Year: 2013
Why Nigeria’s SEC got zero budget
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin The zero budget allocation made to the Security Exchange Commission, SEC, in Nigeria’s 2013 budget by the National…
JOBS: Movie on Apple’s Jobs set for April debut
The first film based on the life of legendary Apple co-founder Steve Jobs will be released in April, according to…
Nigeria Police parades kidnap gang, kingpin escapes
The Nigeria Police Command in Bayelsa state on Thursday paraded three suspects who allegedly kidnapped a monarch and four expatriate…
13 Nigerian journalists killed in 2012
The President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Mr Mohammed Garba, on Thursday said that 13 Nigerian journalists were…
Nigeria’s fire-fighters earn $0.064 incentive
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Poor remuneration, obsolete fire fighting equipment inhibited operations of Nigeria’s Edo State Fire Service last year. Investigations revealed…
3 die in Ibadan-Lagos expressway crash
An accident, which occurred in the early hours of Thursday on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, has claimed three persons and injured…
EFCC seizes 48 ex-governor Sylva’s houses over theft
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, January 3, 2013 took possession of 48 properties of the former…
N1.5b scam: Bank Manager, Lagos Speaker’s aide arrested
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested a former manager with Intercontinental Bank Plc( now Access Bank), Mr. Olayinka…
7 die in another day of Boko Haram terror
Nigerian soldiers said they have killed five gunmen believed to belong to the Islamist group Boko Haram while losing a…
Malian rebels derail peace talks
One of the armed Islamist groups occupying northern Mali, Ansar Dine, said Thursday it was revoking a pledge to end…
Racism: Boateng leads AC Milan walk-out
AC Milan striker Kevin-Prince Boateng stormed off the pitch on Thursday in Rome, forcing a halt to an away game…
Nous sommes Nigérians, nous parlons Français!
Over 60,000 Nigerians have acquired communication skills in French at the Nigerian French Language Village in Badagry, Prof. Samuel Ajei,…
Lagos lists victims of Boxing Day Fire Disaster
Kazeem Ugbodaga Nigeria’s Lagos State Government has served demolition notices to owners of about seven houses at Jankara area of…
18 suspects arrested in Abuja’s communal clash
Eighteen suspects have been arrested in connection with the recent clash between Fulani and Gwari communities in Gwako Village, Gwagwalada…
Lower rates likely by micro-finance lenders
Some operators of Nigeria’s microfinance banks on have expressed optimism that lending rates in the sub-sector would drop in 2013…