Nigeria’s rising terrorist profile
ON Saturday, 18th November 2012, I arrived at the JFK International Airport, New York, on my way back to Nigeria after covering the US presidential elections. It was on this day that I underwent the most humiliating security browsing of my person.
FG plans new tariff regime for industrial sector
A new tariff regime aimed at increasing local manufacturers’ capacity and boost investments in the industrial sector is underway, Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr Olusegun Aganga, said. Aganga made the plan known when he inaugurated a committee on the matter.
Exploiting advertising regulation as tool for marketing warfare
In marketing,professionals agree that marketing battle is synonymous with competition, but bearing in mind market cluster and consumer decision instability. Marketing described as a game of the smart, should be exercised with caution so that industry players will not callously engage in marketing war to achieve their objective.
British soldier murder suspect, Michael Adebolajo, was held in Kenya in 2010
One of the suspects in the brutal murder of a soldier in Britain was arrested in Kenya three years ago and questioned over alleged links to Islamist insurgents, it emerged on Sunday.
Africa has not overcome challenges of neo-colonialism, poverty – Jonathan
Contrary to reports that President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday missed the opportunity to give a speech at the ongoing Special Assembly in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the African Union (AU) President Jonathan has said that Africa has not yet overcome the challenges of neo-colonialism, poverty, disease and others though Africa has won its fight against apartheid and racial discrimination.
Violence feared as anti-gay marriage protest kick off in Paris
French police braced for violence on Sunday as a mass demonstration against a new gay marriage law kicked off in Paris amid warnings hardliners were expected to mingle with protesters and cause trouble.
JTF impounds vessel, arrest 21 suspects
The Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta codenamed Operation Pulo Shield Sunday said it has impounded a vessel allegedly involved in crude oil theft in the creek of Bayelsa State.
Man electrocuted in Owerri
A middle aged man, identified as Ifeanyi Akammadu, who was working on a farm along Egbeada road has reportedly been electrocuted.
Mugabe criticises Mandela as soft on whites
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe criticises Nelson Mandela for being too soft on whites, in a documentary giving a rare and intimate look into the family life of one of Africa’s longest serving and most vilified leaders.
Surgery, only treatment for fibroid, says gynaecologist
A Gynaecologist and Obstetric, Dr Adeyemi Ajayi, said on Saturday in Lagos that surgery remained the only way to treat fibroid.
NGF election: Rejection of results bad omen for 2015 – ACN
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has described as a bad omen for
the 2015 general elections the rejection of the result of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) by governors who are undoubtedly acting the script written for them by the presidency and the leadership of the PDP
