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After US embassy attack, Libya sacks security chiefs
Libya’s interior minister has sacked Benghazi security chiefs after last week’s deadly attack on the US consulate in the eastern…
Falana: Awards To IG, Governors, Senators Illegal
Human rights activist and lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has criticised the national honours being conferred on serving public officials.…
Nigeria Suffering From Severe Dutch Disease
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Prior to 1959, the Dutch country of Netherlands, then known as Holland, was well known for its industrialization,…
Adenuga, others honored by Nigeria
President Good luck Jonathan on Monday morning in Abuja conferred the nation’s second highest honour of Grand Commander of the…
Nigerian varsity don slumps, dies in market
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN The Dean of Faculty of Arts at the University of Ibadan, Professor Kolawole Olu-Owolabi aged 51 today slumped…
50 illegal refineries destroyed in Nigeria
JETHRO IBILEKE, Benin Determined to rid the rid the Niger Delta region of all forms of criminality, men of…
Boko Haram: Nigerian-Lebanese deny fleeing Kano
Mr Tahir Faddalah, the Chairman, Lebanese Community in Kano, has denied media reports that members of the community were fleeing Kano State…
Bye election ends in Zaria
The by-election in Zaria constituency of Kaduna State House of Assembly held peacefully without complaints from voters. According to the…
Special church service for Nigeria
An Interdenominational Church Service to celebrate Nigeria’s 52nd independence anniversary is scheduled to take place on Sunday 30 September. In…
How soldiers broke Nigeria’s anti-America protest
Nigerian soldiers fired live rounds in the air outside a mosque in the flashpoint city of Jos on Friday to…
Anti-America protests spread over anti-Islam film
Furious protesters targeted symbols of US influence in cities across the Muslim world on Friday, attacking embassies, schools and restaurants…
Aregbesola, Oyinlola appear at probe panel
Governor Rauf Aregbesola and his predecessor, Olagunsoye Oyinlola of Nigeria’s State of Osun have given testimony before a probe panel…
Zuma vows to end mining strikes in South Africa
Thousands of miners protesting for huge pay hikes vowed Thursday to bring South Africa’s key mining sector to its knees…
Flood, cholera cause havoc in Niger
Floods in the Republic of Niger, north of Nigeria, have killed 81 people since July, the UN Office for Humanitarian…
Corruption: Why the EFCC lost steam
Simon Ateba The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has accused the President Goodluck Jonathan administration of being unwilling to…
Robbers Attack Bank, Police Station
Stephen Oni/ Ilorin Tension enveloped most parts of Ilorin, the Kwara state capital including the State Police Command Headquarters Wednesday…
Wife of slain Nigeria’s assembly man to run in bye-election
Mrs Kaneng Fulani, wife to the late occupant of the Barkin Ladi constituency seat, Gyang Fulani, has been endorsed as…
Bankers Committee backs super N5000 note
Nigeria’s Bankers Committee on Tuesday endorsed the introduction of N5,000 note by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), saying “it…
Lagos-Kano rail link to be restored soon
Nigeria’s Federal Government on Tuesday announced that the Lagos- Kano railway line would resume full operations in six weeks after…
ECOWAS defence chiefs to meet over Mali
Desmond Utomwen/Abuja West Africa’s defence chiefs will hold an extraordinary session in Abidjan from 14 September 2012 to finalise the…
Motorcyclists pledge to abide by Lagos Trafiic law
Leaders of commercial motorcycle (Okada) operators in Lagos State have pledged to comply with the new Lagos Road Traffic Law…
Ondo to deploy 50 tricycle ambulances
Gov. Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State has announced that 50 tricycle ambulances and 10,000 mobile phones would be distributed across…
17 trucks laden with stolen fuel arrested
The Special Task Force on Anti-Pipeline vandalism constituted by the Inspector General of Police, Mr Mohammed Abubakar, has intercepted 17…
Obama leads Romney in new polls
US President Barack Obama received a significant bounce from his party’s convention last week and now leads the White House…
Special Prayers for Nigeria on 22 September
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Prominent Nigerian leaders, including President Goodluck Jonathan, Senate President David Mark, will on 22 September, 2012, converge at…
Strife-torn Somalia elects new president
Lawmakers on Monday in Mogadishu elected Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as Somalia’s new president after the 56-year-old university lecturer got the…
Adenuga, 148 others to get national honors
Chairman of Globacom, Dr. Mike Adenuga, will be honored 17 September by President Goodluck Jonathan with one of Nigeria’s highest…
Western sanctions killing Iranian currency
Iran’s currency on Sunday slid to a new record low against the dollar, with the central bank saying it was…
NDA honours Liberia’s Sirleaf, Mark, Anyaoku
The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) on Saturday in Kaduna honoured Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Former Commonwealth Secretary-General Emeka Anyaoku and…
Palestine bids to change status at UN
(AFP) – Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said on Saturday he will make a bid on September 27 to obtain non-member…