Nigeria : EFCC - Bankole, Nafada Guilty of Misappropriation, Not Over-Spending
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:49:13 -0800

The trial judge had ordered an accelerated hearing of the case, in compliance with the working directive given by the Chief Justice of Nigeria , Justice Dahiru Musdapher for speedy hearing of financial crime cases. Consequently, the EFCC prosecution had ...

Nigeria's embattled president
Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:57:09 -0800

When elected president in April 2011, he was described as " Nigeria's Obama," a leader who would bring change to the oil-rich but poverty-ridden nation. His countrymen believed a divine hand orchestrated his success. After all, his name spoke of his ...

' Nigeria's existence is threatened'
Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:21:24 -0800

By Wale Adepoju 18 hours 13 minutes ago A group - Committee for Concerned Nigerians - yesterday raised the alarm that Nigeria's corporate existence is threatened. Members of the group include: acclaimed poet, Prof. Niyi Osundare, son of the late leader ...

Losing money in Nigeria , losing hope in Niger
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:08:59 -0800

By CARE International | 7 minutes(s) ago | Comments ( 0 ) When Aminou Chaibou left his wife and three small children last year to find work in Nigeria , it was with the hopes of earning enough money to help them survive the worsening food crisis ...

Treachery against Occupy Nigeria revolt
Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:30:28 -0800

By Farooq Kperogi First, the current leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) are unapologetic proteges of Adams Oshiomhole, who for a long time enjoyed an unearned and undeserved reputation as a dogged and forthright defender of the Nigerian ...

Goodluck Jonathan The Destroyer Or Saviour Of Nigeria ?
Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:35:11 -0800

And at the end of it all, just in the space of one afternoon, Nigeria's second largest city of Kano has been brutally raped and violated and no less than 260 innocent and defenceless Nigerians have been butchered mercilessly in broad daylight and are ...

Nigeria : FG to Commercialise Aviation Agencies - Oduah
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:21:57 -0800

The Minister affirmed this in Abuja during the closing ceremony of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency's Corporate Realignment Retreat over the Weekend. Princess Stella Oduah who was ably represented by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, ...

Lessons for East Africa from Nigeria fuel crisis
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:43:00 -0800

By George Wachira (email the author) The Nigerian government took a major political gamble and withdrew petroleum fuels subsidies on New Year day, resulting in pump prices increasing about two-folds. The government action prompted public protests and ...

Nigeria : Church Sets Date for Burial of Madalla Blast Victims
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:13:45 -0800

The St. Theresa's Church Madalla, Niger State has said the burial of victims of the Christmas Day explosion will be held on 1 February. An explosives-laden car deployed by a member of the dreaded Boko Hram sect exploded near the church killing over 35 ...

Nigeria's Boko Haram Killed At Least 935 People Since 2009, Report Says
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:50:57 -0800

ABUJA, Jan 24 (Reuters) - The Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram has killed at least 935 people since it launched an uprising in 2009, including more than 250 in the first weeks of this year, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday.

Nigeria : Enugu Introduces Free Transport for School Children
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:12:15 -0800

Enugu THE Enugu State Government has introduced free transport services for primary school pupils and secondary school students in the state. The State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Chuks Ugwoke, who disclosed this to newsmen at the end of the ...

Afren lining up further field developments offshore Nigeria
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 06:17:02 -0800

London afren has completed the initial phases of the shallow-water Ebok field development off Nigeria , following commissioning and ramp-up of all 14 production wells. The jackup Transocean High Island Vll remains at the field's west fault block area.

Losing money in Nigeria , losing hope in Niger
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:08:59 -0800

By CARE International | 7 minutes(s) ago | Comments ( 0 ) When Aminou Chaibou left his wife and three small children last year to find work in Nigeria , it was with the hopes of earning enough money to help them survive the worsening food crisis ...

Nigeria : UBA Puts U-Mobile On Itunes
Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:19:27 -0800

UBA has said its U-Mobile has become the first mobile banking application from a Nigerian bank to be hosted on the Apps Store for Apple IOS devices. Listing on Apple App Store underscores the quality of UBA U-Mobile application, the bank said in a ...

Nigeria : Girl Friend's GSM Gives Out 11 Robbery Suspects
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:34:39 -0800

Lagos The Police on Saturday in Lagos arrested 11 members of a robbery gang, through the mobile telephone number, given by a randy member of the gang to his girl friend. A reliable police source said on Sunday that the detectives arrested the ...

Nigeria : The Thrills and Frills of Subsidy Protests
Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:31:02 -0800

But the American professor couldn't make it down to Calabar as she was stranded in Lagos, having been caught in the web of the national strike and protests organised by the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress as well as civil society ...

Cussons warns on impact of Nigeria strife
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:22:11 -0800

By Alexandra Stevenson and Louise Lucas PZ Cussons warned that strife in Nigeria may further impact its full-year results, revealing a worrying flipside to emerging-market exposure, which has fuelled consumer goods manufacturers' growth in recent ...

US, Nigeria brainstorm on Boko Haram
Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:21:23 -0800

By Augustine Ehikioya, Abuja 18 hours 47 minutes ago Officials of the United States and Nigeria yesterday started a two-day meeting to check increasing terrorist attacks in the North. The US military and intelligence officials were led to the meeting ...

Nigeria : Monarch Loses Crown to Oil Largesse
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:35:24 -0800

It was like telling the monarch that he could not eat his cake and still have it. One of them had to be sacrificed. And for the youths of Uzere community in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State, the cup of their monarch was 'full' and it ...

Nigeria : The Peace of the Graveyard...
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:06:21 -0800

Protesters, including some very eminent Nigerians now also known as miscreants, in a Defy-the-Tyrant march in Lagos last Thursday were tear-gassed by the Police and prevented by the army from proceeding to Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park, Ojota.