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Nigeria: nigerian Becomes Coca Cola CEO
After many decades of successful operation in the nigerian market, Coca-Cola Nigeria Limited has announced the appointment of a nigerian; Kelvin Balogun as the Companys new Chief Executive Officer effective February 1, 2011. Kelvin, the first nigerian to occupy the position, succeeds Islay Rhind, who will be retiring from The Coca-Cola [detalii...]
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Nigeria: World Bank to Create 100,000 Jobs from nigerian Entertainment
For three days, early his month -- Tuesday, May 4, Thursday, May 6, and Monday, May 10 -- the nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), World Bank, National Film & Video Censors Board (NFVCB), nigerian Film Corporation (NFC), and nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) in a collaboration came together for the purpose of exporting nigerian entertainment to global audience, and Vanguard, which was part of the various workshops spoke to a World Bank Finance and Private Sector specialist, Chioma Nwagboso. [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Federal Govt Blamed for Harassment of nigerian Business Men in Ghana
The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), has blamed the nigerian government for the harassment of nigerian business men and women in Ghana due to the recent nigerian-Ghana Trade Controversy which forced the Ghanaian government to seal up the shops belonging to nigerians in that [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Wheres Our Own CNN Or BBC?
We are a very confident people. You would easily recognize a nigerian outside these shores. Some foreigners think we are too confident, brash and even arrogant. The nigerian is wont to assert his rights at every opportunity even if he couldnt do that at home. Like many of my compatriots, I am proud to be a nigerian, but unlike some of my countrymen and women I am not blinded by the magnitude of the work yet to be done before we can rub shoulders with the advanced countries of the [detalii...]
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Nigeria: The Flying Eagles - Still Riding High, Age Or No Age!
"These nigerian boys dey play football o". So says Abdulazeez, my nigerian friend visiting the country from his base in Gabon. He has been watching the Flying Eagles, the nigerian Under-20 national team, in [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Emir Pro-Am Takes nigerian Tour to Kano
The third event on the nigerian professional calendar for the season will hold later this month at the Kano Golf [detalii...]
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Africa: Triumph for nigerian Sprinters at AAG
nigerian athletes scooped all the medals in the womens 100 metre sprint on Monday night, at the 10th All Africa Games in [detalii...]
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Senegal: Govt Recalls Iran Ambassador Over nigerian Arms Cache
Senegal has recalled its ambassador to Tehran after Iran failed to provide a satisfactory explanation for the arms sent from Iran and discovered in a nigerian port in October. The two countries had strong diplomatic ties until 13 containers loaded with arms and munitions were found in October in the port of Apapa in the nigerian capital [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Obamas Statement on Elections
This morning, I called President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria to congratulate him on his election victory and to commend the people of Nigeria for their resolve and patience during last months historic presidential, legislative and gubernatorial elections. The success of the elections was a testament to nigerian voters who waited in long lines, stayed to watch their votes counted and were determined that these elections mark a new chapter in nigerian history. Credit also belongs to the Independent National Electoral Commission, the National Youth Service Corps, and Nigerias vibrant civil society, all of which must play a role in ensuring that the final results reflect the will of the nigerian people and that nigerian authorities investigate and address any allegations of fraud or [detalii...]
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Astra testeaza un nigerian in varsta de 18 ani
Astra a adus la Ploiesti un nigerian de 18 ani, Konieka Godwin, pe care spera sa-l transfere in aceasta [detalii...]
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Nigeria: NBC Names First nigerian Managing Director
nigerian Bottling Company has appointed Mr. Segun Ogunsanya as the new Managing Director with effect from September 1st, [detalii...]
