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Lafarge-WAPCO leads gainers at Nigeria’s Exchange
Equities listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Thursday remained upbeat, as the All-Share Index appreciated by 0.99 per…
Okonjo-Iweala names Pension Funds managers
Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, said on Thursday that the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) would help to…
Russia offers US secret leaker asylum
Fugitive former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden left Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport on Thursday after Russia granted him refugee status,…
Opposition threatens showdown over Mugabe’s ‘victory’
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s allies declared Thursday that the veteran leader had romped to an election victory, a claim rejected…
FAAN denies apology to Oshiomhole
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent The Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, George Uriesi, did not apologise to…
Presidential candidate arrested over N66m scam
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The Presidential candidate of Hope Democratic Party, HDP, at the 2011 Presidential election in Nigeria, Chief…
Registration Of APC And Challenges Ahead
After several months of twists and turns and seemingly insurmountable hurdles placed on the path of getting the All Progressives…
Respite For Uniabuja
By Tayo Demola The University of Abuja, established on January 1st, 1988 and enviably located in the Federal Capital Territory…
Freedom Of Information Act Put To The Test
By Adepetun Caxton-Martins Agbor & Segun In 2011 Nigeria passed the Freedom of Information Act, which seeks to guarantee citizens’…
Athletics: Okagbare’ll Soon Rule The World — Manager
Manager of Nigerian sprint sensation, Blessing Okagbare, has tipped the athlete to dominate female athletics just as World record holder,…
I Want To Coach Falcons Someday
One of the first stars of women’s football in Africa, Mercy Akide-Udoh was a trailblazer in more ways than one.…
Federation Cup: Final Now 15 Sept In Lagos
The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has revealed that the final of Federation Cup will be played on 15 September in…
Mandela Challenge: Ndukwe Warns Eagles
With 13 days to go before the Mandela Challenge involving the Super Eagles of Nigeria and the Bafana Bafana of…
Alaba Bizman Hacked To Death
A businessman and an importer of musical equipment at Alaba International Market, Ojo area of Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, has…
Excitement Over APC Registration
There has been excitement over the registration of the All Progressives Congress, APC, by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC,…
Baba Oloja Crisis: Soldiers, Policemen Storm Ladipo Market
Armed soldiers and policemen have been drafted to the popular Ladipo Market, Mushin Lagos, southwest Nigeria following the tension generated…
Mandela Spends 56th Day In Hospital
Former president Nelson Mandela remains in a critical but stable condition in hospital, President Jacob Zuma said on Wednesday evening.…
Stop Playing Politics With Relocation Of Destitute —Igbokwe
An Igbo leader in Lagos, Mr. Joe Igbokwe has warned critics not to play politics with the recent relocation of…
Duped Ketu House Seekers Set Up Blackberry Group
Duped Ketu house seekers have set up a blackberry group to stay in touch with one another while they try…
Opeyemi Bamidele’s Selective Amnesia
By Abiola Olufemi In a democratic dispensation, anyone has a right to aspire to any political office insofar as he…
One North: A Professor’s Faulty Logic
Ango Abdullahi’s assertion that Northerners have enough votes to elect one of their own as Nigeria’s president is false As…
Shell’s profit tumbles in Q2
Energy giant Royal Dutch Shell on Thursday said its net profits plunged by 57 percent in the second quarter compared…
Bombastic English Made In Edo State!
Edo State, in the middle of Southern Nigeria has refurbished the Queens English. It now has its own version solely…
Nigerian village cleared of deadly lead poisoning
Medical charity MSF said Wednesday a Nigerian village in Zamfara State that suffered an unprecedented and deadly lead poisoning outbreak…
Tennis: US Open prize money jumps to $34.3m
US Open prize money will jump to a record $34.3 million this year and could reach a record $36.9 million,…
Manko debunks alleged ‘deportation’ of Igbos
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos Security Council has debunked deportation of 67 Igbos to Anambra State, saying the affected people indicated…
Fashola nominates Gbeleyi as new finance commissioner
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), has nominated the Director-General of the State’s Office of Public – Private Partnerships…
Benin Airport Closure: FAAN MD Visits Oshiomhole, apologises
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Authorities of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) have apologized to the Edo State Government and air…
Nigeria closes case in Hezbollah-linked Lebanese trial
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja At the resumed trial of suspected Lebanese terrorists before a Federal High Court siting in Abuja…
ASUU faults appointment of OOU vice chancellor
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Nigeria’s Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) of Olabisi Onabanjo University, has accused Governor Ibikunle Amosun of…