Year: 2012
Oil firms in talks with Nigeria over coming law
Nigeria’s oil minister said Tuesday the government is in talks with petroleum firms on a potential compromise for a proposed…
Jonathan urged to address infrastructure deficiency
Chief Ernest Shonekan, the Chairman, Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), on Tuesday called for the setting up of Infrastructure Investment…
Tax weary Nigerian doctors in warning strike
Doctors at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, on Tuesday began a three-day warning strike over alleged abnormal tax…
Adenuga donates N500m to Bayelsa flood fund
The Chairman of Globacom Group, Chief Mike Adenuga Jnr., on Tuesday donated N500 million, about $3.4million, to the Bayelsa Flood…
Nigerian sports festival: Day 7 Round up
Delta, Kano fined N50, 000 each for using ineligible weightlifters The Nigeria Weightlifting Federation (NWF) on Tuesday fined Delta and…
Wife of Ogun state lawmaker kidnapped with friend
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Folasade, wife of the lawmaker representing Ijebu North-East State Constituency in Ogun state southwest, Nigeria, Samson Onademuren…
Theft: Atuche, ex-bank chief seeks recall of EFCC’s witnesses
Henry Ojelu Former Managing Director of Bank PHB (now Keystone Bank), Francis Atuche who is facing trial over N27.5 billion…
Nigerian sports festival: soccer fans riot
It was free for all on Tuesday after Team Osun held their Enugu State counterparts to a 1-1 draw in…
President Jonathan’s brother for burial Saturday
President Jonathan will leave Abuja for Bayelsa State on Thursday to participate in the burial ceremonies of his younger brother,…
IOC suspends India
India has been suspended from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) because of its stance of electing tainted officials, a source…
Police dismiss bomb rumour
The Nigeria Police Force on Tuesday dismissed rumour of a bomb explosion at a shopping complex in Lokogoma, a settlement…
Mali: Veering Toward A Nigerian Vietnam
BY OSUOLALE ALALADE With the unnerving undercurrents of developments in the vast wastelands of the Sahel and the Sahara in…
Richard Branson’s Anti-Corruption Crusade In Nigeria
By Olumuyiwa Jimoh It is not often that we hear Western top business men talk about corruption in Nigeria and…
Countdown To Africa Cup Of Nations In South Africa
By Giles Goford South Africa will soon host the Africa Cup of Nations, two years and seven months after they…
Boko Haram: Time For Nigerians To Defend Themselves
Last Sunday, the Christian community in Chibok, Maiduguri, northeastern Nigeria, watched helplessly as members of the Islamic fundamentalist group Boko…