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Lagos State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has faulted the trip by the 57 chairmen and officials of local government and local council development areas in the state to the United Kingdom, describing it as “mere leisure trip.”Category… - 1 hour ago, 20 May 12, 11:22pm -
FOLLOWING complaints by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, that congresses conducted by Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, were flawed in 10 states, the party has finally replied the commission. Category News - 1 hour ago, 20 May 12, 11:20pm -
An Igbo Socio-cultural organisation, Ndigbo Unity Forum, has urged the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in 10 Northern states, following the growing insurgency claiming lives and property of many citizens in those states.Category… - 1 hour ago, 20 May 12, 11:20pm -
Immediate past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has warned against moves that could curtail the autonomy of CBN as guaranteed by the CBN Act 2007.Category News - 1 hour ago, 20 May 12, 11:20pm -
As part of its strategic objective of strengthening healthcare delivery in the Kwara State through access to quality primary healthcare centres, the government is to spend more than N200 million on the rehabilitation of five general hospitals in Offa… - 1 hour ago, 20 May 12, 11:18pm -
ABUJA - Due to the rising number of Nigerian women who die during child births gyneacologists in the country have asked for the adoption of maternal death review and family planning as a means to curb the growing epidemic.Category News - 1 hour ago, 20 May 12, 11:17pm -
FORMER Interim President of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, ALGON, Felix Akhabue, has blamed the non-commencement of the N14.7 billion capacity-building project in the primary healthcare sector of local councils on the failure of sha… - 1 hour ago, 20 May 12, 11:16pm -
Shareholders of Omatek Ventures Plc have commended its Board of Directors for its effort in keeping the company afloat and surviving the harsh operating environment that prevailed during the last two years.Category Finance - 1 hour ago, 20 May 12, 11:15pm -
Chairman of Warri Wolves, Godwin Abigor, who is an ardent follower of sports globally has said that only a combination of sports ministry and that of education will drive any effort to resurrect Nigerian sports from its present rot.Category Sports - 1 hour ago, 20 May 12, 11:14pm -
THE spate of false metering, otherwise known as under-dispensing, has been on the increase across the country since the conversion of fuel meter from analogue to digital ones, investigations by Nigerian Tribune have revealed. - 2 hours ago, 20 May 12, 11:02pm -
THERE are strong indications that Nigeria may be blacklisted by international anti-money laundering watchdogs over its inability to track the source of funds of the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram and curb terrorism financing in general. - 2 hours ago, 20 May 12, 11:00pm -
THE communication of the reinstatement of the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Isa Salami by the National Judicial Council (NJC) to President Goodluck Jonathan actually gave the latter options to explore on the matter, the Nigerian Tribu… - 2 hours ago, 20 May 12, 11:00pm -
THERE was panic in Port Harcourt, on Thursday, when a commercial bus exploded around the ever-busy Rumuokoro roundabout - 3 days ago, 17 May 12, 11:00pm -
DOCTORS in Federal Government-owned hospitals in Lagos State are to begin an indefinite strike today, in solidarity with doctors - 3 days ago, 17 May 12, 11:00pm -
SECURITY agents in Kogi State, on Wednesday, recorded a major breakthrough, as they discovered bombs and weapons buried in a bush between - 4 days ago, 16 May 12, 11:00pm -
By Femi Falana We are Solicitors to the National Conscience Party (hereinafter referred to as “our client”) on whose behalf we writ… - 4 hours ago, 20 May 12, 9:03pm -
By Prince Charles Dickson Instead of mother-witch's affairs improving, all the children she bears turn out to be female; birds climb upon birds. (Despite all efforts the fortunes of a person co… - 9 hours ago, 20 May 12, 3:14pm -
By RAHEEM OLUWAFUNMINIYI If there is one individual whose name has continuously carried a regrettable heavy burden in history that of 'Judas Iscariot' easily comes to mind. As an ardent observe… - 10 hours ago, 20 May 12, 3:05pm -