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Zimbabwe: Actor Stars in nigerian Movies
A Zimbabwean actor is making waves in nigerian films and has since featured in five movies in four [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Govt Eyes WHO Certification for Drug Factories
The nigerian government has asked its pharmaceutical experts to help it meet standards that will allow it meet World Health Organisation requirements without which some drugs cannot be manufactured in nigerian [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Wassce 2011 - a Letter to nigerian Secondary School Students
There is nothing amiss with the West African Examination Councils exams as students are wont to think, but there is something fundamentally wrong with the nigerian secondary school students. This writer has been engaged in advocacy lectures on reading culture for secondary school students for the past two years or so, therefore this letter is being written from the platform of experience. It is indubitable that there is systemic decay in our education sector, but let me quickly say that the nigerian student is not helping the situation either. A quick glance at the statistics is very mind-boggling even to the least concerned [detalii...]
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Zimbabwe: nigerian Envoy Shocked by Locals Docility
WEST Africans in Zimbabwe said they were shocked at the high level of tolerance by Zimbabweans who remained peaceful in the face of suffering and hardship, former nigerian ambassador, Kunle Adeyanju [detalii...]
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Namibia: nigerian in-Laws Accused of Kidnapping
THE Namibian who was recently allegedly held hostage by her nigerian in-laws has now lodged a complaint with the Namibian Police, claiming that her two minor children were kidnapped by these [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Kinabuti, Nehemiah Hold Motivational Seminar for Youths
As nigerian youth joined the rest of the world to commemorate this years International Youth Day, stakeholders have stressed the need to empower the nigerian youths as the strength of any nation lies in [detalii...]
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Nigeria: nigerian Idol Takes Off!
Three faces you will begin to see regularly on your TV screens when nigerian Idol starts airing this Sunday November 21 are multi-talented entertainer, Yinka Davies; CEO of Chocolate City, Audu Maikori and American dancer and singer, Jeffery [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Nation Loses 5Billion to Foreign Freighters
nigerians may have paid about 5 billion as freight to foreign shipping lines in the absence of any nigerian national line, going by the volume of imports which the nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) put at about 100 million metric tonnes in [detalii...]
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nigerian leader suspends Super Eagles from world - Summary
Nairobi/Abuja - nigerian football was in disarray Wednesday after President Goodluck Jonathan suspended the national team from all international tournaments for two years following the Super Eagles poor showing at the [detalii...]
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nigerian president drops football ban threat - Summary
Abuja - nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday bowed to pressure from FIFA and reversed his decision to suspend the countrys national football teams from all international competitions for two [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Drama Unfolds Over Extradition of U.S. Businessman
Legal and diplomatic circles in Lagos are baffled by the unfolding drama involving the nigerian police, the American FBI, the nigerian judiciary and an American businessmen the United States government wants to try over the Willbros [detalii...]
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Petrolul a renuntat la atacantul nigerian
Ajuns, miercuri seara, la Ploiesti, atacantul nigerian Onome Sodje nu l-a convins pe Valeriu Rachita de calitatile sale. Fotbalistul african a fost supus mai multor teste, atat fizice cat si tehnice, ajungandu-se la concluzia ca [detalii...]
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Liberia: nigerian Robbers Hit Major Business Entities
The Red-light Market, on Sunday, September 26, 2010, was a scene full of drama and heart-breaking moments when a group of nigerian men allegedly burglarized major businesses in the area netting away with over [detalii...]
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World Cup squads - Group B with changes to nigerian Squad
Johannesburg - nigerian World Cup squad after Obi John Mikels withdrawal Saturday. He was replaced by Brown Adeye. [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Brothers Charged With Stabbing nigerian Teenager in Ireland
Two brothers have been charged in connection with the death of 15-year-old nigerian, Toyosi Shittabey, in West Dublin, Northern Ireland on Friday [detalii...]
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nigerian president drops football suspension threat
Abuja - nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday dropped a threatened two-year suspension of his countrys football teams from international [detalii...]
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East Africa: nigerian Appointed to Lobby Board
The growing influence of the African private equity scene has been reiterated with the appointment of a nigerian PE player to the board of the Emerging Markets Private Equity [detalii...]
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nigerian president drops football ban threat - Update
Abuja - nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday bowed to pressure from FIFA and reversed his decision to suspend the countrys national football teams from taking part in international competitions for two [detalii...]
