Year: 2013
Amaechi sacks Obio-Akpor councillors, chairman
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Forty eight hours after a Port Harcourt High Court reinstated Timothy Nsirim, the Chairman and 17 Councillors…
South Africans troop to cinemas to watch Mandela
South Africans flocked to cinemas on Thursday to watch the first screenings of the hotly-anticipated Nelson Mandela biopic in a…
Nigerian military bombs Boko Haram camps, many killed
Nigeria’s military has launched air strikes on Boko Haram camps in the country’s northeast killing “many” insurgents, a spokesman said…
Foreign investors buy $5.4b Nigerian bonds, says Oteh
Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday said about $5.4 billion (N864 billion) has been invested in the Nigerian…
Anambra: Rep member withdraws suit against Obiano
Rep. Uche Ekwunife, a governorship aspirant under the platform of All Progressives Grand Alliance in Anambra state, has withdrawn her…
NLNG floats $1billion loan facility for oil industry contractors
The Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) on Thursday initiated a finance scheme which would enable contractors and vendors to access…
I am ready to work with Oni, says Fayemi
Governor Kayode Fayemi of the western Nigerian state of Ekiti said on Thursday that he was ready to work with…
In Pictures: APC Protests Anambra Poll Fraud
Leaders of the APC today in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, defied a denial of police permit to protest the 16…
Discordant tunes in Kwara APC
Stephen Oni/Ilorin The national Leadership of the All Progressives Congress,APC, has been warned against handing over the leadership of the…
Nigeria calls 5,025 lawyers to bar
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Five Thousand and twenty five new lawyers were on Thursday delivered to the nation following their…
Fashola: Oduah’s armoured cars ‘ll buy 51 patrol vehicles
Jamiu Yisa Lagos State governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola, has said that the two armoured cars bought at the cost of…
Tinubu to launch book on Obasanjo
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta A national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is billed to launch a…
Anambra Poll: Police charge officers to be neutral
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP MD Abubakar, has reassured Nigerians of the readiness of the Nigerian police to provide adequate…
409 Nigerians languish In South African prisons
Jamiu Yisa The Nigerian Federal House Committee on Diaspora has described the increasing numbers of Nigerians in foreign prisons as…
Wike’s Threat To Close Down Universities
The current crisis plaguing university education in the country has taken a turn for the worse with the Minister of…