11 people missing as two ships collide off Hong Kong
Hong Kong (CNN) -- A major search and rescue operation is underway after two cargo ships collided off the coast of Hong Kong early Monday. One man was plucked from...
Pressure mounts for U.S. to help find kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls
Washington (CNN) -- The United States is offering its help, but making clear that the Nigerian government must take the lead in finding more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by the...
NIGERIA: What’s at stake in war against girls’ kidnappers?
(CNN) -- Befitting its status as a fast-growing oil exporter, for Nigeria this week was to be a coming out party of sorts, as it hosts the 24th World Economic...
NIGERIA: Why terror group kidnaps schoolgirls, and what happens next
Abuja, Nigeria (CNN) -- It is a parent's worst nightmare: Your child goes to school, never to return home. Scores of Nigerians are living that horrific reality after 230 schoolgirls...
Chinese pilots demand same pay as foreigners
(CNN) -- Given the country's aviation boom and pilot shortage, you might think this would be a good time to be a pilot in China. According to an open letter...
Lagos Faults US on Plot to Bomb Sheraton Hotel
The Lagos State Government yesterday faulted a terror alert by the United States Government on the plans by terrorists to bomb the Sheraton Hotel and Towers in Ikeja. The state...
Rivers: Council Boss Accuses Wike of Plotting His Ouster
The Executive Council Chairman of Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni Local Government Area in Rivers State and a staunch All Progressives Congress(APC) stalwart, Hon. Augustine Ahiamadu, yesterday accused the Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom...
House Applauds Nigerian Appointed as New York Police Commander
Elated by the appointment of a Nigerian, Ms. Olufemi Obe, as the precinct Commander of the New York Police Department (NYPD), the House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora yesterday congratulated...
NJC Asks Court to Dismiss Suit by Suspended Rivers Chief Judge
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has challenged the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court in Abuja to entertain the suit brought by the suspended Chief Judge of Rivers State, Justice...
NIGERIA: Forget Past Injustices Olanipekun Tells UI VC
Former President of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) and immediate past Chairman/Pro-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), yesterday urged the Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Isaac...