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Emeka Ngige: Nigeria has failed as a state
Chief Emeka Ngige, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, tells FOLA ADEMOSU his assessment of the Nigerian state on its 52nd…
Yakassai: Nigeria will not break up
Alhaji Salihu Abubakar Tanko Yakassai, a former presidential aide, tells MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH that corruption is biggest of the factors that…
Nigeria’s economy gasps for breath
Clement Oriloye On paper, the country’s economy is growing at the rate of over 7 per cent. But the living…
Nigeria not yet a nation
The happy estimation of Nigeria as a nation has proved unjustifiable BAMIDELE JOHNSON In the last one year, even the…
Henry Boyo: Nigerians Are Much Poorer
Henry Boyo, Chief Executive Officer, Technol Systems Limited, tells CLEMENT ORILOYE that excessive liquidity in the system has pushed up…
Nigeria stunted at 52
Ademola Adegbamigbe At 52, Nigeria is suffering from arrested development. Almost at the same time, Nigeria and some Third World…
Nigeria’s Flamingoes pick quarter final ticket
Halimatu Ayinde’s second brace of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup was enough to send Nigeria into the quarter-finals and…
Boss of loss making South Africa Airways quits
Embattled state-backed carrier South African Airways was thrown deeper into crisis weekend after its chairperson and seven board members resigned…
US Supreme court decides on Shell torture case
The US Supreme Court is back in session tomorrow to tackle major social issues such as same-sex marriage and affirmative…
Zimbabwe PM apologizes over love triangle
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe (AFP) – Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai Saturday apologised for his affairs with two women whom he later…
Katsina state leads in polio cases
Katsina state, in Nigeria’s Northwest has the nation’s highest number of polio cases, Dr Mustapha Mahmud, Head of the Immunisation…
Governor Ajimobi, others bag honorary doctorate
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN The Governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi has attributed the current multi-faceted crises bedeviling the country to the…
More woes for Nigerians displaced by flood
Unabating flood is threatening to sack flood-displaced people at their camp in the LGEA Primary School camp in Lokoja, capital…
Encomiums as Adegbite buried in Abeokuta
Abiodun Onafuye, Abeokuta The body of the late Secretary General of Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Dr. Abdul Lateef…
NEMA can’t cope with Kogi flood disaster, says senator
EROMOSELE EBHOMELE Senator Nurudeen Abatemi-Usman representing Kogi Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly has described the flood that has…
2 drug suspects arrested
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Two suspected drug traffickers arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have blamed their friend…
Chelsea maintain tight grip on league table
Chelsea cemented their position on top of the Premier League as Juan Mata inspired a 2-1 victory over London rivals…
All set for Nigeria Fashion Week
Arrangements are in top gear for this year’s edition of the Nigeria Fashion Week. According to ThankGod Ofoelue, Media Manager Nigeria,…
Qatar plane in emergency landing in Lagos
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent A major accident was averted on Saturday as a Qatar plane made an emergency landing on Saturday…
Fashola, clerics laud Adegbite
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) has opened the floodgates of tributes to the departed Islamic scholar and lawyer,…
Taraba deputy governor challenges impeachment panel
The Taraba Deputy Governor, Alhaji Sani Abubakar, on Saturday challenged the competence of the panel investigating allegations of gross misconduct…
Senator Bagudu aids indigent students
More than 600 indigent students have benefited from the scholarship programme initiated by Senator Atiku Bagudu, Malam Zaki Sarki, Chairman,…
Shebab, Boko Haram allies chased out of Somalia
MOGADISHU (AFP) – Boko Haram and Al-Qaeda linked Shebab rebels said on Saturday they have abandoned the southern Somali port…
Tennis: Nadia Petrova wins Pacific Open
Tokyo, (AFP) Nadia Petrova pulverised world number three Agnieszka Radwanska’s defence of the title by beating her in the final…
Debate: Should Nigerian military officers retire at 70?
The Nigerian Army says it has begun the process of reviewing upward to 70 years, the retirement age for its…
PDP North East opens office
Nigeria’s Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has inaugurated its North – East Zonal office in Bauchi. Governor Isa Yuguda, who sent…
Fight for your rights, Nigeria’s telecom users urged
Nigerian subscribers to telecommunications services have been urged to protect their rights, Dr Eugene Juwah, the Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian…
Security men working for Boko Haram arrested
Nigeria’s military special task force said last night it had arrested a number of security personnel over links to Islamist…
Lateef Adegbite, Islam’s spokesman dies
Dr Abdul-Lateef Adegbite, lawyer, former attorney general for Western Nigeria, Secretary-General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, and its spokesman…