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Chevron set to offload 3 oil blocks in Nigeria
(Reuters) – U.S.-based Chevron Corp will receive bids on 30 September from prospective buyers of three oil blocks in Nigeria’s…
Kaduna Speaker Impeached
After series of attempts to remove the embattled Speaker of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Muazu Usman Gangara, representing…
Morality And The Afterlife
By Akin Obasa Many Nigerians would remember the iconic social crusader, Tai Solarin, who died 19 years ago. During his…
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There Are Armed Robbers In PDP
Dr. Junaid Mohammed, Chairman, House Committee on International Economic Relations and Socialist Bloc in the Second Republic, shares his view…
Jailed Liberia’s ex-leader waits for appeal verdict
Liberia’s ex-president Charles Taylor is to hear his fate before a UN-backed court on Thursday when it hands down an…
Shell defers Nigeria exports after pipeline ‘sabotage’
Anglo-Dutch energy giant Shell’s Nigerian subsidiary said Monday it has been forced to defer exports of 150,000 barrels of oil…
Kenya troops take control of Westgate Mall
Kenyan troops are “in control” of Nairobi’s Westgate shopping mall, the Kenyan interior ministry announced overnight Monday, with all the…
Tinubu works out at home in UK
National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC is fast regaining his fitness after last month’s knee surgery in the…
6 Britons likely dead in Nairobi attacks
Six Britons are now believed to have been killed in an attack at a Nairobi shopping mall staged by Islamist…
Jonathan, in talks with Obama, urges global action on terrorism
President Goodluck Jonathan Monday in New York called for a stronger global consensus and determination to end the scourge of…
Torrential rains create havoc in Benin, Ibadan
Several major roads and streets of Benin City, capital of Edo state in southern Nigeria were Monday flooded following a…
BlackBerry agrees to $4.7 billion buyout
BlackBerry announced Monday it agreed to a $4.7 billion buyout by a consortium of investors who plan to take the…
Doctor warns on self-medication for headaches
A Nigerian medical doctor, Quincy Atohengbe, has advised Nigerians to stop self-medication whenever they experienced headaches to avoid liver damage.…
Family Celebrates Mikel’s EPL First Goal
Nigerian midfielder Mikel Obi scored his first-ever goal in the English Premier League (EPL) for Chelsea FC seven years after…
Egypt Court Bans Muslim Brotherhood
An Egyptian court on Monday banned the Muslim Brotherhood from operating and ordered its assets seized, in the latest blow…
‘Eaglets Are U-17 World Cup Favourites’
The Golden Eaglets have been tipped as one of the teams to watch out for at the forthcoming FIFA U-17…
Drama In Court As Accused Refuses To Return To Prison
A mild drama was enacted at the Wuse Zone 2 Senior Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, on Monday, as an…
More Soldiers Deployed To Troubled Borno Town
Nigeria’s military sent reinforcements Friday to the remote northeastern town of Benisheik after Boko Haram Islamists stormed the area, burnt…
Court Issues Bench Warrant Against Bizwoman
For failing to appear in court on two consecutive dates of adjournment of her matter, a bench warrant has been…
Basketball: Injured Okafor Sad
Washington center Emeka Okafor will be sidelined indefinitely with a herniated disc while NBA teammate Chris Singleton will miss between…
Nigeria: Political Party Ideology And National Unity
By Solomon Markson “It is wrong for any section of this country to show desperation for the presidency just for…
As Govt Frustrates SURE-P Into Sacking 111,000
By Ugochukwu Ugwuanyi When the now-rested Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in February this year intimated us that the Federal…
Safeguarding Africa’s Risky Skies
The announcement recently by the International Air Transport Association, IATA, that in 2012 African aviation accounted for only 3 percent…
How DJ Switch Won Glo X Factor N24m
Nigeria’s sensational rapper, Obianuju Catherine Udeh, popularly known as DJ Switch, who was crowned Africa’s first X Factor winner on…
Africa’s Digital Migration Dialogue Begins In Dubai
A galaxy of experts on digital broadcast technology today converged in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, UAE, to dialogue on issues…
Ajimobi Sacks Commissioners, Advisers
Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi this afternoon dissolved the executive council of the state. Source close to the governor…
Nigerian Writers Pay Tributes To Kofi Awoonor
The Ghanaian poet and diplomat, Professor Kofi Awoonor, who died after sustaining injuries following weekend’s terrorist attack on WestGate Shopping…
Nigeria Ready To Host African Squash Tourney
Nigeria Squash Federation (NSF) is ready to host the All-African Junior Squash Championship (AAJSC) billed for 2014. Adamu Erena, President…
One-legged robber arrested in Delta State
JETHRO IBILEKE/Asaba A 21-year-old disabled armed robbery suspect, John Okue, has been arrested by the Delta state police command in…
Swimming: Ikorodu Club Emerge Champions
Ikorodu Swimming Club have won overall medal table at the just concluded Inter Club Swimming Championship held at the swimming…