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Nigeria: NCC Warns Telecom Firms
nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has issued a warning to three major nigerian telecom operators, asking them to tackle their poor quality of service by end of November or face suspension which would include stoppage from sales of SIM [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Equatorial Guinea Urged to Retry nigerian Coup Suspects
Amnesty International is calling for the fair retrial of seven nigerian nationals, convicted by a court in Equatorial Guinea for their alleged involvement in an attempted [detalii...]
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Africa: Christmas Day Blast Hits Church Near nigerian Capital
An explosion hit a church near the nigerian capital Abuja on Christmas morning, an emergency official said, adding that there were casualties, but he could not immediately provide a [detalii...]
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VIDEO Un fotbalist nigerian a murit pe teren!
Atacantul nigerian al echipei Al-Merreikh, Endurance Idahor, in varsta de 25 de ani, a decedat, sambata, in timpul unui meci din campionatul Sudanului, informeaza cotidianul Sudan Tribune. Idahor s-a prabusit pe gazon dupa ce a fost lovit [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Ill Not Let You Down, Says Jonathan
WITH more than 40 world leaders and five former nigerian presidents and heads of state to witness his inauguration for a four year term as nigerian president, Dr Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan, yesterday, sealed a pact with nigerians promising to turn their dreams into reality while declaring that the years of locust and cankerworm are [detalii...]
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Nigeria: NEPC, World Bank, Others Team Up to Export nigerian Entertainment
A COLLABORATION that will ensure that the nigerian entertainment industry is taken to the international market on Tuesday, started in Lagos with the World Bank setting aside a whopping 20 million to the [detalii...]
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Kenya: nigerian in Court Over Lynda Holt Drug Saga
A nigerian national who allegedly sent 6.8 grammes of cocaine to former media executive Lynda Holt was remanded in custody until next Wednesday after a Kibera court denied his bail [detalii...]
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Nigeria: 100 nigerian Girls Trafficked Out Daily for Prostitution
Authorities in Nigeria should investigate and close down networks that traffic nigerian women and girls to Cote dIvoire and Mali for forced prostitution, Human Rights Watch said [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Oil Blocks - Shell, NNPC Yet to Agree On Operatorship
The nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), the exploration and production arm of the nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), and First Hydrocarbon Nigeria (FHN), owned by UK-listed Afren Plc, have signed a Joint Operating Agreement (JOA), to develop, explore and produce crude oil from Oil Mining Lease (OML) 26, previously owned by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), Total and nigerian Oil [detalii...]
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Haruna makes strong case for young nigerian guns - Feature
Johannesburg - As Lukman Haruna sees it, his World Cup debut against Argentina on Saturday made a good case for other young nigerian players to break into the Super [detalii...]
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nigerian leader cuts country from world football - Summary
Nairobi/Abuja - nigerian football was in disarray Wednesday after President Goodluck Jonathan suspended all the countrys teams from all international tournaments for two years following the Super Eagles poor showing at the World Cup in South [detalii...]
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Nigeria: UK Banks Took nigerian Politicians Dirty Cash - With - Daniel Nonor
Major British banks allowed two high-profile nigerian politicians facing corruption charges to deposit millions of pounds of illicit money overseas largely without questions, according to a new report released [detalii...]
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Nigeria: nigerian Showbiz Flair Tit Bits
That he has almost concluded his major musical collabo with US-based music star, Akon, is not the gist on the lips of many in the music industry in recent times. What they are talking about is the seeming closeness between nigerian rave of the moment, Wizkid and AMBO star Uche Udoh [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Equities Recover Further At the Exchange
nigerian equities witnessed significant recovery Monday as the trading opened for the week on a positive note, leading to a growth of 1.01 per cent in nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) All-Share Index. This followed the positive record of [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Oil Firms to Set Up Fund for Spills
Transocean, a French oil giant and a major player in nigerian oil and gas industry, has recorded a major setback in its nigerian operation following a major accident which occurred at its Akpo deepwater fields [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Women And Childrens Reproductive Rights
Perhaps no other topic could have ignited so much passion and contributions from participants such as the one which the nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Lagos Branch chose for its two-day international bar conference which was held last week at the nigerian Institute for International Affairs, [detalii...]