By Salihu Moh. Lukman Media reports on Friday, May 18, 2012 highlighted that the nineteen (19) Northern Governors are uniting to produ… - 10 hours ago, 20 May 12, 3:00pm -
By Damola Awoyokun To Rabiu Kwakwaso, Governor of Kano, the Legion of Mary or Salvation Army is not different from Boko Haram. If the former uses Rosaries or Bibles and Boko Haram uses AK47… - 12 hours ago, 20 May 12, 12:47pm -
By Erasmus Ikhide I arose again early hours of May 4, 2012 in the much talked about primal city of Bini with a call I thought was conve… - 12 hours ago, 20 May 12, 12:34pm -
By SOC Okenwa Former Head of State and presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in last year’s presidential election, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (GMB) has endeared him… - 12 hours ago, 20 May 12, 12:29pm -
By Roland Ewubare We have a serious problem in our country. I am not being an alarmist and I am not trying to depress you. I am just making my case based on facts currently in the public domain… - 12 hours ago, 20 May 12, 12:24pm -
By SaharaReporters, New York Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Attahiru Jega yesterday beat a hasty retr… - 21 hours ago, 20 May 12, 3:19am -
THE family of Chief Essien Akpabio of Mente Village, Nkari Clan, Ini Local Council of Akwa Ibom State has appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan, the Director General of State Security Service, Inspector General of Police and the Senate President D… - 1 day ago, 20 May 12, 12:00am -
AS Nigeria joined the rest of the world to mark the World Press Freedom Day on Thursday, May 3, 2012, the implementation of the Freedom of the Information Act (FOIA) signed into law by President Goodluck Jonathan in 2011, came to the fore in Abuja,… - 1 day ago, 20 May 12, 12:00am -
THE Director-General, Lagos State Pension Commission, Mr. Rotimi Adekunle Hussain, has avowed government’s commitment to the welfare of retirees and workers in the State Public Service. The DG made this known when he received students of Senior Ex… - 1 day ago, 20 May 12, 12:00am -
A FREELANCE reporter with The Guardian, Tunde Akingbade, has emerged one out of 34 finalists from 12 countries in the prestigious CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2012 Competition.Others include Ahaoma Kanu of the National Daily; Peter Nkanga, El… - 1 day ago, 20 May 12, 12:00am -
MORE than 300 out of 1000 staff dismissed from the Benue Cement Company (BCC), Gboko, are alleged to have died, following non-payment of their housing fund and pension.The information, reaching The Guardian from the former staff, disengaged between… - 1 day ago, 20 May 12, 12:00am -
ABUJA, May 20 (Reuters) - Nigeria's telecoms regulator finedthe country's four main mobile operators, including MTN and Bharti Airtel, a total of 1.17 billion naira($7.38 million) on Sunday for poor-quality service. - 5 hours ago, 20 May 12, 7:34pm -
May 20 (Reuters) - Helped by billions of dollars of donorcash, Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara wants to shoreup peace with a dash for economic growth, like the "Ivorianmiracle" which turned the country into a regional powerhouseafter in… - 11 hours ago, 20 May 12, 1:52pm -
ABIDJAN, May 20 (Reuters) - From his lagoon-side allotmentin Ivory Coast's economic capital Abidjan, Moussa Yanda has aringside seat to watch the foundations of a $290-million tollbridge slowly rise up from the shore. - 16 hours ago, 20 May 12, 8:25am -
LONDON, May 18 (Reuters) - Angolan state oil firm Sonangolstarted offering July cargoes on Friday, raising differentialsfor some grades such as Girassol significantly higher than Junelevels. Angolan crude export volume was set to fall in July… - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 5:11pm -
WASHINGTON, May 18 (Reuters) - Buffeted by the euro zonecrisis and distracted by political problems at home, the leadersof the world's industrial powers turned to the private sector onFriday to help fight hunger and malnutrition for up to a billio… - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 5:00pm -
ABUJA, May 18 (Reuters) - Nigeria earned 626.18 billionnaira ($3.95 billion) in oil revenues in April, down 13.8percent from 726.77 billion naira in March due to lowerproduction, the accountant general said on Friday. - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 4:19pm -
