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Following recent cases of Lassa fever outbreak in some parts of the country, Lagos State Government, yesterday, enjoined Lagosians to ensure proper and adequate personal and environmental hygiene at all times. - 2 hours ago, 23 Feb 12, 3:50am -
The ongoing privatisation of the power sector, which has been on the table of the Bureau of Public Entreprises, BPE, for more than a decade, will be completed by the end of the third quarter, Minister of Power, Prof. Bart Nnaji, has said. - 3 hours ago, 23 Feb 12, 2:29am -
Senate committee on Petroleum (Downstream), yesterday, summoned the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and her Petroleum Resources counterpart, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, to appear before it and explain the cause of the recent scarcity of… - 3 hours ago, 23 Feb 12, 2:17am -
AN attempt to kidnap Delta State Commissioner for Transport, Mr. Ben Igbakpa, has been foiled by men of the State Security Service, SSS. - 4 hours ago, 23 Feb 12, 1:32am -
To embattled Commissioner of Police, Zakari Biu, it is twilight time. To a man whose second name is controversy, it is an inglorious end to a checkered history of unpopularity. His own controversy was embedded in terrorism. Unfortunately, even when… - 4 hours ago, 23 Feb 12, 1:30am -
No fewer than 500 suspected cultists and criminals have been arrested by the police in Benue State in a renewed onslaught against criminals. - 5 hours ago, 23 Feb 12, 12:50am -
Mr. Lere Olayinka, the media aide to former Ekiti state governor, Segun Oni, yesterday narrated his ordeal with the state government that led to his spending about four hours at the Ekiti police headquarters. - 5 hours ago, 23 Feb 12, 12:43am -
The 72-hour ultimatum given to tanker drivers by the Lagos State Government to remove their vehicles from the highway or face forceful evacuation expired yesterday. - 5 hours ago, 23 Feb 12, 12:39am -
The Police Service Commission yesterday appointed seven (7) Deputy Inspectors-General of Police with five of them elevated from the ranks of Commissioners of Police to DIG’s and confirmed the names of three senior officers reported exclusively by V… - 5 hours ago, 23 Feb 12, 12:36am -
Econet Wireless is seeking at least $3.1 billion in damages from Bharti Airtel in a dispute over ownership of its subsidiary Airtel Nigeria, according to a suit filed yesterday. - 5 hours ago, 23 Feb 12, 12:34am -
CHAIRMAN, Senate Committee on Poice Affairs, Senator Paulinus Nwagu, on Tuesday, presented the report of the investigative committee to the Senate, giving a blow by blow account of how Boko Haram kingpin, Kabiru Sokoto, disappeared from police custod… - 1 day ago, 22 Feb 12, 1:27am -
FOLLOWING the attack on Baga Fish Market in Maiduguri on Monday by suspected members of the Boko Haram sect, spokesman for the sect, Abul Qaqa has said the sect would continue to fight until its demand are met. - 1 day ago, 22 Feb 12, 1:22am -
STRONG indications emerged in Abuja on Tuesday that the Cross River State governorship election will still be held as planned on Saturday, with Justice A. Abdul Kafarati of the Federal High Court, Abuja expected to reverse his last Monday’s order s… - 1 day ago, 22 Feb 12, 1:19am -
THERE was pandemonium at Baga Market in Maiduguri, Borno State, on Monday, when Islamic fundamentalists known as Boko Haram went berserk and shot 30 persons who were trading at the market. - 2 days ago, 20 Feb 12, 11:16pm -
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) last week arrested and briefly detained Wale Babalakin, a Lagos-based businessman, on charges of facilitating money laundering by former Gov… - 1 hour ago, 23 Feb 12, 3:58am -
Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who the American justice system extricated from a sexual assault charge in New York last year, really has a big appetite for sex, by his own admission… - 2 hours ago, 23 Feb 12, 3:41am -
By Sani Tukur A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja was on Wednesday told by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, that t… - 10 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 7:29pm -
By—Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano- PM News, Lagos Sounds of bomb blasts and several gun shots scared residents of Tinshama in Otoro, Tau… - 12 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 5:04pm -
By SaharaReporters, New York Hassan Zakari Biu, the Commissioner of Police who engineered the jailbreak of Kabiru Sokoto, the suspected… - 14 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 3:49pm -