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VIDEO: Un fotbalist nigerian moare pe gazon
Fotbalistul nigerian Endurance Idahor a decedat pe teren in timpul meciului dintre Al Merreigh si Al-Amai, din campionatul Sudanului. La doar 25 de ani, Idahor s-a prabusit pe gazon si nu a mai putut fi pastrat in viata. Iata imagini cu decesul [detalii...]
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Africa: nigerian Girl, 15, Victim of Norway Terror Attack
A 15-year-old nigerian girl, Modupe Ellen Awoyemi, has been named in a list of 24 victims of the Friday, July 22, 2011 terror attack in [detalii...]
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Nigeria: P& G Launches Pro-Oral Health Toothpaste
Against the background of support from dental experts in the nigerian Dental Association (NDA), leading manufacturer, Procter and Gamble, has introduced its newly formulated oral hygiene toothpaste, Oral-B, into the nigerian [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Nosdra Boss Defends Agencys Role
Crude oil exploration has witnessed an upward growth since the commodity was first discovered in the country in the 1950s. While it has sustained the nigerian economy, oil exploration activities have taken a toll on the nigerian environment. One such consequence is the effect of oil spillage on the terrestrial and aquatic [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Insecurity - Rawlings Wife to Grace Nans Workshop
The National Association of nigerian Students (NANS) is to hold a three day workshop on national security to sensitize nigerian youths and students on the need to embrace [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Odegbamis Body Plans nigerian, Caribbean School Games
As a way of promoting international ties and tourism, the Nigeria Academicals Sports Committee (NASCOM) has unveiled plans for games between Caribbean and nigerian [detalii...]
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Nigeria: NEPC Laments Poor Devt of Solid Minerals Sector
The nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has lamented the slow growth in the solid minerals sector of the nigerian [detalii...]
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South Africa: nigerian Terror Trial Postponed
SAPA (Johannesburg)-nigerian terror-accused Henry Okah appeared briefly in the High Court in Johannesburg on Monday where his trial was [detalii...]
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nigerian football federation president fired
Abuja - The nigerian Football Federation (NFF) has fired its president and his deputy, following the teams poor performance at the World Cup, sources told the German Press Agency dpa on [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Exporting Local Foods Will Promote Our Culture - Dantata
Director General of the nigerian Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR), Alhaji Munzali Dantata has said, exporting nigerian foods to other countries would promote the countrys cultural [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Amaechi Challenges nigerian Engineers On Project Execution
Gov. Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers has urged nigerian engineers to subscribe to international best practices in project designs and execution to enable their projects to stand the test of [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Urhobo - nigerian Athletes, Coaches Are Pathetic
Former Athletics Federation of Nigeria, AFN president and renowned coach, Tony Urhobo has lamented the plight of nigerian athletes and their [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Nimasa Moves to Enhance Indigenous Capacity
The nigerian Maritime Administration and safety Agency, NIMASA has taken her quest to enhance capacity in the nigerian maritime sector to the United [detalii...]
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Nigeria: US Judges Dismiss nigerian Violence Case Against Shell
Appeal Court of United States of America has dismissed a case against Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSa.L) in which the oil company was accused of helping nigerian authorities to violently suppress protests against oil exploration in the [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Politics - the Many Barricades Against nigerian Women
There has been a long standing cry for nigerian women in politics to assume more active and participatory roles, rather than just making do with the crumbs and pacifying roles mete out to them by political zealots and bigots, but the more the cry, the more the struggle, the less the [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Swallowed Cocaine Bag Kills nigerian Drug Mule
A nigerian man who swallowed bags of cocaine in an attempt to smuggle the drugs to Europe has died after one of the bags ruptured in his stomach, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Fort Dike Accuses Govt, Labour of Short-Changing Citizens
Hon. Fort Ifeanyi Dike has accused the nigerian Labour Congress and the Government of Nigeria of being insensitive to the needs and aspirations of the greater majority of nigerian people, who are not Civil [detalii...]