LAGOS, May 18 (Reuters) - French oil major Total has plugged a gas leak in southern Nigeria's Niger Delta regionand no longer needs to drill an additional relief well to curbits flow, a spokesman said on Friday. - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 3:04pm -
LONDON, May 18 (Reuters) - Kenyan Treasury bill yields arelikely to fall to single digits for the first time sinceSeptember at an auction next week, while healthy demand isexpected at Zambia's first bond auction in two months onThursday. - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 2:56pm -
LAGOS, May 18 (Reuters) - Nigeria's interbank lending ratesrose this week to an average of 14.66 percent, from 14.16percent last week, as cash outflows to bonds and dollarpurchases drained liquidity in the market further, traders saidon Friday.… - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 2:41pm -
WASHINGTON, May 18 (Reuters) - Buffeted by the euro zonecrisis and distracted by political problems at home, the leadersof the world's industrial powers are turning to the privatesector to help fight hunger and malnutrition for up to a billionpeo… - 3 days ago, 18 May 12, 9:59am -
[This Day] Abuja - The Nigerian Military Pension Board (MPB) has denied allegations that it does not pay its retired officers and men of most of their retirement benefits. - 6 hours ago, 20 May 12, 6:14pm -
[This Day] The notion that nothing is a complete waste rings true for Kolade Oshinowo's exhibition which showcases works from materials derived from fabric waste, writes MARY EKAH - 6 hours ago, 20 May 12, 6:14pm -
[This Day] One Barrister Wilfred Okoli yesterday filed a suit against the federal government asking the court to restrain government from reinstating the suspended President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Isa Ayo S… - 6 hours ago, 20 May 12, 6:13pm -
[This Day] Reacting to the claims by Olisa Metuh, Peoples Democratic Party's National Publicity Secretary that Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, national leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria, endorsed President Goodluck Jona… - 6 hours ago, 20 May 12, 6:13pm -
[ANGOP] Luanda - The Angolan minister of Agriculture and Rural Development and Fisheries, Afonso Pedro Canga, Friday in Luanda appealed to the national businessmen to seize the experience of Argentina in developing p… - 6 hours ago, 20 May 12, 6:12pm -
[This Day] An Ibadan based legal practitioner, Mr. Adebayo Adenipekun (SAN) has identified the failure of the country to carryout court reforms as one of the major problem facing the judiciary and called for the imm… - 6 hours ago, 20 May 12, 6:12pm -
[ANGOP] Luanda - Long time rivals Petro de Luanda and 1º de Agosto will be playing on Sunday here for the 42nd time in the national first division football championship, in a game that is awaited with much expectati… - 6 hours ago, 20 May 12, 6:11pm -
[This Day] Homelessness broke out a rash of informal communities across Lagos, as is the case in most cities of its economic stature. Gradually, feelings dull and it became acceptable for people to live under bridge… - 6 hours ago, 20 May 12, 6:11pm -
[Leadership] The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has presented relief materials to Internally Displaced Persons in Lamurde Local Government Area of Adamawa. - 6 hours ago, 20 May 12, 6:11pm -
[This Day] An all female art exhibition titled Colours of Creativity which opened on May 5 rounded off on a climactic note last Wednesday at the National Museum, Onikan, Lagos, writes Lanre Odukoya - 6 hours ago, 20 May 12, 6:10pm -
The retired general, a revered man in Maiduguri, north east Nigeria, reaches into his immaculate white robe after taking a seat in his living room and pulls out his Beretta, placing it on the table in front of him. Asked whether he is afraid of being… - 3 hours ago, 20 May 12, 10:00pm -
Workers in Algiers started laying foundations Sunday for what should become the world’s third-largest mosque, a one-billion-euro project that will include a dizzyingly tall minaret. The huge building in the capital Algiers will be built by the Chin… - 3 hours ago, 20 May 12, 9:40pm -
