NIGERIA: Politics of Keshi’s resignation
Let me start by offering my heartiest congratulations to all Nigerians. On Sunday, February 10, 2013, home-based soccer journeyman, Sunday Mba, on the sandy turf of Soccer City, Johannesburg in...
NIGERIA: UNILAG Student Sells Kidney for First Class Honours
But for the kidney he sold to his Dean of faculty for a First Class Honour a few days to his convocation, this University of Lagos (UNILAG) graduate would have...
NIGERIA: Lagos has zero tolerance for crimes and criminals – Ipaye
Mr Ade Ipaye is Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice. In this interview, he spoke on the security problems facing the country; implementation of the state traffic law among...
NIGERIA: Now we’re the marginalised – Yoruba elders
Some Yoruba elders met recently to review their lot in the nation’s political configuration. Their chorus was a lamentation of woe. The venue was symbolic if not nostalgic for the...
NIGERIA: Youth unemployment, students trained on how to secure jobs
With rising rate of youth unemployment in Nigeria, a group, Afterschool Graduate Development Centre (AGDC), has joined forces to tackle the scourge of unemployment in the country by advocating entrepreneurial...
2014 World Cup: President Jonathan sets target for Eagles
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday charged the Super Eagles to not only ensure that Nigeria qualifies for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil but to play in the final...
NIGERIA: E-payment transactions through NEFT, NIP rise to N40bn per day
Daily electronic payment transactions through the Instant Payment (NIP) and Nigerian Electronic Fund Transfer (NEFT) of the Nigerian Inter Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) have increased significantly to about N40 billion...
NIGERIA: FG, Lagos to build Badagry Deep Seaport
Following the inability of the nation’s existing seaports to cope with the current demand of the services in the sector, the Federal Government said it has commenced the construction of...
NIGERIA: UNILAG/MAULAG Controversy, Jonathan was ill-advised – Afe Babalola
Legal luminary and proprietor, Aare Afe Babalola University, AdoEkiti (ABUAD), Chief Emmanuel Afe Babalola (SAN) has urged President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration to settle out of court the pending case on...
Nigeria: Widow killed by her lover for money ritual
Kafilat Lateef was a young woman of 36 years. Widowed five years ago and left with three children, she must have felt the absence of a companion which made her...