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Nigeria: NCDMB Develops Content Index
The nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, (NCDMB) said it has developed the Annual nigerian Content Index, which would index the growth of service companies against their turnover of three preceding years to be carried as 25 per cent component into [detalii...]
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Nigeria: U.S. Donates War Ship to Navy Today
The United States Coast Guards would today in California donate a giant war ship to the nigerian Navy in its bid to further strengthen the regional security aspect of the Bio-national agreement between the US and the nigerian [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Air Traffic Controllers Want NAMA Commercialised
President of The nigerian Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) Alhaji Ibrahim Jibril Haske, has called for the full commercialisation of the nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) in order to operate [detalii...]
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nigerian recriminations fly after another dismal World Cup - Feature
Durban - Recriminations were flying in the nigerian camp Wednesday after yet another dismal World Cup from the Super [detalii...]
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nigerian tycoon eyes 16% Arsenal stake
Tycoon reportedly keen to buy out Bracewell-Smith Usmanov and Kroenke also in contentionA nigerian billionaire is planning to enter the race to buy a 16% stake in Arsenal, according to a report today.According to The Sunday Times, Aliko Dangote - who is one of Africas richest men - has registered his interest in the shareholding that is being sold by the clubs fourth-largest investor, Lady Nina Bracewell-Smith.Other contenders include the two biggest current investors, the American sports entrepreneur Stan Kroenke and the Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov, who would have to launch a full takeover bid if they secured the extra 16% stake.Dangote, a nigerian industrialist, has stood for president of the nigerian football association and is believed to have donated to the nigerian national team.Dangote founded a manufacturing empire, the Dangote Group, and was formerly the head of the nigerian stock exchange. The finance house Blackstone is thought to have placed him on the short list to buy the Arsenal stake.Lady Bracewell-Smith is said to be seeking 160m for her shares after putting them on sale earlier this year.ArsenalPremier LeagueBusiness guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More [detalii...]
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VIDEO Un fotbalist nigerian a murit pe teren!
Atacantul nigerian al echipei Al-Merreikh, Endurance Idahor, in varsta de 25 de ani, a decedat, sambata, in timpul unui meci din campionatul Sudanului, informeaza cotidianul Sudan Tribune. Idahor s-a prabusit pe gazon dupa ce a fost lovit cu cotul in piept de un jucator al [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Were Stock Piling Bombs - Boko Haram
There was palpable tension yesterday at the main Secretariat premises of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) as soldiers from the nigerian Army, fully-armed and fierce-looking Policemen and the nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) cordoned off the entire premises, searching staff and visitors up to their [detalii...]
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Nigeria: BBA Winner, Karen Arrives Lagos Amidst Jubilation
nigerian born winner of Big Brother Amplified, Karen Igho, arrived the country, Thursday, to a rousing welcome from BBA fans as well as 34 officials of the Multi-Choice nigerian Company, provider of DSTV channels, sponsors of the reality TV [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Drug Company Pfizer Tried Blackmail to Dodge nigerian Lawsuit
US drug company Pfizer hired sleuths to dig up corruption links to a nigerian official so that he would drop a case against it for a 1996 drug trial involving children, according to a US diplomatic cable published by WikiLeaks and the Guardian newspaper [detalii...]
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nigerian leader suspends Super Eagles from world football - Summary
Nairobi/Abuja - nigerian football was in disarray Wednesday after President Goodluck Jonathan suspended the national team from all international tournaments for two years following the Super Eagles poor showing at the World Cup in South [detalii...]
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Ghana: nigerian Sentenced to 20yrs Imprisonment After Expelling 69 Pellets of Cocaine
An Accra Fast Track High Court (FTC) has sentenced a nigerian, who attempted to export seventy-six pellets of Cocaine to East Timor in July this year, to a total of twenty years imprisonment in hard [detalii...]