THE Dean, Faculty of Law, Igbinedion University, Prof. Rasheed Ijaodola, has canvassed the trial of all those involved in the removal from office Kwara State’s Chief Judge, Raliat Elelu-Habeeb, before her recent reinstatement by the Supreme Court.… - 5 hours ago, 23 Feb 12, 12:00am -
DETERMINED to hold hitch-free primaries, Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday cautioned unauthorised party members and members of the public who have no business with the party’s governorship primaries to stay clear of… - 5 hours ago, 23 Feb 12, 12:00am -
MINISTER of Youth Development, Bolaji Abdullahi, has called on state governments to augment the Federal Government’s efforts in tackling youth unemployment.The minister stated this recently in Abuja while the Katsina State Commissioner for Youth… - 5 hours ago, 23 Feb 12, 12:00am -
AHEAD of Saturday’s governorship polls in Cross River State, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, has warned politicians against inducing voters with money or gift items at polling booths on the da… - 5 hours ago, 23 Feb 12, 12:00am -
BRIEFSTHE Bauchi State government has released about N119 million for the training of 4,902 civil servants in various in-service courses in the state.Governor Isa Yuguda, who stated this yesterday, added that about 4,622 civil servants were promot… - 5 hours ago, 23 Feb 12, 12:00am -
LONDON, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Dealings of April WestAfrican crude were brisk on Wednesday, reflecting healthy demandfor Angolan barrels. Although price details were sketchy, traders said they werefirmer than March. Traders also awaited the… - 11 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 6:39pm -
KANO, Nigeria, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Gunshots andexplosions rang out on Wednesday in Nigeria's biggest northerncity Kano, as the military exchanged fire with suspectedmilitants from the Boko Haram Islamist sect. - 13 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 4:04pm -
LAGOS, Feb 22 (Reuters) - South Africa-based EconetWireless is seeking at least $3.1 billion in damages from BhartiAirtel in a dispute over ownership of the Indiangroup's subsidiary Airtel Nigeria, according to a suit filed onWednesday. - 15 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 2:38pm -
LAGOS, Feb 22 (Reuters) - The Nigerian naira strengthened further against the U.S dollar on both theinterbank market and official forex window on Wednesday,supported by dollar inflows from oil company sales and offshoreinterest in treasury bills.… - 15 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 2:35pm -
[Tunisia Live] Disposal of a 12 meter long, 15 ton Sperm Whale carcass has proven to be too large a task for the municipality of El Houaria to handle. The leviathan's massive body has been lying on the beach of Sidi… - 19 mins ago, 23 Feb 12, 5:04am -
[Tunisia Live] Following incidents of vandalism at headquarters across the country on Monday, the Tunisian General Labor Union (UGTT) has accused supporters of the moderate Islamist party Ennahda of being behind the… - 20 mins ago, 23 Feb 12, 5:03am -
[Tunisia Live] Tensions are running high in Jendouba, a city located in the Northwest of Tunisia, after violent confrontations between the police and a group of men, described by witnesses as salafists. - 26 mins ago, 23 Feb 12, 4:57am -
[UNHCR] Betou, Republic of Congo - Obed speaks slowly, looking at the ground, as he describes what seemed an idyllic childhood before his family was forced to flee across the nearby river that separates his refugee c… - 35 mins ago, 23 Feb 12, 4:48am -
[RNW Africa] "I will vote for Wade, of course!" shouts Amadou, a young taxi driver, taking me to my hotel in downtown Dakar. "Wade has worked hard and that's how it works here." We drive past large posters of the va… - 60 mins ago, 23 Feb 12, 4:23am -
[IFAD] Rome - Development leaders and heads of state or government gathered for the opening of the 35th Session of the Governing Council of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to discuss the wo… - 8 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 9:47pm -
[PlusNews] Cape Town - More than seven months overdue, the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria grant will finally be released to key South African AIDS organizations that have been struggling to survi… - 12 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 5:47pm -
[World Bank] With more than 1.5 billion people living in countries afflicted by repeated cycles of conflict and violence, the World Bank has today opened a new Global Center on Conflict, Security and Development to… - 12 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 5:31pm -
