The Federal Government has started evacuating Nigerians stranded in Tripoli. The first batch of evacuees, about 499 Nigerians, arrived in Abuja yesterday around 1.30 am. Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Muhammad Sani-Sidi said the government has set up a camp to accommodate the returnees, until the necessary documentation and screening are completed. [...]
Baroness Ashton, the EU’s high representative for foreign affairs, told a meeting of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva that the union would impose further restrictions on Libya very soon, noting that violent repression in the north African country “shocks our conscience.” She said the EU sanctions might include “an embargo on equipment which [...]
The Federal Government yesterday banned the use of tinted cars with effect from next Monday The Minister of Police Affairs Humphrey Abah, told reporters in Abuja that all existing permits for tinted car glasses have been revoked. The security agencies nationwide will begin implementation of the directive on Monday, he said. He said only the [...]
It may be too early for the five governors who won their tenure battle to relax. Reason: The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) may appeal against the judgment. The commission may also seek accelerated hearing of the matter by the Court of Appeal. A Federal High Court in Abuja stopped INEC from conducting governorship polls [...]
The Africa Region Energy Unit of the World Bank intends to recruit a Senior Energy Specialist to be based in Abuja, Nigeria to support the in-country activities of the World Bank. The focus of the candidate will be in the area of power and gas sector reform, utility investment programming, rural electrification, renewable energy and [...]
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Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Monday arraigned a Lagos-based businessman, Dominic Essien and his company, Seed Media Limited before an Ikeja High Court for allegedly duping telecommunication giant, MTN Nigeria Limited the sum of N252million. Specifically, Essien was accused of conspiracy and obtaining by false pretence, offences contrary to section 1(3) and 8(a) of [...]
Over 75 per cent of voters in a skysports.com poll believe Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti will not be at Stamford Bridge next season. Despite guiding Chelsea to the first double in their history, the Italian is thought to be under increasing pressure after a difficult season. Chelsea lie 12 points behind leaders Manchester United in [...]
Two Libyan Air Force fighter pilots defected on Monday and flew their jets to Malta where they told authorities they had been ordered to bomb protesters, Maltese government officials said. They said the two pilots, both colonels, took off from a base near Tripoli. One of them has requested political asylum.
Crisis erupted in Dambatta town of Kano State yesterday following the death of a suspected motorcycle thief after he was allegedly tortured by the police. Bonfires and barricades were seen in the highway, while billowing smoke from the burning buildings enveloped some areas the town. Broken bottles of beer also littered the streets of the [...]
Mother luck was on the side of Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State yesterday as he escaped untimely death by a whisker. A bomb planted close to his seat at the flag-off of his second term campaign was discovered before it could explode. According to the police account, the bomb was planted under a chair [...]
The Senate yesterday passed into law an anti-terrorism bill which provides that those found guilty of terrorism be sentenced to death. With capital punishment becoming largely unpopular around the world, the punishment prescribed for the crime is likely to generate a lot of controversy, analysts say. President Goodluck Jonathan had on Wednesday sent a letter [...]
Contrary to reports swirling the media about Duncan Mighty being the latest signee on MoHIts Records, President of the label, Don Jazzy reacted on Tuesday night saying the rumour’s false. “I also heard that i signed Duncan mighty. I luv the guy 2 death. 2 much talent toh badttt but i dont remember signing anyone [...]
A 37-year-old Chinese man, who suffered from chronic migraines, finally has some relief after doctors removed a 4-inch knife blade that has been in his head for more than four years, AsiaOne.com reported. Li Fu, from Yunnan Province, was stabbed in the head during an armed robbery in 2006, but doctors who treated his injuries [...]
SUPER EAGLES head coach Samson Siasia has threatened to resign if the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) decides to take the next African Nations Cup qualifying match against Ethiopia to Kaduna. According to the former international, Kaduna has never been in his programme and nobody had ever discussed that with him. “No one can push me [...]
The list of presidential candidates for the April 9 election emerged yesterday. Eighteen candidates have so far cleared the hurdle to contest the election, sources told The Nation. More candidates are likely to emerge before the expiration of the deadline for substitution. The deadline, which was expected to end yesterday, has been extended to February [...]
The campaign team of the incumbent president, Goodluck Jonathan has decided to put off his state campaign for two days, in honour of those who died during the South-South Zone campaign in Port Harcourt on Saturday. At the sports stadium in Port Harcourt, venue of the rally, about 16 people reportedly died and many wounded [...]
Choosing to start its campaign with a colloquium, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) at the weekend announced that it will flag off its electioneering campaign for April’s polls in Abuja on Wednesday. The colloquium, which is to hold at ThisDay Dome on February 16, will start with unveiling of the party’s manifesto and agenda [...]
BARELY three days after 85 Nigerians were deported from Europe, another batch of 60 were, on Thursday, again deported by the Spanish government, thus bringing to 145 the number of Nigerians deported in the last three days. The deportees, who arrived the Murtala Muha-mmed Airport, Lagos, aboard an Air Europa chartered flight, were brought in [...]
Despite the court orders restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from accepting and listing the names of embattled Abia State governor, Chief Theodore Orji and his Enugu State counterpart, Mr. Sullivan Chime as candidates in the April governorship election, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday handed over the party’s flags to them. Before the [...]
The Goodluck/Sambo presidential ticket Thursday, got one of its greatest boosts when the reinvigorated All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) at its national convention on Thursday in Awka, Anambra State, adopted President Goodluck Jonathan as its official presidential candidate for 2011 presidential election. APGA also renewed the tenure of its National Working Committee led by Chief [...]
The Coalition of Democrats for Electoral Reforms (CODER) and the Presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Mega Party (SDMP), Prof. Pat Utomi yesterday asked the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu, to resign over the allegation against him by the President of Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Salami. The group called on the [...]
The controversy over whether or not to “promote” Nigeria’s President of the Court of Appeal Justice Ayo Salami to the Supreme Court has been laid to rest. Today, the National Judicial Commission (NJC) – Nigeria’s highest judicial authority – decided at its meeting in Abuja that the status quo ante should remain. The NJC is [...]
MTN Nigeria is part of the MTN Group, Africa’s leading cellular telecommunications company. On May 16, 2001, MTN became the first GSM network to make a call following the globally lauded Nigerian GSM auction conducted by the Nigerian Communications Commission earlier in the year. Thereafter the company launched full commercial operations beginning with Lagos, Abuja [...]
