drops Odemwingie, Martins
Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi has left star strikers Peter Odemwingie and Obafemi Martins out of his squad for next year’s…
Police: Nkiru’s family paid N8m ransom to abductors
The Commissioner of Police in Nigeria’s Imo state, Mr Adisa Bolanta, has confirmed that the family of Nkiruka Sylvanus, the…
Ogun state sheds inherited debt burden
The Commissioner for Finance in the western Nigerian state of Ogun, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, said on Friday that the debt…
Jonathan, PDP govs, others review 2012
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday met with the leadership of the National Assembly and PDP governors to review the…
Nigeria: Babalakin’s bid to stop EFCC fails again
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday dismissed the application filed by Dr. Wale Babalakin, lawyer and Chairman of…
Obama: Kerry to succeed Hillary Clinton
US President, Barack Obama has nominated former presidential candidate, Senator John Kerry to replace Hillary Clinton as secretary of state.…
47,289 Nigerian candidates cheat in WASSCE
The West African Examination Council revealed today that 47,289 candidates of the 413,266 that sat for the November-December West African…