Juventus’ record-breaking 43-match undefeated run came to an end on Sunday when Napoli won the Italian Cup 2-0. Serie A champions Juventus saw their hopes of a league and cup double shattered by two second-half goals, with defeat particularly painf… - 3 hours ago, 20 May 12, 9:29pm -
Russian Maria Sharapova has won the Rome International, defeating the French open champion, China’s Li Na, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/5) in a rain-hit final. Sharapova, the defending champion probably played the best tennis of her career, rallying to snatch… - 7 hours ago, 20 May 12, 5:34pm -
The phrase ‘rise like a phoenix from the ashes’ is mythical in origin, and comes from the legend of a bird which burns in order to rise to new life from the ash. Today the idiom is used to express an improbable reincarnation when all hope appeare… - 12 hours ago, 20 May 12, 12:47pm -
The Nigerian football team failed to depart for Peru for a friendly after a passenger on the Madrid-bound flight was arrested on suspicion of being in possession of drugs, an official has confirmed. Nigeria team spokesman Ben Alaiya said the Iberia f… - 12 hours ago, 20 May 12, 12:25pm -
Since Russian billionaire, Roman Abramovitch bought Chelsea from Ken Bates, nine years ago, he never hid his greatest ambition: he wanted Chelsea to join the elites of European football, by winning the Champions league trophy. After several attempts,… - 17 hours ago, 20 May 12, 7:30am -
Bayern Munich’s Champions League dream final turned into a nightmare on Saturday as Chelsea ruined their homecoming party to leave the German giants trophy-less for the second season in a row. Chelsea’s 4-3 victory on penalties at the Allianz Are… - 1 day ago, 19 May 12, 10:26pm -
Chelsea’s Didier Drogba may be now out of contract, but he proved to be the match-winner yet again as the Blues lifted their first Champions League title to make amends for his misery in Moscow. Four years after being red-carded in the 2008 Champio… - 1 day ago, 19 May 12, 10:04pm -
Didier Drogba was the hero as Chelsea shattered Bayern Munich’s Champions League dream here on Saturday with victory in a nail-biting penalty shoot-out at the Allianz Arena. Drogba stepped up to rifle home the winning penalty for Chelsea after earl… - 1 day ago, 19 May 12, 9:57pm -
Family of Hamas figure seeks to block Israel movie Associated Press - 20 May 2012 10:45-04:00 Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. - 9 hours ago, 20 May 12, 4:02pm -
Lawyers for fugitive Iraqi VP quit case in protest Associated Press - 20 May 2012 11:42-04:00 Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. - 9 hours ago, 20 May 12, 4:02pm -
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian army shelling killed 16 people, including children, on Sunday in the town of Souran in the central province of Hama, the British-based rights group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. - 9 hours ago, 20 May 12, 4:02pm -
Servia fastest in practice for Indianapolis 500 Associated Press - 20 May 2012 11:13-04:00 Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. - 9 hours ago, 20 May 12, 4:02pm -
CHICAGO (Reuters) - NATO leaders gathered in Chicago on Sunday to chart a path out of Afghanistan as war-weary Western nations seek to fend off dissent in their alliance and ensure Afghanistan can hold a still-potent Taliban at bay when foreign troop… - 9 hours ago, 20 May 12, 4:02pm -
DUBAI (Reuters) - A Bahraini court granted bail on Sunday to leading activist Nabeel Rajab, who is charged with insulting authorities in the Gulf Arab state, but he is still being held pending trial for a different case, his lawyer said. - 9 hours ago, 20 May 12, 4:02pm -
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese soldiers shot dead two members of an alliance against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in northern Lebanon on Sunday, security sources said, in the latest incident to raise fears Syria's turmoil was spilling over the borde… - 9 hours ago, 20 May 12, 4:02pm -
'Avengers' sinks 'Battleship" to remain No. 1 Associated Press - 20 May 2012 11:46-04:00 Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. - 9 hours ago, 20 May 12, 4:02pm -
SANT' AGOSTINO, Italy (Reuters) - A strong earthquake in northern Italy killed five people, injured dozens and damaged historic buildings including a famed mediaeval castle early on Sunday, waking terrified citizens and sending thousands running into… - 9 hours ago, 20 May 12, 4:02pm -
