Year: 2013
Mourinho Taunts Arsenal
Jose Mourinho has branded Arsenal cry babies following an ill-tempered goalless draw at the Emirates Stadium last night. Arsene Wenger…
One Thing I Could Change To Improve Education In My Country
By Odimegwu Onwumere Reading culture is dying in Nigeria. A tiny number out of about 160 million people have healthy…
Sanusi Should Think Before Talking
The Central Bank Governor, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, is one of the few reliable human assets Nigeria has ever produced.…
Before It REALLY Is Too Late
By Abiodun Ladepo They are acting as if they have never seen this picture before – the picture of politicians…
Lagos Shuts 429 Houses
To stem the tide of collapsed buildings in the state, Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has revealed that 429…
Youths Make Brisk Business In Livestock Markets
In some markets, on Tuesday in Enugu, some young men between the ages of 14 and 20 were seen involved…
No, Obasanjo Should Not Be Your Navigator —Soyinka
Professor Wole Soyinka,has reacted to a statement credited to Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu that APC would like General Obasanjo…
Rights group petitions Lagos speaker over 2 brutalised women
EROMOSELE EBHOMELE The Women Arise for Change Initiative, a rights based in Nigeria’s city of Lagos, has petitioned the Speaker…
China to tinker with one-child policy
China’s top legislative committee is set to formalise landmark reforms to unpopular decades-old policies including abolishing “re-education through labour” camps…
Jonathan to acquire a new Gulfstream jet
The Jonathan government plans to buy a new plane to expand the presidential fleet, at a time many of the…
15 Nigerian soldiers, 50 Boko Haram fighters die in Bama
Nigeria’s troops have killed over 50 Islamists and destroyed more than 20 vehicles during a massive hunt for fleeing Boko…
SEC approves Oando’s N30.7bn special placement
Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved Oando’s N30.7 billion (about $200m) special placement fund raising exercise for the…
Nigeria completes privatization of power companies
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria rounded off the privatization of successor companies to Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, its public utility…
Arrest of Kano lawmakers politically motivated, says Kwankwaso
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Governor Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso of Kano, northwest Nigeria, Monday evening described the arrest and detention of the Speaker…
Like Jesus mother, 45 women claim virgin pregnancy in USA
Nearly one percent of young women in a U.S. study who have become pregnant claim to have done so as…