SOUTH AFRICA: When work becomes a sexual battleground
To mark International Women’s Day on March 8th, which focuses on ‘violence against women’, the ILO is highlighting the issue of sexual harassment in the workplace – an often subtle...
NOLLYWOOD: Monalisa Chinda finds love again?
Looking ever smashing, popular Nollywood diva, Monailsa Chinda last week shocked her fans when she damned the consequences and stepped out with a man, many are alleging she is romantically...
Nigeria 2013 Budget: We allocated over N950bn for national security purposes – Okonjo-Iweala
The Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, said that the gross federally collectible revenue in 2013 budget was projected at N11.34 trillion. Okonjo-Iweala made this known at a...
NIGERIA: Money Laundering: EFCC re-arraigns Nnamani, others
A former Enugu State Governor, Senator Chimaroke Nnamani, was on Thursday re-arraigned before a Federal High Court in Lagos for alleged money laundering. Nnamani, his former aide, Sunday Anyaogu, and...
NIGERIA: NECO releases NOV-DEC 2012 results
National Examination Council, (NECO) has released 2012 November/December Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination with an improvement over the past three years results. A total of 83,755 candidates registered for the...
NIGERIA: Jonathan rejects amnesty calls for Boko Haram
President Goodluck Jonathan visiting the region at the heart of an Islamist insurgency for the first time since he was elected in 2011, on Thursday rebuffed calls for an amnesty...
NIGERIA: CAF election politics worries Minister
Sports Minister, Bolaji Abdullahi, on Wednesday expressed concern over the type of politics that is being introduced into the forthcoming Confederation of African Football (CAF) Executive Council seat election. Abdullahi...
Super Eagles take on Mexico in friendly match
The Super Eagles will play a high profile international friendly match with Mexico’s national team in Houston, Texas, U.S. on May 31, a statement said. The Eagles are the current...
NIGERIA: Borno govt declares Friday holiday for Jonathan’s visit
Borno State government has declared Friday, as work free day to enable civil servants welcome President Goodluck Jonathan who would be in the state on a two-day working visit. The...
NIGERIA: Federal Government ’s Anti-Gold Policy
WHAT does the Federal Government have against mining of gold and other solid minerals? We are wondering again because there are at least two major reasons that should elicit government’s...