Year: 2012
NNPC: Fuel price remains N97 in Nigeria
Nigeria’s Federal Government will not increase the pump price of petrol in January, the Acting Group General Manager, Public Affairs…
Nigerian state outlaws cruelty to chickens, ducks
A Nigerian state has guaranteed chickens and other poultry birds such as guinea fowl, duck and pigeons a new lease…
Injured Gov Wada improves, ADC buried
Governor of Nigeria’s central state of Kogi, Idris Wada, who survived an auto crash on Ajaokuta-Lokoja Road on 28 December…
Central Africa: Rebels close in on Bozize
Authorities in the Central African Republic capital Bangui have imposed a nighttime curfew as fighters from a rebel coalition move…
Africa’s musical show, Kora Awards now billed for Sunday
The Kora Awards, dubbed “Africa’s Grammys”, will now take place Sunday in Abidjan, organisers said, after confusion about when the…
7 die as 34,000 scramble to fill 90 jobs
As in Nigeria, where hundreds of thousands apply to fill few vacancies, so it is in South Africa, where unemployment…
Liberia’s coach gets the boot
Liberia sacked national coach Kaetu Smith and his entire backroom staff on Saturday after a dismal run of results which…
Pete Edochie alive and well
Simon Ateba/Lagos Pete Edochie, one of Nigeria’s most talented and famous actors, is not dead as being speculated online, Actors…
Jonathan: Attitude not corruption Nigeria’s challenge
President Goodluck Jonathan claimed today that Nigeria’s biggest challenge to good governance is not corruption, but the attitude of Nigerians.…
Azazi: Jonathan, Amaechi pay glowing tributes at burial
General Andrew Owoye Azazi, Nigeria’s former National Security Adviser who died in a military helicopter crash 15 December was buried…
Robbers kill 4 on Abuja Highway
Four persons have been killed in a robbery attack launched by a gang of armed robbers on a luxury bus…
Congo launches first Africa-designed smartphone
A Congolese inventor has unveiled what he says is the first African-designed smartphone. It went on sale on 27 December…
Chris Brown delays KORA Awards
The Kora Awards, dubbed “Africa’s Grammys”, have been postponed until Monday because Chris Brown, the US rapper headlining the event,…
Bag snatchers on holidays in Onitsha market
Bag snatchers notorious for plying their acts in Nigeria’s busy market of Onitsha, in the eastern state of Anambra, appeared…
Nigeria reports eight new cases of polio
Eight new cases of wild polio virus have been reported in Nigeria’s north western state of Kebbi, according to Hajiya…