Tag: news
The coronation of Tukur as PDP chairman
Ayorinde Oluokun/ abuja Weeks of intrigues within Nigeria’s ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP culminated in the expected outcome of the…
Nigeria’s ruling party picks new officers
Alhaji Bamanga Tukur has emerged by consensus the new national chairman of the PDP, following the withdrawal of 10 other…
Okonjo Iweala, 2 others confirmed for WB race
The World Bank announced Friday three candidates to succeed outgoing president Robert Zoellick, one nominated by the United States and…
African Union suspends Mali’s membership
African Union on Friday suspended Mali following a military coup and said it would send a joint team with the…
Study: You can beat cancer with fasting
Chemotherapy drugs work better against cancer when combined with cycles of short, severe fasting, a study has found. According to…
Nigerian Woman Excretes 2kg of heroin pellets In US
A Nigerian woman was arrested at an airport outside Washington after ingesting nearly five pounds (over two kilograms) of heroin…
Police Abort Kidnap, kill 2 suspects
The Police in Osun State, Western Nigeria on Thursday killed two suspected kidnappers and arrested six others following a botched…
Court orders Nigerian phone thieves caned
An Abuja Senior Magistrates’ Court has rewarded two handset thieves with 12 lashes of the cane for stealing. The two…
ECOWAS, EU condemn Malian Coup Makers
West Africa regional bloc ECOWAS has condemned actions by renegade Mali soldiers who claimed they had seized power from an…
Military Coup in Mali
Renegade Mali soldiers on Thursday claimed they had seized power from an “incompetent regime,” announcing on television they had suspended…
U.S.A makes $153 billion from tourists
A record 62 million foreigners visited the United States last year, spending $153 billion on travel and tourism-related services, the…
UK Doctors: Fabrice Muamba In Miraculous Recovery
Bolton team doctor Jonathan Tobin has made some startling revelations about the efforts that were made to save the life…
Andy Uba wins Anambra Senate seat
INEC has declared Andy Uba of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as winner of the Anambra South Senatorial Zone re-run…
Nigeria: Another hostage story has happy ending
The government of United Arab Emirate has revealed the rescue Monday night of its citizen abducted by a Nigerian gang…
Lagos Warns 5.3 million tax evaders
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday read the riot act to all the 5.3milion tax evading adults in the State…
Nigerian Ex-Governor Fails to stop Trial
A Federal High Court sitting in Gombe, Gombe state, on 20 March , ruled that the former governor, Alhaji Danjuma…
Boko Haram strikes again, kills 3
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Gunmen suspected to be mercenaries of Boko Haram, on a motorcycle this evening in Kano, northwest Nigeria attacked…
Porsche, Aston Martins, Champagne and Nigeria’s Rich
Warning: If you are a poor Nigerian, do not read this story because you gotta cry! (Reuters) – Nigeria’s super…
Nigeria’s Fraud Unit Gets New Helmsman
Mr. Johnson Babatunde Ogunsakin has been appointed the new Commissioner of Police, Special Fraud Unit (SFU), Ikoyi, Lagos. The unit’s…
Intruder Jolts Nigeria’s Ex-VP
Oluokun Ayorinde/ Abuja One week after a man climbed a telecom mast to protest alleged non-payment of debt by former…
Nigeria: Reps Members Quit Over Bribery Crisis
The controversy surrounding the probe of the Security and Exchange Commission by the House of Representatives has claimed its first…
Apple settles for dividend payout, share buyback
NEW YORK, March 19, 2012 (AFP) – Apple announced Monday it will spend part of its massive cash hoard to…
Nigeria’s pension assets hit N2.45 trillion
Contributions to Nigeria’s pension scheme have hit N2.45 trillion as at Dec., 2011, with a monthly contribution of N20 billion…
Libya: The world’s most wanted Spymaster
Mauritania has received requests from France and the International Criminal Court (ICC) to extradite Libya’s ex-spy chief Abdullah Senussi, a…
Nigeria: Mediators Quit in Boko Haram Talks
Ibrahim Datti Ahmed, the muslim cleric mediating in peace talks between the Nigerian government and the Boko Haram Islamist sect…
Lagos PDP Ignores Court Order, holds Congress
Chief Tunji Shelle, the immediate past secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, on Saturday emerged the…
Nigeria: Boko Haram Runs PDP Out of Borno
The Peoples Democratic Party in Borno State said it had shifted its congress to Gombe due to the current security…
Coup prone West African nation holds polls
The small coup-prone west African state of Guinea-Bissau goes to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president —…
Killings In Kaduna: Nigerian Police confirm P.M.NEWS report
Kaduna state Police Command has confirmed the gun and machete attacks on Assembly of God church members at Nayida Village,…
Nigerian High Chief commits Suicide
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Barely two months to his 70th birthday, a Nigerian chief from the Egba ethnic extraction, Apagun Oluwole…