FG creates 130,000 new jobs under SURE-P- Agawai
The Federal Government has created 130, 000 new jobs under the SURE-P since its inauguration in February 2012. Deputy Chairman, SURE-P Fund, Gen. Martin Agwai (Rtd), stated this in Kaduna today in a...
View ArticleNigeria to get new national carrier before 2014
The much-expected national carrier would be unveiled before the end of the year. This was disclosed weekend in Abuja by the Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah while speaking at the Aviation...
View ArticlePaul Walker laid to rest after private funeral in Los Angeles
Two weeks after his death, actor Paul Walker was buried Saturday after a private funeral service in Los Angeles, People magazine reports. After the funeral, Walker’s close friend and “Fast &...
View ArticleKim Kardashian reveals her favorite thing about Baby North
When asked by a fan her favorite thing about 6-month-old baby North West, Kim Kardashian had an answer almost as cute as her daughter. “It’s really hard to choose but, her baby smell and her laugh!”...
View ArticleSyria, CAR World’s top dangers, UN Chief says
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has cited armed conflict in Syria and the Central African Republic as the two most serious crises facing United Nations agencies around the world today. At a news...
View ArticleNigerian government to prosecute telecom providers for poor service delivery-...
The Federal Government is to prosecute telecommunications operators, found to be fleecing subscribers through poor service delivery. The Minister of Communications Technology, Omobola Johnson, made the...
View ArticleI spent N3 billion to help Obasanjo defeat Gbenga Daniel, fugitive Kashamu says
Buruji Kashamu, the fugitive that ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo made reference to in his letter to President Goodluck Jonathan, has described the former president as an ingrate who used him to achieve...
View ArticleIt’s a White Christmas! Snow falls in Egypt for the first time in over 100 years
A lot of Egyptians did not expect a white Christmas, but that is what they will be getting this year. Cairo has been transformed into a winter wonderland after a “historic” storm in the Middle East...
View ArticleYakowa’s anniversary: Sambo describes El-Rufai’s allegation as empty
Vice President Namadi Sambo has dismissed the allegation that he prevented, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, from delivering a lecture at the one year anniversary of late Gov. Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna. El-Rufai,...
View ArticleCensors Board condemns filmmakers’ non-compliance with rules
The South-East Zonal Coordinator of the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), Mrs Elizabeth Uwaeozuoke, on Friday condemned the non-compliance of Nigerian filmmakers with censorship rules....
View ArticleKabiru Sokoto jailed for life
The gavel has fallen and the verdict of life imprisonment has been given to the brain behind the ‘Christmas bombing’ that claimed hundreds of lives and valuable property. Kabiru Sokoto (real name...
View Article1,039 VVF patients receiving treatment in Nigeria-Minister
The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, said on Friday in Kaduna that 1,039 Visco -Vaginal Fistula (VVF) patients are undergoing treatment for the ailment. Chukwu said this at the formal...
View ArticleFederal High Court halts Chevron $1 bn oil assets sale
Chevron’s planned $1 billion sale of three oil leases in Nigeria was halted by the country’s federal high court after a local bidder sued the company. Justice Mohammed Yunusa issued an interim...
View ArticleMariah paid $1m ‘to sing for Angola dictator’ – Report
Mariah Carey belted out her hit songs for Angolan despot José Eduardo dos Santos and his family last weekend for more than $1 million — even though she apologized in 2008 for performing for Moammar...
View ArticleIndians use Morgan Freeman’s face on giant billboard tribute to Nelson Mandela
How big a mistake can this be? Well, if its concerning the late legend, Nelson Mandela, your guess is a s good as ours. The billboard was put up in the city of Coimbatore by the side of the road in...
View ArticleU.S., UK spies targeted Israeli PM, EU official: Snowden leaks
British and U.S. spies targeted a senior European Union official, German government buildings, and the office of an Israeli prime minister, according to the latest leaked documents from Edward Snowden...
View ArticleMixed reactions trail SEC’s new capital requirement for Market operators
Some capital market operators on Thursday expressed mixed reactions to the new capital requirements for operators released by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Some of them in an interview...
View ArticleAlgeria home shirt for World Cup 2014: Leaked
A photograph of Algeria’s home shirt they’ll be wearing at World Cup 2014 has been leaked on the Internet. Algeria, nicknamed The Foxes, will wear white as their home shirt with a green rounded-collar...
View ArticleSouth Sudan mass graves discovered, UN says
Grave containing 75 bodies is discovered in Unity State and two more are reported in the nation’s capital, Juba A mass grave containing 75 bodies has been found in South Sudan‘s Unity State and two...
View ArticlePresident Jonathan wishes you a joyful Christmas
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, in the spirit of the Yuletide season, sent out a Christmas message to the Nation. The message read: Dear Compatriots, I greet and felicitate with you all as we...
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