[World Bank] Nairobi - With more than 1.5 billion people living in countries afflicted by repeated cycles of conflict and violence, the World Bank has today opened a new Global Center on Conflict, Security and Develo… - 12 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 5:27pm -
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan met Wednesday in London with Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain ahead of the London Summit on Somalia which opens tomorrow in the British capital. Their talks focused on international security, the global war ag… - 8 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 9:22pm -
Chief Coach of Super Eagles, Stephen Keshi says England-based players like Osaze Odemwinge, Victor Moses, Yakubu Aiyegbeni and Taiye Taiwo, invited for the 2013 Nations Cup qualifier against Rwanda would arrive in Abuja on Sunday. Keshi told P.M.Spor… - 9 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 8:35pm -
Holders Porto have crashed out of the Europa League after losing by 4-0 to Manchester City on Wednesday. The English Premier League leaders completed a 6-1 aggregate win against Porto to advance to the next round. Trailing 2-1 from the home leg, the… - 9 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 8:21pm -
Robbers numbering about six stormed the Sapida Microfinance bank, Ijebu Imusin in Ijebu East Local Government Area of Ogun state, Southwest, Nigeria and carted away undisclosed amount of money Wednesday afternoon. Two persons were hit by stray bullet… - 10 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 7:46pm -
Marvel Akpoyibo, former Lagos State Police Commissioner is among the seven new Deputy Inspectors-General of Police, DIGs announced by the Police Service Commission, PSC, Wednesday. Also, the Executive Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commissio… - 10 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 7:44pm -
Rivers State Governor, Southsouth Nigeria, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has signed into law the state 2012 Appropriation Bill of N438 billion, as passed by the Rivers State House of Assembly. He pledged to ensure full implementation of the state’s 2012… - 10 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 7:41pm -
It was the end of the road to Zakari Biu, the infamous police officer indicted over various allegations of human rights violations during the military dictatorship of the late General Sanni Abacha as he was fired by the Police Service Commission, PSC… - 10 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 7:41pm -
The Kano Joint Security Task Force said this afternoon that they arrested four members of Boko Haram during a gun duel in the early hours of the morning in the sleepy community of Tinshama, Hotoro, Kano, northwest Nigeria. The spokesman of the Securi… - 10 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 7:38pm -
After a painstaking negotiation, the Federal Government on Wednesday renewed the oil mining lease 67, 68 and 70 of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and Mobil Producing Nigeria Joint Venture spanning the next 20 years. Speaking during the l… - 10 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 7:36pm -
Scientists on Wednesday said they had uncovered the first molecular proof that the “biological clock” is linked to a type of sudden, fatal heart attack. Ventricular arrhythmia, or abnormal heartbeat, occurs most frequently after waking in the mor… - 12 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 5:23pm -
Andre Villas-Boas is hopeful that Chelsea’s 3-1 Champions League defeat at Napoli does not signal the end of his spell in charge of the club.Ezequiel Lavezzi and Edinson Cavani combined to spark Napoli’s 3-1 comeback win in Italy to deepen the g… - 1 hour ago, 23 Feb 12, 4:03am -
Two policemen have again been killed by unknown gun men at a police observation point near the NNPC mega station along the Western Bye Pass , Minna, Niger State.LEADERSHIP gathered that the attack took place between 9.30 and 10pm yesterday near th… - 1 hour ago, 23 Feb 12, 4:03am -
Ex-NBA player Crittenton jailed on speeding charge Associated Press - 22 February 2012 21:51-05:00 Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistrib… - 1 hour ago, 23 Feb 12, 4:03am -
At last, Governor Aliyu T. Wamakko has again been returned as the executive governor of Sokoto State. He seems to have curved a unique record in the history of elections in the country as he has three times returned winner in the general and rerun po… - 1 hour ago, 23 Feb 12, 4:03am -