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Africa: Dutch-nigerian Accused of Conspiring to Blow Up Shell Pipeline
Sunny Ofehe, a Dutch-nigerian activist, has been charged with plotting to blow up oil pipelines operated by Shell in Nigeria. In an exclusive interview with Radio Netherlands Worldwide, Ofehe and his lawyers spoke about the latest of several charges against [detalii...]
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Un fotbalist nigerian a lesinat pe teren si a murit
Un fotbalist nigerian in varsta de 21 de ani, Emma Ogoli, a lesinat, duminica, din motive necunoscute, in timpul unui meci si a murit la putin timp dupa ce a fost transportat la spital, a anuntat purtatorul de cuvant al clubului sau, Oceans Boys, informeaza [detalii...]
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nigerian leader suspends Super Eagles from world football - Update
Nairobi/Abuja - nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has suspended the Super Eagles from taking part in all international tournaments for two years following the football teams poor showing at the World Cup in South Africa, presidential spokesman [detalii...]
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Nigeria: When NYSC is Everything That is Wrong
As the newest corps member serving in one of the northern states, I had my fears owing to the fatal insecurity that has and still bedevil the very fabric and core of the nigerian state. Everywhere you go, it is either you are greeted with bomb blasts, kidnappings, armed robberies, gun running or even factional fracas from road transport unionists, leaving on its trail chaos, anarchy, trepidation and treachery against the nigerian [detalii...]
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Kenya: Police Doctor to Examine Wife of nigerian Envoy
The wife of the nigerian envoy will be examined on Monday by a police doctor over assault [detalii...]
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Fostul international nigerian Uche Okafor s-a sinucis
Fostul international nigerian Uche Okafor, in varsta de 43 de ani, s-a sinucis, in aceasta saptamana, la domiciliul sau din Dallas (Texas), a anuntat politia americana, informeaza [detalii...]
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Nigeria: N18, 000 Minimum Wage - Matters Arising
No nigerian who has his right senses functioning correctly will hold the notion that N18, 000 minimum wage for the nigerian worker is much or is not payable in Nigeria of today. Anyone who holds such an opinion must either be crazy or [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Nimasa, Navy Pledge to Secure Territorial Waters
The nigerian Maritime Adminisration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and the nigerian Navy have pledged to enhance safety and security on the nations territorial waters by strenghtening the existing Memorandum of Understanding between [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Shell Declares Force Majeure nn nigerian Oil
Royal Dutch Shell Plcs nigerian venture yesterday declared force majeure on Bonny Light oil exports after a pipeline was damaged, the latest disruption to supply in [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Pay Attention to Research, President Jonathan Urges nigerian Universities
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has stressed the importance of research and the need for the nations education administrators to urgently address that sector so as to address the poor international rating of nigerian [detalii...]
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Nigeria: PIB - Lawyer Threatens FG With Suit for Alleged Rights Violation
For allegedly infringing on his intellectual property rights on the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, now before the National Assembly, a nigerian lawyer and Estate Surveyor and Valuer based in England, Mr Emeka Chigozie Emeka, has threatened to drag the nigerian government to [detalii...]
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Nigeria: October 1 - the Day They Hid the President
The most painful thing was that they went and hid the President in the Villa and did the celebration away from where every nigerian can be a part of it." That was a nigerian.A youth. He spoke on TV, and about the October 1, 2011 51st independence anniversary celebration. If that was not beating a retreat for the nations government, nothing else was; the decision to go behind perimeter walls in the Three Arms Zone of Abuja to celebrate, that [detalii...]
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Nigeria: With N3 Trillion Revenue, N857 Billion in Profit, MTN Makes It Big
As MTN Nigeria Communications Limited turns 10, it has every reason to celebrate. The companys shareholders in South Africa took a massive gamble on the nigerian market when they decided to pay 285 million for a GSM licence following an auction held by the nigerian Communications Commission in February [detalii...]
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Nigeria: No Regrets, Sammie Says About Honeymoon Arrest
A Scottish evening paper had reported the arrest of a nigerian, who allegedly acted in a racially aggravated manner at a local restaurant in Aberdeen Scotland on Wednesday, July 7. The nigerian, multiple award winning contemporary gospel artiste, Sammie Okposo, was reportedly charged to court and released on bail until further hearing in September, [detalii...]
