Security agents intercept arms shipment that included artillery

Oct. 27 | Artillery rockets like those often used by insurgents in Afghanistan filled an illegal arms shipment intercepted at Nigeria’s busiest cargo port, raising security questions about the oil-rich nation before its upcoming presidential election. Officials...

Saddam Hussein aide Tariq Aziz sentenced to hang

Oct. 26 | AP - The international face of Saddam Hussein’s regime, Tariq Aziz, was sentenced to death by hanging Tuesday for persecuting Shiites just over three months after the Americans transferred him to Iraqi government custody. Iraqi High...

Dangote business empire continues to inspire investors

Oct. 26 | Reuters - Dangote Cement, Nigeria’s biggest cement maker, was valued at 2.1 trillion naira when listing on Tuesday, lifting the local stock market’s capitalisation by around a third at the same time. Dangote Cement listed 15.5 billion...

Sorry Kaita returns for Nigeria-Iran match, skipper Yobo out

Oct. 26 | Nigeria skipper Joseph Yobo and England-based defender Danny Shittu have been left out of the squad for next month’s friendly against Iran in Teheran. Yobo, who is on loan to Fenerbache from Everton, and Shittu, are not part of a 20-man squad of...

EFCC Advisory List

Oct. 25 | NAME TRIAL COURT CASE STATUS AMOUNT INVOLVED STATUS OF SUSPECT (S) REMARK Ayo Fayose (Former Governor of Ekiti State) Fed. High Court, Lagos. Case now transferred to Ekiti for trial after the accused opposed his trial in Lagos Arraigned...

V. president Sambo meets with Nigerians in U.K

Oct. 25 | Vice President Mohammed Namadi Sambo has assured Nigerians in the Diaspora that the Federal Government will ensure that all necessary machinery is put in place to enable their participation in Nigeria’s elections come year 2015. He gave this assurance...

A Yoruba enclave in the heart of Igboland

Oct. 25 | By Banji Aluko Deep in the heart of the Igbo-speaking people in Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State are Ugbodu and three other communities where Oluku mi, a derivative of Yoruba language, is the language of the people. BANJI ALUKO,...

Oil Tanks Exhausted, Think Tanks Needed

Oct. 25 | By Philip Emeagwali Can Nigeria Leapfrog into the Information Age? The man with wisdom is a shining torch that sheds light in our darkness and guides us out of our ignorance. I am often asked: “How do we build a stronger Nigeria through technological...

Will Nigeria Flourish Again?

Oct. 25 | NIGERIA @ 50: NO COMPROMISE, NO SURRENDER. By Tunde Ali It was Kongi, the word smith in 1983 during the less celebrated Second Republic headed by Alhaji Shehu Shagari who wrote this satire about the Nigerian politicians and government. I love my Country,...

Fayemi: Let The Truth Be Said And Applied Always

Oct. 22 | By Akintokunbo A Adejumo “Falsehood and delusion are allowed in no case whatever: but, as in the exercise of all the virtues, there is an economy of truth. It is a sort of temperance, by which a man speaks truth with measure that he may speak it the...