Lin, Knicks rout Hawks 99-82, head to Miami Associated Press - 22 February 2012 22:35-05:00 Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. - 1 hour ago, 23 Feb 12, 4:03am -
Jury: 26 years total for former US lax player Associated Press - 22 February 2012 22:28-05:00 Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. - 1 hour ago, 23 Feb 12, 4:03am -
No. 2 Syracuse beats South Florida 56-48 Associated Press - 22 February 2012 22:09-05:00 Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. - 1 hour ago, 23 Feb 12, 4:03am -
Onion is perhaps one of the few vegetable crops attracting a sustained global demand. It is one of the most adaptable vegetable cultivated in many parts of the world that is generally consumed as food or delicacies in various forms.Onion is often ea… - 1 hour ago, 23 Feb 12, 4:03am -
Manager of Dolphins, Stanley Eguma has said his players must improve ahead of their second leg first round CAF Champions League game against Sony Ela Nguema.Dolphins won the first leg of the contest against the Equatorial Guinea champions 3-0 in Mal… - 1 hour ago, 23 Feb 12, 4:03am -
Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha recently spoke to select journalists on his stewardship. FRANCIS AGBO was there for LEADERSHIP.What is the state of Imo State, eight years after you took the oath of office as governor?When we came on board… - 1 hour ago, 23 Feb 12, 4:03am -
Police captured 25 inmates freed when gunmen stormed a prison in central Nigeria, spraying bullets and emptying cells in a brazen evening attack, officials said Friday. - 6 days ago, 17 Feb 12, 3:32pm -
About 25 gunmen attacked a prison in Nigeria's central Kogi state and freed a number of inmates, a police spokesman said Thursday. - 6 days ago, 16 Feb 12, 11:38pm -
From shaking up Nigeria's fashion scene to striking it rich in the oil business, Nigerian billionaire Folorunso Alakija has tasted success in all walks of life. - 7 days ago, 16 Feb 12, 4:40pm -
Nigerian authorities say they have arrested a terror attack suspect who recently escaped police custody under suspicious circumstances. - 12 days ago, 11 Feb 12, 10:27am -
The spokesman for Nigerian militant group Boko Haram has been captured after a months-long surveillance operation, a spokesman for Nigerian police said Wednesday. - 21 days ago, 2 Feb 12, 4:30pm -
He is the son of a canoe-carver, a mild-mannered academic who wears a fedora but eschews the flowing robes and bombastic brashness that often characterize Africa's "Big Man" leaders. - 23 days ago, 30 Jan 12, 7:17pm -
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has suddenly shifted his attitude toward the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram, as violence spreads across northern Nigeria. - 23 days ago, 30 Jan 12, 6:50pm -
Militants launched a fresh attack Monday in Nigeria's second largest city, Kano, which is already reeling from a series of bombings and shootings that killed more than 200 people earlier this month. - 23 days ago, 30 Jan 12, 6:32pm -
As the rest of the world rang in 2012, Nigerians awoke to an unpleasant New Year's Day surprise: Their government announced the removal of a longstanding fuel subsidy that had helped to hold down gas prices in the largely impoverished country. Almost… - 26 days ago, 27 Jan 12, 10:59pm -
Attacks by the Islamist sect Boko Haram in northern Nigeria’s largest city struck police buildings, immigration offices and an office of the secret police. - 32 days ago, 22 Jan 12, 5:00am -
The abrupt removal of the fuel subsidy had been seen as one more act of insensitivity by a government the protesters criticized for favoring the wealthy. - 37 days ago, 17 Jan 12, 5:00am -
The Nigerian government’s sudden decision to end fuel subsidies, doubling prices for transportation and food, gave the people the message: You don’t matter. - 37 days ago, 17 Jan 12, 5:00am -
Nigerians emerged from their homes this weekend to find their fragile economic existence in an even deeper crisis because of a steep increase in the price of gasoline. - 38 days ago, 16 Jan 12, 5:00am -
A strike over the oil price increase shut down much of the country, and news reports said several protesters were killed as the police sought to contain the demonstrations. - 44 days ago, 10 Jan 12, 5:00am -
A string of assaults — on a church, a beauty salon and a town hall — testify to the continuing threat of Boko Haram, a radical Muslim group. - 46 days ago, 8 Jan 12, 5:00am -
President Goodluck Jonathan directed top security officials to set up a special counterterrorism unit to fight the growing threat posed by Boko Haram. - 53 days ago, 1 Jan 12, 5:00am -