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Equatorial Guinea: Amnesty Urges Govt to Retry nigerian Coup Suspects
International Human Rights organization, Amnesty International has called on the government of Equatorial Guinea to consider a fair retrial of seven nigerian nationals, convicted by a court in the country for their alleged involvement in an attempted [detalii...]
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Nigeria: nigerian Trafficker Dies After Ingesting 115 Wraps of Hard Drug
nigerian National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has said a 50-year-old suspected drug trafficker, Offiah Vincent, died after ingesting wraps of methamphetamine, said a statement by the NDLEAs spokesman, Mitchell Ofoyeju, on Saturday in [detalii...]
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Cote dIvoire: nigerian Embassy Attacked
THE nigerian embassy in Cote dIvoire was, yesterday, attacked by yet to be identified armed groups in [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Firms Given Priority in Oil Sector
As the nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Bill finally got presidential assent, there are positive indications that nigerian indigenous service companies that demonstrate ownership of equipment, Nige-rian personnel and capacity to execute jobs in the countrys oil and gas sector would henceforth get exclusive [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Thousands of Trafficked Girls found in Mali Slave Camps
nigerian girls are being forced to work as prostitutes in Mali "slave camps," nigerian officials [detalii...]
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Nigeria: South African Police Raid Militants Home
A nigerian, Uzoama Joseph, died, Sunday, when South African police officers raided a home belonging to Azukah, wife of detained nigerian militant, Henry Okah, claiming to be searching for drugs allegedly belonging to some [detalii...]
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Nigeria: NCCs Unrivalled Vision in Telecoms Revolution
The period before 2000 was a nightmare in the nigerian telecom sector, in terms of phones accessibility, affordability and availability. Apart from a few lines being available to a huge population, phone was something unaffordable even when nigerians had the money. There was acute monopoly practice by the then incumbent nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL), in the face of very weak competition. Waiting time on the queue for a phone line could stretch over a [detalii...]
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Nigeria: nigerian Makes Prince Williams Wedding List
Seyi Obakin, the only nigerian on the Prince Williams Royal Wedding official guest list released at the weekend by St Jamess Palace, will receive the Royal Wedding Cake on behalf of [detalii...]
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Nigeria: New Book by Achebe on nigerian Civil War Coming Soon
As his contribution to events marking the countrys 50th independence anniversary, celebrated novelist, Professor Chinua Achebe, is set to release a major opus - Reflections on the nigerian Civil War 1967-1970. This year is also the 40th anniversary of the end of the Biafran [detalii...]
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Nigeria: UN Asked to Sack Aondoaaka
nigerian Coalition Against Corruption in Diaspora (NCACD), a United States based group has called on the United Nations to sack the deposed nigerian Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the federation, Mr. Michael Aondoaaka who is currently a member of the governing council of the United Nations Institute for Unification of Private [detalii...]
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Nigeria: The Passage of Admiral Augustus Akhabue Aikhomu
The passage of Admiral Augustus Akhabue Aikhomu, the only full combatant Admiral south of the Sahara on August 17, 2011, is a significant watershed in the nigerian Naval history and a poignant moment in the larger spectacle of the nigerian [detalii...]
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Nigeria: Nollywood Slams U.S.1,700 Clearance Fee on Foreign Actors
The recent decision by the authorities of the Ghanaian movie industry to compel nigerian actors who are plying their trade in Ghana to pay the huge sum of 1000 for every movie role or risk losing the job in that country may have incurred the wrath of their nigerian counterparts who have risen to the occasion by returning [detalii...]
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Nigeria: IBA - NBA Resolves Canadian Visa Imbroglio
Following the angst expressed by many nigerian lawyers who were denied visas to attend the International Bar Association Conference in Vancouver Canada, the President of the nigerian Bar Association, Mr. J.B. Daudu SAN, led a high powered delegation to meet with Canadian High Commissioner designate last Wednesday in [detalii...]