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Tade Ipadeola Wins 2013 NLNG Prize For Literature

Tade Ipadeola, poet, lawyer and author of The Sahara Testament, has won this year’s Nigeria Prize for Literature. The price…

Awolowo Foundation Backs National Confab

The Obafemi Awolowo Foundation, Monday, in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, backed President Goodluck Jonathan’s proposal for convocation of a national conference…

Another Plane Crash Survivor Dies

One of the remaining six survivors of last Thursday’s plane crash has died, an official at the Nigerian Civil Aviation…

AU may ask ICC defer trial of Kenyan leaders

African Union chief Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has asked U.N. Security Council envoys how they might react if asked to defer the…

Ngige Storms Lagos Tomorrow

The All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in Anambra State, Senator  Chris Ngige, is expected in Lagos tomorrow in continuation…

Malaria vaccine: African experts sue for caution

Experts in Africa, the continent worst-hit by malaria, reacted with optimism but also caution to news that the first vaccine…

4 Families Battle Ashimolowo Over Epe Land

Four chieftaincy family members of Offiran Village and Aiyeteju Village along Lagos-Epe Expressway, Lagos State, western Nigeria, have commenced committal…

Robbers Attack Catholic Priests

Armed robbers have attacked the mission house of St. Monica’s Catholic Church, Igbogbo-Ikorodu, Lagos State, western, Nigeria. The robbery attack announced…

‘Don’t Let Me Die’, Nollywood Star Pa Kasumu Cries Out

Ailing veteran Nigerian actor, Olukayode Odumosu, popularly known as Pa Kasumu, has cried out to Nigerians to come to his…

We Have Increased Food Self-sufficiency In The Country

Dr. Sam Sesay, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security, explains the measures adopted by his ministry towards ensuring food…

There Have Been Lots Of Judicial Reforms

Frank Kargbo, Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, is a frank, bold and impressive personality. He speaks with an air of…

Exlusive: Redeemed Pastors In N600m Scam

Four years after its conception by some members of an Abuja parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, a…

There Are Insufficient Trade, Industrial And Technological Services In The Country

Prior to his present appointment as Minister of Trade and Industries, Alhaji Osman Gboie Kamara was a presidential aspirant of…

We Need To Diversify Our Economic Base

Prior to his appointment as Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Dr. Kelfala Marah was the President’s Chief of Staff…

We’ve Embarked On Certain Reforms

Blunt and eloquent, Dr. Sarah Bendu heads an establishment that regulates the licensing of vehicles, drivers and the prescription of…

NRA Is On A Strong Foothold

A very articulate and dynamic personality, Haja Kala Kamara, Commissioner-General, Sierra Leone’s National Revenue Authority, NRA, has beefed-up the revenue…

Sierra Leone On The Road To A Middle-Income Country

In the present global economic recession and security challenges, exacerbated by recent calamities in Europe, Americas and the Asian-Tiger nations,…

May They Not Rest In Peace

By Fémi Táíwò I hope that Adeleke Adeeko won’t mind my citing his recent “Give Them a Dose of Pain!”…

Obama to Al Qaeda leaders: ‘We are coming for you’

President Barack Obama Tuesday night staunchly defended his decision to order commando raids in Libya and Somalia last weekend, saying…

Taliban mock US over government shutdown

Taliban militants fighting US troops in Afghanistan taunted Washington Wednesday over the government shutdown, accusing US politicians of “sucking the…

Saudi set for hajj despite MERS virus fears

MECCA (AFP) – Saudi Arabia is gearing up for next week’s hajj with scores of pilgrims set to miss the…

Corruption: China official sacked for extravagant wedding

A low-ranking official in Beijing was sacked for hosting a lavish wedding banquet, Chinese state media said, becoming the latest…

9 killed in another garment factory disaster in Bangladesh

A huge fire at a garment factory on the outskirts of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka has killed at least nine…

Jihadists’ threats rising, says British intel chief

The head of Britain’s domestic intelligence agency on Tuesday warned there were thousands of Islamist extremists in the country who…

Bolivia: Archaeologists find 1,500-year-old treasures

Gold and silver pieces as well as bones and pottery from 1,500 years ago were discovered in Lake Titicaca by…

Cook Arraigned Over Theft Of N50.7m Jewellery, Milk

A 50-year-old Nigerian cook, Jeremiah Gou, was on Tuesday charged before an Igbosere Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, over alleged theft of…

Tambuwal denies pressure to resign

Honourable Aminu Tambuwal, the Speaker of House of Representatives has described a newspaper report that he is under pressure to…

EFCC, ICPC to get direct funding, says Senator Lar

Chairman, Senate Committee on Drug, Narcotics and Financial Crimes, Senator Victor Lar, has disclosed that the National Assembly will amend…

Agagu: Government, family bicker over crashed plane

FOLARIN ADEMOSU The Ondo State Government in western Nigeria today debunked the claim by Femi Agagu, late former Governor Olusegun…

Robbers on motor bike kill 3 cops in Lagos

Gunmen suspected to be armed robbers on Tuesday killed three policemen in Lagos, the commercial capital of Nigeria. The Commissioner…