Month: May 2014

Middle East

US: Flights resume at LAX after FAA grounding

MarisMay 1, 2014

LOS ANGELES -- Airlines resumed flights from Los Angeles International and other area airports Wednesday afternoon after technical problems at a Southern California control center prompted a temporary grounding of...

Nigeria News

Negotiator involved in bid to free abducted schoolgirls

Anthony-Claret Ifeanyi OnwutalobiMay 1, 2014

A hostage negotiator has moved to broker a deal between the government and Boko Haram for the safe release of the more than 200 girls abducted by insurgents from their...

Business

Power: NERC Places Running Caveat on Discosâ€™ Collection of Fixed Charges

MarisMay 1, 2014

Starting from today, consumers of electricity services in the country’s privatised electricity market will have the chance to hold back payment of fixed electricity charges to distribution companies as contained...

Nigeria News

Lagos Island issues shoot- on-sight order on hoodlums

Anthony-Claret Ifeanyi OnwutalobiMay 1, 2014

The Security Council, Lagos Island East Council Development Area, has ordered a shoot-on-sight order to the police on people found carrying guns and other weapons capable of inflicting injuries on...

Nigeria News

Nigerian dupes American lover of N52.5m

Anthony-Claret Ifeanyi OnwutalobiMay 1, 2014

The Special Fraud Unit of the Nigeria Police Force, Ikoyi, Lagos, has arrested a 29-year-old man, Henry Ogu, for allegedly defrauding an American citizen (name withheld) of N52.5m ($350000). His...

Business

NIPP Privatisation: Talks between Ethiope, BPE Collapse

MarisMay 1, 2014

Talks aimed at resolving the dispute between Ethiope Energy Limited and the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) over the bid process for three National Integrated Power Plants (NIPPs) have collapsed....

Markets

NIGERIA: Made-in-Nigeria Stallion-Nissan Vehicles Debut

MarisMay 1, 2014

Nissan, Stallion Group begin local assembling of vehicles West African conglomerate, Stallion Group, has successfully rolled out its first Nissan branded vehicle from its Lagos assembly plant in a landmark...

Business

NIGERIA: Anohu-Amazu Set to Become Substantive PENCOM DG as House Passes Pension Act

MarisMay 1, 2014

The acting Director General of the National Pension Commission (PENCOM), Mrs. Chinelo Anohu-Amazu, may soon become the substantive head of the commission with the endorsement, by the legislature, of 15...

Business

NIGERIA: AMCON Debt Recovery Hits 112%, Says Chike-Obi

MarisMay 1, 2014

The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has recovered 112 per cent of its debt, its Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Mustapha Chike-Obi said Wednesday. Speaking at a symposium...

Nigeria News

NIGERIA: Committee Proposes 65 Years New Retirement Age

MarisMay 1, 2014

The National Conference Committee on Public Service has recommended an upwards review of the retirement age from 60 to 65 years or 40 years in service. Presently the retirement age...

US: Flights resume at LAX after FAA grounding

Negotiator involved in bid to free abducted schoolgirls

Power: NERC Places Running Caveat on Discosâ€™ Collection of Fixed Charges

Lagos Island issues shoot- on-sight order on hoodlums

Nigerian dupes American lover of N52.5m

NIPP Privatisation: Talks between Ethiope, BPE Collapse

NIGERIA: Made-in-Nigeria Stallion-Nissan Vehicles Debut

NIGERIA: Anohu-Amazu Set to Become Substantive PENCOM DG as House Passes Pension Act

NIGERIA: AMCON Debt Recovery Hits 112%, Says Chike-Obi

NIGERIA: Committee Proposes 65 Years New Retirement Age

Ogboni leader, Oba Olaitan, explodes, why members will make heaven

Codewism Philosophy

Religious conflicts in Nigeria

Daddy, I am your daughter

Anthony-Claret Onwutalobi

The Paradox of Public Condemnation: How Nigeria’s Loudest Critics Reveal Their Hidden Battles

The Paradox of Public Condemnation: When the Loudest Critics Mirror Their Hidden Lives

Public Condemnation vs. Private Struggles: A Psychological Lens on Online Morality

U.S. Court Orders Release of Confidential Files on President Tinubu’s Alleged 1990s Drug Investigation

Peter Obi’s Transformative Contributions to Education in Anambra State

Is President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Really Bad?

Stifled voices, broken society

ASA Finland and ASA Europe held the first “ASA Europe Convention” in Helsinki, Finland

Princewills Trust: Second Batch Winners set to hit Dubai

Gona Stanley Author on Codewit