Nigerians languishing in Egyptian prisons
Over 1000 Nigerian footballers and students who left Nigeria in search of greener pastures in Europe and the Middle East are now languishing in Egyptian prisons A 53-year-old Nigerian, who...
Educationists faults early enrolment of students into varsities
Some participants at the Canadian Education fair in Abuja on Monday advised parents to allow their children to mature before sending them to the university. They said that parents should...
Shell spills over 26,000 barrels of oil in 13 months
Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, spilled in excess of 26,411 barrels of oil in 13 month period, January 2012 to January 2013. At an average oil price of $112/barrel in...
NBC, NFVCB deny ban of P Square Alingo, other music videos
The Nigerian Broadcast Commission, NBC, and National Films and Video Censors Board, NFVCB, on Monday denied banning the broadcast of some musical videos by Nigerian artistes. Mrs Maimuna Jimada, the...
S-H-O-C-K-I-N-G: Man hangs self in Kaduna
There was pandemonium this morning at Mando Afaka area of Kaduna State when the body of a middle-aged man was found dangling on a mango tree. The name of the...
Nigeria Ex-Police pension boss, Yakubu Yusuf jailed
An Abuja court Monday afternoon, sentenced former police pension boss, Yakubu Yusuf to Two years in prison for embezzling N23bn. He pleaded guilty to the embezzlement of N23.3 billion and...
NIGERIA: Total moves its foreign staff from Abuja to other cities
French oil major, Total, has moved its staff from Abuja following the kidnapping of a French national last month, Chief Executive Christophe de Margerie said weekend. This is the first...
NIGERIA: Terrorists kill eight in embattled Borno
Attackers killed eight people in a village in embattled Borno state, with at least some of the victims’ throats slit, officials and residents said Monday. The military spokesman in the...
Afcon: We’re ready for giants, say Cape Verde
Unfancied Cape Verde say they are ready for the big teams at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations after reaching the quarter-finals on their debut. The Blue Sharks, best known...
Mercy Johnson in Aboki remix hype by Ice Prince… thrill or disappointing?
Enigmatic rapper, Ice Prince got everyone’s attention, fast, a fourth night ago when he announced on social networking site twitter that Nollywood actress Mercy Johnson will be part of a...