Year: 2013
ASUU Meets To Call Off Strike
A National Executive Council, NEC meeting of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is ongoing at the Federal University…
Don’t Impeach Jonathan Yet, Say Nigerians
Following the call by the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the impeachment of President Goodluck Jonathan, some Nigerians are of…
Police Demolish 500 Houses In Lagos
More than 500 buildings were destroyed this morning at Polome Village/Community, Mowo Phase II Badagry, Lagos State, western Nigeria, on…
Utomi urges Nigerian politicians to think of the people
Prof. Pat Utomi, a former Presidential Candidate of the Social Democratic Mega Party (SDMP), has urged Nigerian politicians to imbibe…
EFCC to appeal court verdict on Mallam el-Rufai
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Sunday decried two recent court decisions in which Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, the former…
In Pictures: Last rites for Mandela in Qunu
South Africa on Sunday buried Nelson Mandela, closing one chapter in its tortuous history and opening another in which the…
Ex- army major, wife released by kidnappers after ransom paid
JETHRO IBILEKE/Asaba A retired army Major, Azum Asoya and his 55-year-old wife, Elizabeth, whose fingers were sent in a parcel…
Nigeria’s Sand Eagles Win Copa Lagos 2013
Edwin Usoboh Nigeria’ Super Sand Eagles showed their supremacy in beach soccer as they won all their matches of the…
Impeachment: APC, Jonathan in fire-for-fire
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked the National Assembly to rise beyond partisanship and save Nigeria from imminent collapse…
Jonathan kicks off the Future Awards
The Future Awards Africa 2013 will be formally opened by Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan at a special event celebrating the…
Between OBJ And GEJ
By Tayo Ogunbiyi Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, aka OBJ, Nigerian former military Head of State and two-term civilian President, is again…
China underscores superpower status by rover’s landing on moon
BEIJING (AFP) – China’s Jade Rabbit rover vehicle drove onto the moon’s surface on Sunday after the first lunar soft…
Concern over trickle down effect of Nigeria’s growth
LAGOS (AFP) – Nigeria could soon become Africa biggest economy but there is growing recognition that the landmark will be…
Tutu goes to Qunu for Mandela
Desmond Tutu, Archbishop emeritus, is attending the last funeral rites for Nelson Mandela, after all. The funeral plans were briefly…
OBJ’s letter to GEJ—some observations
By Chinweizu Former President Obasanjo, OBJ, is a general. Like a good general he is trying to defend a city…