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Buhari addresses UN Assembly, speaks on restructuring [Ful Text]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday called for on restructuring of the UnitedUnited Nations. Read More…
6 weird traditions you probably never knew existed
No Comments 633 Views | by Liz Ajala
Every tribe and nation are bound by certain cultural practises and traditions and Nigeria is not an exception.
Video: Why we don’t want to be freed from Boko Haram custody – ‘Chibok Girls’
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The extremist Boko Haram sect on Friday released a new video appearing to show some abducted Chibok girls explaining why they would prefer to remain in the custody of the terrorist sect rather than return to their families. Read More…
Femi Kuti breaks world saxophone record
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Son of late Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Femi, has broken the world record for the longest single note held on a saxophone. Read More…
HIV life expectancy ‘near normal’ thanks to new drugs
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Twenty-year-olds who started antiretroviral therapy in 2010 are projected to live 10 years longer than those first using it in 1996, it found. Read More…
Reps pass NLNG Bill to end gas flaring, protect environment
No Comments 371 Views | by Liz Ajala
The House of Representatives yesterday passed into law “A bill for an act to amend the Nigerian LNG (Fiscal incentive, Guarantees and Assurances) to make its statutory contribution to the NDDC fund and for other matters connected therewith.” Read More…
Herdsmen and farmers clashes, for how long?
No Comments 497 Views | by Liz Ajala
IN the 60s while we were attending primary school, we were taught the history of the early man. We were informed that the early man was nomadic- i.e. he travelled from place to place and did not live in any one place for a very long time. Read More…
Internet users in Nigeria stand at 90m in March ―NCC
No Comments 439 Views | by Liz Ajala
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said internet users in the country stood at 90,003,101 in March. Read More…
Meningitis: Nigerian govt’s failure to heed early warnings, produce vaccines locally causes over 800 deaths
No Comments 379 Views | by Liz Ajala
As Nigeria takes stock of the heavy toll of the current meningitis outbreak on its citizens, concerns persist over the continuing failure of the authorities to take obvious measures to check the recurrent disease. Read More…
Dangote dissociates company from “Happy World Meal Gate” ponzi scheme
No Comments 476 Views | by Liz Ajala
The Dangote Group has raised alarm over a Ponzi scheme in circulation alleging partnership between the “Dangote brand, Nestle, PZ Cussons and other reputable food processing companies” in launching a multi-level marketing initiative that intends to “fight hunger, poverty and stop recession” by paying participants in food. Read More…
Confusion in Owukpa as residents exhume corpses of married women
No Comments 349 Views | by Liz Ajala
In the extant time, life was lived in the society based on the working system or what could be termed the way of life of a people. It is this way of life that has remodelled the society to what it is today. Read More…
UPDATED: Presidency Releases Full List Of Freed Chibok Girls
No Comments 416 Views | by Liz Ajala
The Presidency has released the full list of the Chibok schoolgirls who regained freedom from Boko Haram captive, over three years after they were abducted. Read More…
82 Chibok girls freed, arrive Aso rock
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How funding, poor infrastructure stifle growth of Nigerian start-ups
No Comments 455 Views | by Liz Ajala
Over the years, Small and Medium Enterprises, SMEs, have become sources of employment for Nigeria’s teeming population of unemployed youth. Read More…
‘Smart’ denim promises touchscreen tech clothes
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A young man in a white t-shirt pulls on a dark blue denim trucker jacket, tucks his smartphone in an inside pocket and puts in-ear headphones in his right ear. Read More…
Dumb And Dumber: Nigerians And Their Leaders By Charles Odimgbe
No Comments 474 Views | by Liz Ajala
have come to the realization that Nigerian leaders are dumb, and we the citizens are even dumber. With the news media replete with news of the mindlessness, self-aggrandizement, looting, pillaging and personal enrichment by our politicians, we the citizens just talk about it and bury our heads in the sand as if this too shall come to pass. Read More…
Staying hydrated this season By Bunmi George
No Comments 467 Views | by Liz Ajala
It has been unbelievably hot the last couple of weeks. At this time of the year, temperatures peak, there is undeniable heat, profuse sweating and quick dehydration of the body; all these call for individuals to ensure to take deliberate actions to remain hydrated. Read More…
Why I’m relocating my ministry to Israel – TB Joshua
No Comments 339 Views | by Liz Ajala
Nigerian Prophet T.B. Joshua declared his intention to leave Nigeria and relocate his ministry to the nation of Israel. Read More…
Illicit financial flows from Nigeria, others hit $3.5tr
No Comments 328 Views | by Liz Ajala
A report on the level of illicit financial flows in and out of Nigeria, Africa as a whole and emerging market economies has been put at between $2 trillion and $3.5 trillion yearly. Read More…
MTN Nigeria sacks 280 long-serving workers, others
No Comments 248 Views | by Liz Ajala
In one fell swoop, South African telecoms firm, MTN, on Friday sacked 280 of its employees in Nigeria, in a major job cut that affected about 15% of the company’s entire Nigerian workforce. Read More…
Nigeria’s Cars45 closes $5M round to digitize Africa’s used autos markets
No Comments 312 Views | by Liz Ajala
Africa’s startup boom is moving into the used-vehicle space. Nigeria based Cars45.com raised a $5 million Series A round from the Frontier Cars Group, a holding company whose backers include Balderton Capital, EchoVC, TPG Growth, and NEA. Read More…
SERAP Writes World Bank On Abacha Loot Alleged Mismanagement
No Comments 303 Views | by Liz Ajala
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has written an open letter to the World Bank’s President Dr. Jim Yong Kim, requesting him to use his “good office and leadership position to urgently address the public perception that the World Bank is seeking to distance itself from responsibility over alleged mismanagement in the spending of recovered Abacha loot. Read More…
Anthony Oluwafemi Joshua: His Nigerian connection
No Comments 395 Views | by Liz Ajala
Not until the build up to Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, many Nigerian boxing fans did not know anything about Anthony Oluwafemi Joshua, the rave of the moment, who on Saturday night, floored Wladimir Klitschko in the 11th round at the Wembley Stadium, London to retained his IBF world title and added the WBC ‘super’ belt title. Read More…
Reps ready to pass new minimum wage bill – Dogara
No Comments 309 Views | by Liz Ajala
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has said that they are committed to passing a new minimum wage bill. Read More…