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Femi Kuti Headlines The Headies 2012
Afro beat maestro and one of Africa’s greatest music exports, Femi Kuti, will be headlining the performance at Nigeria’s most…
Africa Magic Viewers Awards Debuts
At two different events last week in Lagos and Nairobi, AfricaMagic and MultiChoice Africa presented their latest joint initiative, “The…
How Green Family Clinched MDA Title
After 21 days of stiff and grueling competition, replete with tension and emotion, the Green family have danced their way…
Tuface, Wizkid For Lagos Amstel Showtime
All is set for the last leg of Amstel Malta Showtime scheduled to hold in Lagos on 5 October. The…
Furore Over Rick Ross’ Video
The recent release of the Nigerian version of American rapper Rick Ross’ Hold Me Back video has continued to generate…
Encomium Returns With Green And White Groove
As Nigeria celebrates her 52nd independence anniversary on 1 October, Encomium magazine in conjunction with Primetime Entertainment will be rolling…
Kefee To Drop Double CD Album
Branama Queen, Kefee, is ready with her fourth album, Best of Both Worlds, a double CD pack. One of the…
Jonathan: Economy key to Nigeria’s foreign policy
President Goodluck Jonathan declared late Wednesday in New York that attracting greater foreign direct investment to accelerate domestic growth and…
Harry Porter’s author debuts with adult novel
London,( AFP) Harry Potter author JK Rowling’s first novel for adults hit the shelves Thursday and has already notched up…
Achebe out with memoir on Biafra
Nigeria’s Chinua Achebe, often called the father of modern African literature, released his first major work in years Thursday with…
Impact On Dev. Prospects And Nationhood (2)
By Obadiah Mailafia The African Union (AU) Convention on Prevention and Combating Terrorism 1994 defines terrorism as “any act which…
Edo Tribunal: PDP candidate’s case suffers setback
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin The petition filed at the Edo Governorship Election Petition Tribunal by Maj. Gen. Charles Airhiavbere, candidate of Peoples…
Nnimmoh Bassey wins Rafto prize
Nigeria’s human rights and environmental campaigner, Nnimoh Bassey has won this year’s Norwegian Rafto Prize in recognition of his long-term…
Oyo NURTW: Tokyo calls Governor Ajimobi traitor
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN The feud between Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State and the erstwhile Chairman of the state National Union…
Hajj: Will the Saudis heed Nigeria’s ultimatum?
The Federal Government on Wednesday gave the government of Saudi Arabia 24 hours ultimatum of to resolve issues concerning their…
Flood: 2 die in refugee camp
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin An outbreak of chicken pox at one of the six refuge camps set up in Edo North to…
Libel: Punch floors Arik Air boss
N20 Billion Arik Suit: Court Rules In Favour Of Punch JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin A Benin High Court Wednesday ruled in favour…
Water scarcity hits Keffi
There are reports of acute water scarcity in and around Keffi, a major town in Nasarawa State, North-central Nigeria. The…
Obama mocks Romney’s get tough with China vow
Bowling Green, Ohio, (AFP) – President Barack Obama Wednesday mocked Mitt Romney’s get tough with China rhetoric, saying his foe’s…
English League Cup results: Newcastle, West Brom out
Arsenal 6-1 Coventry Man U 2-1 Newcastle West Brom 1- 2 Liverpool QPR 2-3 Reading Norwich City 1-0 Doncaster Carlisle…
Kidnapped hotelier freed after ransom paid
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Respite came the way of Segun Oyebolu, the boss of popular Citi Hotels and Suites, Ijebu Ode, in…
Remembering Nigeria’s Hercules plane disaster
Eromosele Ebhomele Twenty years after the Nigerian military plane, Hercules C-130, crashed in Ejigbo, a suburb of Lagos State ,…
Danjuma Foundation gives N180m to NGOs
The TY Danjuma Foundation, a grant-making organisation, said on Wednesday that it would disburse N180.6 million to 17 non Governmental…
Professor Tella reinstated by OOU
Abiodun Onafuye, Abeokuta Former Vice Chancellor of the Crescent University Abeokuta, Professor Sherifdeen Tella has been reinstated by the authorities…
Senator Borrofice’s seat can’t be deemed vacant, says ACN
The Action Congressof Nigeria, ACN, has warned of surreptitious moves by the leadership of the Senate and by extension, the…
Murder of Kaduna motorcyclist by cop ignites tension
A Nigerian mobile police officer on Wednesday, at close range twice shot a commercial motorcyclist in the head in Kaduna,…
Gombe governor urges police flush out hoodlums
Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe State, in central Nigeria, has directed the state’s police command to flush out hoodlums in…
Kano, Ogun states go tough on illegal schools
The Ogun state government has announced plans to clamp down on illegal private nursery and primary schools operating in the…
Flooded Lokoja-Abuja road to be re-opened
Oluokun Ayorinde/Abuja Nigeria’s Federal Government has ordered the opening of identified bye- passes along the Lokoja-Abuja Highway to give reprieve…
Zawahiri speaks on ‘one-eyed’ bin Laden in video
DUBAI(AFP) – Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri resurfaced for the second time in a month on Wednesday in an online video…