Green Bay marathon in Wis. halted because of heat Associated Press - 20 May 2012 11:25-04:00 Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. - 9 hours ago, 20 May 12, 4:02pm -
The arrest of a Nigerian politician who deposited millions of dollars of stolen money in UK accounts has raised questions about the role of British banks in corruption. - 11 days ago, 9 May 12, 4:04pm -
Thirty-four people were killed and 30 wounded in an attack on a cattle market in Nigeria's northern Yobe state, a government official briefed on the investigation said Thursday. - 17 days ago, 3 May 12, 7:10pm -
A suicide attack on Monday in northeastern Nigeria killed 11 people and wounded another 26, a spokesman for the Nigerian Red Cross in Abuja told CNN. - 20 days ago, 30 Apr 12, 10:52pm -
Gunmen attacked Christians worshipping on a Nigerian university campus on Sunday, with witnesses reporting multiple explosions and gunfire. - 21 days ago, 29 Apr 12, 8:50pm -
For decades, many African countries saw some of their most skilful young people take their talents to other parts of the world, lured by the financial prospects outside the continent. - 25 days ago, 25 Apr 12, 4:22pm -
Dead bodies littered a road in northern Nigeria on Sunday after a massive explosion that an official said killed 25 people and a witness said shattered windows of a nearby church where worshipers were celebrating Easter. - 41 days ago, 9 Apr 12, 4:42pm -
The Nigerian contender to head the World Bank, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, said Wednesday she is ready to lead from day one and would make it a nimbler, more responsive organization. - 53 days ago, 29 Mar 12, 5:11am -
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said Thursday he takes some of the responsibility for a failed hostage rescue attempt in which an Italian and a British man died. - 66 days ago, 15 Mar 12, 5:36pm -
An Italian who was killed during a failed hostage rescue attempt in Nigeria was shot four times, a doctor told reporters. - 70 days ago, 12 Mar 12, 12:39am -
Tensions ran high in the central Nigerian city of Jos on Sunday in the aftermath of an explosion outside a Catholic church that left six people dead, according to hospital and government officials. - 70 days ago, 11 Mar 12, 10:54pm -
Etisalat Nigeria, part-owned by the Emirati telecommunications giant Etisalat, was fined around $2 million by Nigerian regulators this week for poor service and failure to meet quality targets. - 4 days ago, 17 May 12, 4:00am -
Seun Adebiyi launched Nigeria’s national bone-marrow registry, a potential lifesaver for black cancer patients, after experiencing firsthand the difficulty of finding donors for those of African descent. - 9 days ago, 12 May 12, 4:00am -
Nigeria's booming population, which may exceed 300 million people in a quarter-century, is emblematic of a wider population problem across sub-Saharan Africa; trends that have reduced fertility rates elsewhere in the developing world have not yet cau… - 36 days ago, 15 Apr 12, 4:00am -
A suicide car bomber struck on a busy road Sunday morning after apparently turning away from attacking Nigerian churches holding Easter services, killing at least 38 people. - 42 days ago, 9 Apr 12, 4:00am -
Toppling a dictator is only the first step in establishing a free society; the next step is dismantling the dictatorship itself. - 45 days ago, 6 Apr 12, 4:00am -
For a town in northern Nigeria already living in fear of a violent Islamist group, the arson of school buildings is the latest outrage. - 56 days ago, 26 Mar 12, 4:00am -
A Briton and an Italian who had been abducted by Islamist militants were executed before they could be rescued by Nigerian troops and Royal Marines, Nigerian officials said. - 67 days ago, 15 Mar 12, 4:00am -
Italy said Friday that Britain had not informed them of attempt to rescue a Briton and an Italian held hostage by an Islamist militant group in Nigeria. Both men were found dead. - 72 days ago, 10 Mar 12, 5:00am -
Justices asked parties in a Nigerian suit to help answer the question of jurisdiction in a case involving the Alien Tort Statute. - 76 days ago, 6 Mar 12, 5:00am -
Partnering with an international nonprofit group, the Nigerian government plans to improve access to pain medications for cancer and AIDS patients. - 76 days ago, 6 Mar 12, 5:00am -
