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Jonathan Congratulates Obama

 President Goodluck Jonathan has, on behalf of himself, the Federal Government and the people of Nigeria congratulated President Barack Obama …

Obama Floors Romney

Barack Hussein Obama, whose father hailed from Kenya, East Africa, has been re-elected President of the United States of America,…

Money Laundering: Ikuforiji’s Trial Stalled

The trial of the Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Sabit Adeyemi Ikuforiji and his aide, Alade Atoyebi, was this…

Decision Day for Obama, Romney

Washington (AFP) Americans today decide whether to re-elect President Barack Obama despite a plodding economy or to trust Mitt Romney…

Achebe’s Biafra Book Full Of Lies

 Odia Ofeimun, poet and public affairs analyst, rips up Chinua Achebe’s There Was A Country. He speaks with ADEMOLA ADEGBAMIGBE…

The Harmattan Of A Patriarch

By Tade Ipadeola Professor Chinua Achebe has made a new book of a very eventful life. It is his most…

Biafra: Endless Sniping

Weeks after it broke out, the debate provoked by Chinua Achebe’s There Was A Country is still as bruising and…

Allow Your Starving People To Be Fed

 Being the full text of the resignation letter of Robert S. Goldstein, Public Relations Representative of Biafra in the United…

Relief materials for Nigeria’s flood victims diverted

Eromosele Ebhomele Two civil society groups, UK-based Tearfund and the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) have expressed “concerns that…

US Election: Ohio, Florida swing to Obama

Three days to the US presidential election, new polls show that President Barack Obama maintains a lead over his Republican…

2 Members Disown Ribadu Oil sector Report

Oluokun Ayorinde/Abuja Bureau Chief Controversies over the report of Mallam Nuhu Ribadu led Petroleum Industry Revenue Task Force continued on…

Shuwa, ex-army general assassinated

Less than 24 hours after Nigerian soldiers reportedly massacred about 40 youngsters in Maiduguri, four gunmen have struck in the…

Boko Haram wants peace talks in Saudi Arabia

The Associated Press has reported a telephone conversation with a Boko Haram member in Maiduguri, capital of Nigeria’s Borno State,…

Amnesty accuses Nigeria of abuses on terror war

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The Amnesty International on Thursday in Abuja release its report on the observed atrocities carried out…

Chika Unigwe Wins Nigeria Prize for Literature

NEHRU ODEH Just as TheNEWS magazine predicted, Chika Unigwe, the Nigerian Internationally acclaimed writer has been awarded the Nigeria Prize…

Williams Sisters excited to be in Nigeria

Tunde Oyedele/sports editor The Williams sisters, Serena and Venus, who are currently on tour of Nigeria, say they are excited…

Venus Williams arrives Lagos

Emmanuel Osodi The visit of the Williams Sisters to Nigeria has finally become a reality with the arrival of Venus…

Corrupt oil sector: Jonathan asks for Ribadu report

Ayorinde Oluokun /Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan has directed that a comprehensive report of the Petroleum Revenue Special Task Force chaired…

Forgotten Cases Of Looting

High profile corruption cases filed over five years ago are still at plea stages, even as the accused persons have…

Serena overpowers Sharapova to win WTA championship

Serena Williams cruised to a third WTA Championships title on Sunday when she eased past Maria Sharapova 6-4, 6-3 in…

10 dead, many wounded in Kaduna’s day of violence

The suicide bombing of Kaduna’s St Rita Catholic Church and the counter attack that it has spawned has Nigerian church…

Bloody Sunday as Bomb blast rocks Kaduna

FEMI ADI/KADUNA Correspondent Just when Nigerians thought it was going to be a violence-free Sallah weekend, a bomb blast has…

Arik Air puzzled by corpse in plane’s wheel well

Arik Air says it plans to probe how a mysterious corpse of a man emerged in the wheel well of…

Pilgrims still stoning the devil in Saudi

Mina, Saudi Arabia (AFP) – Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims from all over the world, grouped by nationality, stoned…

Jonathan probes Hajj blues for Nigerian female pilgrims

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan said he has ordered a post mortem on the problem Nigerian female pilgrims to Mecca faced…

Leaked Ribadu report exposes rot in Nigeria’s oil sector

A total of $183m in signature bonuses paid by oil companies to the federation is missing, according to a confidential…

Millions gather at Mount Arafat for Hajj rituals

MOUNT ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia (AFP) – Vast crowds of Muslim pilgrims, all dressed in white, flocked from early Thursday to…

Bomb Scare On Arik Flight

There has been a bomb scare on an Arik Air flight from Maiduguri to Abuja but the Ministry of Aviation…

Court Orders Bizman To Forfeit N102m To FG

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, southwest Nigeria Tuesday ordered officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,…

Obama pummels Romney in last debate

BOCA RATON,Florida (AFP) – Barack Obama pummeled Mitt Romney as “all over the map” on foreign policy, dismissing his “wrong…
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