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Tinubu publicly endorses Fashola for second term

Jan. 5 | By Nigerians Abroad staff writer After many months of internal rankling, substantive rumours and uncertainty, Lagos State incumbent governor, Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola is now endorsed by his political mentor and former governor of the State,  Asiwaju...

Nigeria: State of Emergency

Jan. 3 | By Chinedu Vincent Akuta Fellow citizens, the insecurity level has deteriorated beyond the critical level. Desperate times require desperate measures. Therefore, this is the time for citizens to declare a state of emergency on both leaders and the...

Abuja Explosion: Presidency condemns plots to make country ungovernable

Dec. 31 | Tonight, evil people determined to turn the joys of fellow Nigerians to ashes detonated a bomb at a barracks market in the Federal Capital City. Basking in their nefarious success in Jos on Christmas eve, they have once again knifed at the heartstrings...

Many die in Lagos auto crash

Aug. 16 | A fiery road crash outside Nigeria’s commercial capital of Lagos burnt at least 15 people to death and injured 18 others, a senior state official said on Monday. “We have 15 burnt bodies and 18 injured people. Around 20 vehicles were involved,...

National carrier undergoes another rebranding, now Air Nigeria

Jun. 3 | Nigerian tycoon vowed to relaunch the country’s troubled Nigerian Eagle Airlines giving it its second rebranding in a year and pledging to double its fleet of aircraft within months. Jimoh Ibrahim, a Harvard law graduate whose interests include...

Pharmacist-turned-politician caught with bellyful of cocaine

May. 17 | Nigeria’s drug enforcement agency says it has arrested a politician who allegedly swallowed 2 kilograms (nearly 4.5 pounds) of cocaine to fund his election campaign. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency said Monday it arrested 52-year-old...

Decongesting Lagos, other Nigerian cities

May. 8 | Production, economists aptly put, is creation of utility. Good. Fine. But where are the factors of production in Nigeria mostly found? Simple. In the cities or not very far from the cities! Land, Labour, Capital and Entrepreneurship. Yes! The land...

Lagos Ready to Samba!

Apr. 29 | With all arrangements in place for a successful staging of the week long Lagos Carnival 2010, and Black Heritage Festival, Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, SAN, has urged all operators of hospitality and events businesses in Lagos to treat visitors...