Year: 2013
War Over Contract
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and its subsidiary, Pipelines and Products Marketing Company, are in the middle of a contract scandal…
Empowering The Challenged
Lift Above Poverty Organisation, LAPO, empowers physically challenged and indigent students with scholarship The implementation of policies such as structural…
Dangote’s Outstretched Hand
Aliko Dangote’s investment in Ekiti State’s solid minerals, agriculture and education cements his place as Africa’s biggest investor Aliko Dangote,…
Oshiomhole: We Have Not Let Our People Down
On 12 November 2013, Governor Adams Oshiomhole marked his fifth year in office. He spoke with representatives of select media…
UK court fails to pity Nigerian asylum seeker on hunger strike
A Nigerian asylum seeker said to be near death from a hunger strike failed in his bid on Thursday to…
How I escaped from my captors, by Frenchman Collomp
The French hostage held for 11 months by Ansaru terror group in Nigeria told French television on Thursday he made…
Tennis: Babalola, Lawal To Clash In Semi Final
Damilare Okunola Either of Nigeria’s top two tennis players, Shehu Lawal and Abdulmumuni Babalola will not play in the final…
4 Covenant varsity students excel in software contest
Four students of Covenant University Ota, Ogun, have emerged winners of the 2013 Nigeria Software Competition held in Tinapa, Cross…
PDP says APC using Anambra poll to test run ‘evil plot’
The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has charged Nigerians to be vigilant and resist attempts by anybody or group of persons…
Malawi slams Western donors over aid freeze
A Malawian minister on Thursday criticised Western donors for withholding aid worth $150 million after the government exposed corruption, saying…
Delta NULGE hosts African local council workers
Jethro Ibileke Emeka Wogu, Nigeria’s Minister of Labour and Productivity, will on 26 November, in Asaba, capital of Nigeria’s Delta…
Jonathan ill in London, fails to meet investors
Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Jonathan has fallen ill in London and could not attend the meeting of Nigeria’s Honorary International Investors’…
Nigerian Reps probe NNPC crude oil sale, remittances
The House of Representatives on Thursday mandated its Ad hoc Committee to investigate the volume and sales of crude oil…
Sterling Bank’s gross profit grows 26 per cent
Nigeria’s Sterling Bank plc has announced its third quarter result for 2013, that showed pre-tax profit rising by 26.1 per…
Septuagenarian alleges battery by wife, wants divorce
A 75-year-old man, Fashola Fakorede, on Thursday urged a Customary Court, in the Lagos suburb of Igando, to dissolve his…