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Nigeria: Rise Of e-Shops

Online shopping culture is gradually gaining ground in Nigeria, but it is still light years away from what it is…

An Escape To Paradise

Clear Essence Wellness and Spa Resort reveals its quintessential services during a media tour Behind the bland high wall simply…

Man with $188,858 to be sentenced Monday

A Nigerian Federal High Court sitting in Abuja will on Monday January 21, 2013 sentence one Abdulrasheed Ibrahim for attempting…

Aba’s power plant to be switched on March

A private power generation and distribution plant in Nigeria will commence operation by March 2013, the Managing Director of the…

Nigerian Reps adamant on Dana Airline’s suspension

DESMOND UTOMWEN/ Abuja Nigeria’s House of Representatives has insisted that Dana Airline which recently resumed flights should remain suspended. The…

EU joins US ground Boeing 787 Dreamliner

The European Aviation Safety Agency said Thursday it has adopted a directive by the US Federal Aviation Administration to ground…

Nigerian Reps Summon NNPC Boss, Suspend $1.5b Loan

DESMOND UTOMWEN/Abuja The House of Representatives has ordered the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to stop further action on the…

Nigeria Rejects Govs’ Demand For $1b

The Federal Government has rejected the request by the 36 state governors to disburse one billion dollars from the Excess…

Facebook launches search engine for shared content

Facebook on Tuesday in California launched a search engine for shared content described as a way to find things liked…

Jonathan Asks for World Bank support

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan Tuesday in Abuja reaffirmed his commitment to the implementation of all reforms considered necessary for accelerated…

30 Nigerians killed in fresh oil pipeline fire

No fewer than 30 Nigerians, suspected to be oil thieves died in a pipeline fire at Arepo village, in Ogun…

Nigerian traveller with $767,500 arrested

The Nigeria Customs Service on Friday arrested a Hong Kong-bound passenger at Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, with 767,500 dollars.…

Kuye heads NEPZA

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointment of Mr Oluwagbemiga Olatunde Kuye, as the Managing Director of the Nigeria…

Dana Crash: 14 Families Compensated

Simon Ateba & Funsho Balogun/Lagos Seven months after the Dana plane crash, only 14 families of the victims have been…

EFFC arrests Soludo, ex- CBN governor

Oluokun Ayorinde/Abuja Nigeria’s anti graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Thursday afternoon arrested Professor Charles Soludo…

Fashola promises to deliver Lagos light rail June

Governor of Nigeria’s Lagos state, Babatunde Raji Fashola said today that The first phase of the Lagos light rail project,…

Okonjo-Iweala denies blocking oil subsidy payments

Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has refuted media reports which alleged that her ministry was blocking verified payments…

FG, Lagos state clash over control of hotels

Nnaamdi Felix / Abuja The battle for the control of Nigeria’S hotels, travel agencies, eateries and tourists centres resumed at…

Nigeria Reps Condemn Fresh Flights By Dana

Nigeria’s  House of Representatives has threatened to probe Dana Air following the manner in which the hitherto suspended airline recently…

Petrol tanker drivers boycott Enugu state

Nigeria’s Petroleum Tanker Drivers Union has stopped the supply of products to Enugu State following the failure of the state…

Over 40billion apps downloaded for Apple gadgets

Apple in San Francisco on Monday announced that more than 40 billion “apps” have been downloaded for its beloved gadgets,…

60 suspected oil thieves arrested in Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga Officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDCs, have arrested 60 persons suspected of siphoning petrol…

Nigeria stocks close higher

Transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) re-opened, on Monday, on a positive trend as some blue chips recorded huge…

World banking regulator eases rules

BASEL, Switzerland, (AFP) – The world’s top banking regulatory body on Sunday eased the first global liquidity rules scheduled to…

TUC backs FG’s plan to buy planes

The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has backed the Federal Government’s plan to acquire 30 aircraft to boost domestic…

Hyundai paid N30m ransom to Nigerian abductors

The alleged ringleader of a Nigerian kidnap gang said that Hyundai Heavy Industries paid nearly $200,000 in ransom to free…

Inside Dana’s Flight 9J353 to Abuja

Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent A Nigerian journalist shares his experience on Dana’s re-inaugural flight to Abuja Friday 4 January. The airline’s…

Dana Air Inaugural Flight Lands Safely In Abuja

Passengers on board Dana Air inaugural flight on Friday clap roared in jubilation when the plane landed safely at the…

Dana Air back in business

Nigerian airline Dana resumed flights on Friday for the first time since a 3 June, 2012 crash on the outskirts…

Fuel prices go up in Ivory Coast

The Government of Cote d’Ivoire has jacked up the prices of petrol and cooking gas. By the announcement made in…
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