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2014 AWC qualifiers: CAF names officials for Nigeria/Rwanda clash
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Wednesday named the officials to handle the African Women Championship (AWC) second round…
Court declines to stop NMA from reviewing constitution
An Abuja High Court on Wednesday refused to grant a perpetual order of injunction restraining the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA)…
Prayers for late Sabo Sambo draw the high and mighty
Prominent Nigerians from within and outside the country on Wednesday participated in the “Fidda’u” prayer session in honour of Vice…
Abduction of school girls: Mark leads 21 senators to meet Jonathan
The Senate President, Senator David Mark, would lead 21 other senators to meet with President Goodluck Jonathan on the recent…
WHO says treatable diseases defying antibiotics
GENEVA(AFP) – The rise of superbugs, stoked by misuse of antibiotics and shoddy hospital hygiene, is enabling long-treatable diseases to…
Nigeria needs Community- Based Police
By Nwike (S) Ojukwu The National Conference Committee on Devolution of Power rejected the establishment of state police and ipso…
Amaechi abolishes discriminatory policy in Rivers State
Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has abolished the concept of non-indigenes, a policy that discriminates against Nigerians from other…
Drug Trial: 2 Aides of ex-Guinea Bissau Navy chief plead guilty
(Reuters) – In one of the most high-profile international drug cases in the United States, two aides to Guinea Bissau’s…
Qatari takes over Heritage Oil
British oil company Heritage Oil agreed a 924 million pound ($1.6 billion) takeover offer from a fund owned by the…
Twitter shares sink as users shrink
Twitter shares sank Tuesday to their lowest levels since the company’s market debut after the popular messaging platform reported a…
EKEDC plans $150mn investment for electricity
The management of Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) on Tuesday said that about 150 million dollars (N42.3 billion), has been…
Nigerian pleads guilty to terror charge in US court
A Nigerian has pleaded guilty in New York to charges he took part in a Yemen-based al-Qaida faction’s efforts to…
Nigeria needs $10bn to boost power supply
Nigeria’s Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, said close to 10 billion dollars about N1.6 trillion investment was needed to…
Jonathan cancels FEC to mourn VP Sambo’s brother
President Goodluck Jonathan has directed that the weekly meeting of the Executive Council of the Federation, FEC, scheduled for Wednesday…
Ronaldo shatters Champions League record
Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo on Tuesday broke the record for the most goals in a European Cup or Champions League…
Pa Osibogun dies
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Former Chairman, Federal Public Complaints Commission in Ogun State, Otunba Olufunminiyi Adekunle Osibogun is dead. He died…
Amosun launches community health insurance scheme
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State today launched the pilot phase of the States Community Based Health…
Real Madrid thrash Bayern, qualify for Champ League final
Real Madrid qualified for the Champions League final on Tuesday, beating Bayern Munich 4-0 in Germany in the second leg…
Iponri residents protest blackout
No fewer than 100 electricity consumers from Iponri Housing Estate in Lagos on Tuesday protested at the premises of the…
Senator confirms abducted girls taken to Cameroon, Chad
Ahmed Zana, a Senator representing Borno Central Senatorial in the Nigerian Senate disclosed in the National Assembly on Tuesday that…
Abducted school girls sold for $12 each to Boko Haram fighters
Nigerian parents lashed out on Tuesday at the government’s failure to rescue scores of schoolgirls kidnapped two weeks ago by…
Police disperse protesters over closure of Polytechnics, colleges
Nigerian police fired teargas at teachers and students and shot live rounds into the air as they tried to disperse…
Volume jumps at NSE, market cap drops
The volume of shares traded on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Tuesday increased by 51 per cent, just as…
Jonathan sacks Gulak, the garrulous political adviser
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has terminated the appointment of his Special Adviser (Political), Alhaji Ahmed Gulak with immediate effect.…
N5.6b pension theft: Accused collapses in court
A Nigerian High court sitting in Ibadan, capital of the western state of Oyo today postponed the re-arraignment of a…
Diezani’s aircraft charter: House of Reps lied over court order
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja A visibly angry Justice Ramat Mohammed of Federal High Court in Abuja, Tuesday berated Nigeria’s House…
Rajeev Suri, former expatriate in Nigeria heads Nokia
Finnish telecom maker Nokia announced on Tuesday the appointment of Singaporean Rajeev Suri as chief executive. The 46-year-old, originally from…
CAF suspends Raja Casablanca’s VP
The disciplinary panel of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has suspended Mustapha Dahnane, the Vice-President, Raja Club Athletic (RCA)…
Algerian press says Bouteflika ‘flunked’ inauguration exam
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika “flunked” a test of his oral skills at his inauguration, newspapers said Tuesday, raising doubts about…
Confab committee guns down state police
Arguments upon arguments; motions upon motions is what can best describe the process that led to another adjournment on Monday…