Mikel nominated for EPL top award
Mikel Obi will battle Swansea striker Wilfried Bony, Sadio Mane of Southampton as well as Alex Song from West Ham for the best African performer in the EPL for the month of December.
Onyeka Onwenu, others thrilled audience at Wole Oni’s Jazz Night
Award winning Record Producer, multi-instrumentalist and CEO of Instinct Productions, Mr. Wole Oni, yesterday hosted some of the big names in the Nigerian music and Entertainment industry and Lovers of Jazz music to his first ever Jazz music live performances night, tagged “Wole Oni’s Audacious, Bold & Crispy Premium Jazz” at the Intercontinental Hotels, Lagos.
Army explains delay in recapturing towns seized by Boko Haram
The Nigerian Army said on Wednesday that the need to reduce collateral damage had delayed the recapture of some towns and villages seized by insurgents in Borno.
First AirAsia bodies arrive as bad weather hampers recovery
Soldiers acting as pall bearers Wednesday carried coffins containing the first two bodies from AirAsia Flight QZ8501 into Indonesia‘s Surabaya airport, from which the ill-fated plane departed, as sombre relatives gave their DNA to help identify loved ones. The bodies were taken from an air force plane to a military ambulance to be transported to […]
2015: Agbaje wishes Nigerians successful election year
Lagos Governorship Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Jimi Agbaje, on Wednesday urged Nigerians to be optimistic that 2015 would be a year of peaceful and credible elections.
Israel hails highest immigration figures in a decade
The number of Jews moving to Israel leapt in 2014 to its highest figure in a decade, with western Europe leading the way, the immigration ministry said Wednesday.
Of Mutiny and the Lesson From Pakistan
I was preparing my regular end of year/beginning of the New Year analysis on Nigeria when the airwaves where almost physically assaulted by the unexpected and unexplainable call by the Buhari Campaign Organization of the All Progressive Congress, APC, to the military to mutiny!
Ekiti Assembly passes 2015 Budget, Fayose predicts better Nigeria in 2015
The Ekiti House of Assembly on Wednesday passed the estimates of the 2015 appropriation bill which were presented to the legislators on Dec,.15 by Gov. Ayo Fayose.
Nigeria’ll not witness crisis before, during, after 2015 elections – FG
Barely six weeks to the 2015 general elections, the Federal Government on Wednesday said that there would be no crisis before, during and after the polls.
Two Germans killed in Nigeria – foreign ministry
Two German men have been killed in Nigeria, the foreign ministry in Berlin said Wednesday, as media reported they were engineers shot dead while on a motorcycle trip.
2015 is year of Change, says Oshiomhole
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State says the New Year 2015 will be an important one for Nigerians to vote for Change and get the country back to the path of greatness, rather than the present system at the federal level where nothing works.
