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And The APC Train Marches On
Action Congress of Nigeria crosses a major hurdle for APC’s registration As early as 7a.m, last Thursday, the Marina and…
Growing Insecurity In Lagos
The spate of criminalities, including armed robbery, in Lagos State, seems to be on geometric rise The recent abduction of…
Fury Of Fire
After an inferno ravaged an area in Ibadan, most of the affected victims are now homeless Monday, 22 April 2013,…
Why Sexual Abuse Of Kids Is Increasing
Mrs Josephine Effah-Chukwuma tells NEHRU ODEH why child molestation is on the rise and what can be done to stem…
Siege Of Child Rapists
Whether in urban and rural communities, the Nigerian child is a prey for sex predators and the streets are crawling…
FCMB declares bonus for shareholders
Nigeria’s First City Monument bank (FCMB) has announced a growth of 54.3 per cent in gross earnings for the financial…
China almost matches US aid to Africa
China committed more than $75 billion to Africa in the past decade, coming close to the level of US money…
Suspected Bomber’s Trial Begins
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Trial of Mr. Mustapha Umar, the suspected terrorist and member of Boko Haram, fingered in the…
Jonathan/Amaechi: Soyinka warns on political pettiness
Okafor Ofiebor/ Port-Harcourt Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka has expressed alarm at the way that the judiciary is being debased…
Auto dealer killed in Kano
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano A Kano-based businessman, Abdullahi Abdulkadir was reportedly killed by gunmen Sunday night in Kano, northwest Nigeria, according to…
INEC debunks report on APC rejection
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Monday that there is no truth in reports in some newspapers that…
Jonathan: Nigeria facing ‘trying moments’
President Goodluck Jonathan, expanding on the theme of his speech in Jos at the weekend, said today that Nigeria is…
Argentina bishop forced to pay for sex abuse
An Argentina court ordered a bishop from a town outside Buenos Aires to pay damages of $30,000 plus ten years’…
Mourinho rallies Madrid players for Dortmund showdown
Jose Mourinho has called on his side to be more ruthless when they face Borussia Dortmund in the second-leg of…
Report: Living in US raises risk of allergies
Children born outside the United States have a lower risk of asthma, skin and food allergies, and living in the…
Funso Williams murder: PHCN spoils exhibits for trial of suspects
Some exhibits for the trial of the suspected killers Chief Funso Williams, the Lagos State Governorship candidate of the Peoples…
Man kills his own killer in the dream world
A Nigerian has been arrested in Abakaliki, capital of the eastern state of Ebonyi over the murder of a 25…
PDP suspends Rivers Speaker, 26 assembly members
The political conflict within the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in Nigeria’s oil rich Rivers state took a new turn today…
Apple loses more ground in Smartphone war
Google’s Android mobile operating system extended its dominance in smartphones in the US and other major markets in early 2013,…
Nigeria: Pirates kidnap Russian, 3 Sri Lankans
Pirates stormed a cargo ship off Nigeria’s oil-producing southern coast, kidnapping five foreign sailors and stealing cash, a watchdog and…
Al Qaeda threatens to hit France
France is “playing with fire” in Mali, the brother of Al-Qaeda’s chief said in an interview published Monday, warning that…
Globacom marks Adenuga’s birthday with $500m deal
Seun Bisuga Nigeria’s leading telecommunication outfit, Globacom has signed a $500 million deal with technical partner, ZTE. The deal was…
Blue chips shed weight, market cap falls
Transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) opened for the week on Monday on a negative note with major equities…
Bees under threat of extinction
Bees play a key role in human food production, pollinating more than two-thirds of the world’s 100 most important crop…
Entertainment, Headlines, News
N3bn Nollywood Largesse Not Loans —Okonjo-Iweala
The N3 billion intervention fund which President Goodluck Jonathan promised the Nigerian film industry last month will not be shared…
5 killed in Nigeria terror attack
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Ringim No fewer than five people died during Sunday night attack on Ringim town, Jigawa state, northwest Nigeria. Sources…
The ‘Fake Universities’ Syndrome
By Chido Onumah Last July, shortly after the horrific Dana Air crash that killed over a hundred Nigerians, I did…
LMC/Clubs Managers’ Crisis: Time For Peace To Reign
Stakeholders of Nigerian football were shocked when clubs’ chairmen said they had sacked the League Management Company (LMC) headed by…
Crime And Punishment: Thinking Beyond The Law
By Bamidele Aturu “The quantity and quality of crime in a given society is inseparable from the prevailing conditions of…
Mob attacks PHCN Office Over Crazy Bill
An angry mob in Abaranje, Ikotun area Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, went on the rampage and attacked the staff of…