Year: 2013
Stymied Tertiary Education Sector
It is very depressing that the nation’s tertiary education sector has been stymied by unending strikes by players in the…
Exhibitors Woo New Power Sector Investors
Over 100 power product exhibitors from 16 countries were in Lagos last week to showcase the various products to new…
StarTimes Faces Fund Crisis
There are indications that StarTimes, the Chinese-owned digital payTV service provider is facing a financial crisis, which now hinders its…
Lord’s Chosen Church Hq Shut
The Lagos State Government has shut down the headquarters of the Lord’s Chosen and Charismatic Revival Church on Ijesha, Oshodi-Apapa…
Armed Youths On The Rampage
At least 15 armed youths from Igbokusu community in Eti-Osa Local Government, Lagos State, southern Nigeria, went on the rampage…
Business, Headlines, Metro, News
Cable Car, Train Service Ready Soon —Fashola
The long awaited cable car project is on the verge of completion, says Governor Babatunde Fashola, but he did not…
Djokovic eyes 2011 repeat next season
Novak Djokovic said Tuesday he is relaxed about the possibility of Rafael Nadal opening up a huge lead at the…
Higgs, Englert win Nobel Physics Prize
STOCKHOLM (AFP) – Peter Higgs of Britain and Francois Englert of Belgium won the Nobel Prize for Physics on Tuesday…
Woman, 57, Delivers Twins 31 Years After Marriage
A 57 year-old teacher, Mrs Anike Ajayi, on Monday gave birth to twins after 31 years of childlessness in Ekiti.…
Court Adjourns Ex-Oyo Commissioner’s Fraud Case
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, this morning adjourned till Friday to rule on the bail application…
UI breaches ASUU strike, conducts examinations
At the University of Ibadan, the strike action by by Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, which began Monday 1…
Who Is Afraid Of A National Conference?
By Kanayo Esinulo The drumbeats and soundbites that favour a National Conference are getting louder and clearer. The objective conditions…
Malaria vaccine coming
British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline will seek marketing approval for the world’s first malaria vaccine next year after trial data showed the…
UK court to restart $145m Ibori asset-confiscation case
Hearing in the case of confiscation of 90 million pounds (about 145 million dollars) worth of assets belonging to ex-gov.…
Nigeria: Only Six Super Eagles in camp for Ethiopia
Only one foreign-based and five home-based players were in camp on Monday a day after Nigeria’s Super Eagles opened camp…
Annan warns Africa not to quit ICC
Former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan said Monday it would be a “badge of shame” for Africa if its leaders voted…
BA appoints Nigerian commercial manager for W/Africa
British Airways (BA) has appointed Mr Kola Olayinka as its Commercial Manager for the West African English speaking countries. The…
Ajimobi wants states take lion share of Nigeria’s revenue
Governor Abiola Ajimobi, of the western Nigerian state of Oyo has condemned the current fiscal structure which favours the Federal…
Delta senate poll test for INEC, says Oshiomhole
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of the southern Nigerian state of Edo said Saturday’s Delta Central Senatorial election is another test for…
8,000 fake workers on Abia state payroll
The Head of Service (HOS), of the eastern Nigerian state of Abia, Mr Godson Adiele, said on Monday that at…
Nigeria’s Centenary Village To Cost N3.2Trn
The proposed Centenary Village, an ultra-modern city within the Nigerian capital of Abuja, to mark the 100 years of the…
N2.3t debt: Nigerian Governors puncture NNPC denial
EROMOSELE EBHOMELE Nigeria’s Progressive Governors Forum, PGF, has come down hard on the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation for denying claims…
‘New PDP’ Governors, Jonathan postpone peace talks
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan, and the Baraje-led faction of the People’s Democratic Party agreed on Monday to reschedule a meeting…
District head arrested for robbery, rape
The Police Command in northwest Nigerian state of Zamfara on Monday arrested the Acting District Head of Keta Village in…
Forecast: Capital flows to emerging economies to decline
Private capital flows to emerging economies are poised to slow significantly next year after taking a hit from US plans…
Lagos detains dozens of rams, owners appeal for release
Officials of the the Lagos State Environment and Special Offences Enforcement Unit have confiscated dozens of rams on display for…
Kabiru Sokoto: Judgement Day Fixed
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Trial of suspected mastermind of the 2011 Christmas Day bombing of St. Theresa’s Catholic church in…
Zuma Invokes Wrath Of God
President Jacob Zuma, who has been under sustained attack from young politicians like Julius Malema and Lindiwe Mazibuko, says those…
Akpabio sacks 3 commissioners
Governor Godswill Akpabio of the eastern Nigerian state of Akwa Ibom has dropped three commissioners and a special adviser in…
Britain launches new anti-crime agency, just like FBI
Britain’s new FBI-style crime-fighting agency was launched Monday with a threat to hit the country’s most “horrible” criminals with a…