Nairobi — Nigeria has reiterated its pledge to contribute troops to peacekeeping efforts in Somalia once the logistical and political issues surrounding the deployment is settled.

Lagos The NUT in Lagos State has vowed to embark on a fresh round of strike on September 1, unless the government meets its demands for the enhanced Teachers Salary Structure (TSS).

A Nigerian businessman, Emmanuel Chukwugozie Okeke, jailed in Holland in questionable circumstances for over one year now, has been reported to Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman of the House of Representative Committee on Diaspora.

ELEVEN persons were burnt beyond recognition at the Muritala Mohammed Bridge in ghastly auto accidents involving a Toyota Hiace bus in Banda, Kotonkare LGA of Kogi State yesterday.

He said it was a serious mistake on the part of the bank to have included its name among the debtors.
The apex bank had stated in an advertorial that the company was owing over N5 billion in Oceanic Bank PLC and Intercontinental Bank PLC.

SUPECTED kidnappers have seized the wife of the Senior Special Assistant to the Delta State governor on Security Matters, Mrs. Mary Diden.

As the controversy over the injection of funds into the five banks in the country continues to rage more facts are beginning to emerge. Available data from industry study as at March 2009 provide an insight into developments in the industry. The data indicate that as at March 2009, 18 out of the 24 banks operating in the country total loan portfolio stood at N 4.4595 trillion.

It was an unprecedented action in the recent history of the Nigerian banking industry, when the new Governor of the Central Bank of
Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, last Friday sacked five bank Managing Directors in one fell swoop. As rightly described by some commentators, it was a “sunami”.

ABUJA–Not comfortable with the result of the magnetic resounding imaging scan carried out on the players of the Golden Eaglets after an initial denial of no such thing, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Thursday cut short the team’s two-week camp in Bauchi.

Jamaican sprint superstar Usain Bolt claimed yet another world record as he recorded a stunning victory in the 200m final at the World Championships.