Blogs

UK National Crime Agency officials meet with EFCC in Abuja to discuss Diezani's case

SEVERAL British crime investigators have arrived in Nigeria to gather further evidence against former petroleum minister Diezani Alison-Madueke in an indication that they may soon files charges against her in the UK.

 

Share

Nigerian Governors Forum disassociates itself from Governors Ruga cattle colony programme

NIGERIAN Governors Forum (NGF) has distanced itself from plans by the federal government to establish cattle colonies across the country saying that it did not make the proposal and accepting to implement the move was voluntary.

 

Share

Christian Association of Nigeria launches internal investigation into rape allegations against Pastor Fatoyinbo

FAITH umbrella group the Christian Association of Nigeria (Can) has opened an in-house investigation into the rape allegations made by the wife of musician Timi Dakolo Busola against Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (Coza).

 

Share

Rohr believes Eagles will face either Congo or South Africa in Nations Cup Round of 16

SUPER Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr believes that Nigeria's next opponents in the African Cup of Nations are likely to be either South Africa or the Democratic Republic of Congo so his scouts have begun watching both teams.

 

Share

When you try to be a pseudo-Caucasian you are creating a rod for your own back

By Ayo Akinfe 

(1) Today is June 30. On this day in 1936, Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie asked the League of Nations for sanctions against Italy after they occupied the country. This was in response to Italy’s murderous conduct during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War that began on 3 October 1935. Italy used mustard gas against the Ethiopians

(2) It was also on this day in 1914 that Mahatma Gandhi's was first arrested after campaigning for Indian rights in South Africa

Share

Okorocha challenges Ihedioha to provide evidence that his wife took 67 government vehicles away

SENATOR Rochas Okorocha has denied accusations by his predecessor Governor Emeka Ihedioha that his wife took away 67 cars belonging to the Imo State government when he left office on May 29.

 

Share

We can’t go on pretending day by day, there’s someone somewhere to make a change 

 

By Ayo Akinfe 

(1) Today is June 29. On this very day in 1914, Jina Guseva attempted to assassinate Grigori Rasputin, the Russian mystic monk at his home town in Siberia

Share

PricewaterhouseCoopers says Nigeria is sitting on $900bn worth of dead capital that needs to be invested

NIGERIA needs to unlock as much as $900bn worth of dead capital to increase economic activities and stimulate growth according to a recent report by international accountancy form PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

 

Share

Nigerian freight industry loses $9bn a year because no shipping line is locally owned

NIGERIA is said to be losing about $9bn a year to foreign ship-owners because the country has no single vessel that is involved in international freight services according to recent data revealed by the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC).

 

Share

Buhari plans to submit list of ministerial nominees to National Assembly in early July

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has finalised plans to have his cabinet in place before the National Assembly goes on recess at the end of July with preparations already in place to present a list of nominees to the summit next week.

 

Share

Pages

Subscribe to RSS - blogs