South Africa: 24 killed in bus accident
South Africa Emergency Service has confirmed the death of 24 people in a vehicle which crashed on the Hex river pass in Western Cape province on Friday. Emergency service spokesperson...
NIGERIA: Gunmen attack Maiduguri prison and set inmates free
AS the series of attacks continued unabated in Borno state, gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram members attacked a prison office in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno state with...
NIGERIA: Jonathan hails Kanu Heart Foundation’s plan to establish heart centre
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday commended Kanu Heart Foundation’s plan to establish a Cardiac Hospital in Nigeria. The president, represented by the Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, at the...
NIGERIA: N3bn grant will stimulate film production – NFC boss
The Federal Government’s N3 billion grant to Nollywood will stimulate film production in Nigeria, Mr Afolabi Adesanya, the Managing Director/Chief Executive officer of Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC) , said. Adesanya...
NIGERIA: Enugu bans unapproved beauty pageants
The Enugu State Government has banned staging of beauty pageants in the state without approval from the government, according to the state’s Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Mr Joe Mamel....
US Firm Seeks Partnership from Nigeria FG on Infrastructure Devt
Acrow Corporation of America, a firm based in the United States Thursday disclosed plans to collaborate with the Federal Government in infrastructural development in Nigeria. The Director of International Development,...
NIGERIA: Shell Loses $33m Weekly on Nembe Creek Trunkline
The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) loses over $33million weekly since it shut down the Nembe Creek Trunkline (NCTL), one of its two major pipelines in the Niger Delta region,...
NIGERIA: Jonathan Nominates Akinkuotu as NCAA DG
A few days after the sack of the former Director General of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Dr. Harold Demuren, President Goodluck Jonathan Thursday sent the name of a...
NIGERIA: Attack On APC Lawyer
There have been some reasonable and unreasonable criticisms and attacked on the Lawyer contracted by the African Peoples Congress (APC) to fill their party registration with INEC. In a Recent...
NIGERIA: I thoroughly detest Big Brother Africa ? Soyinka
Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka delivered the Keynote address at the Guild of African Filmmakers- FESPACO workshop two weekends ago in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. His paper was titled ‘Pan-Africanism: Adapting African...