Journalists can now submit entries for the 2013 Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting. The Award is open to professional Nigerian journalist or team of journalists, whether full-time or freelancing, who have produced a news story published between 4 October…
The just concluded 68th United Nations General Assembly which took place in New York, recorded great sucess in the fight towards reducing maternal mortality and improving maternal care. Billions of Dollars was committed to attaining the Millennium Development Goals 4/5/6…
The Germany Unity Day was celebrated in Lagos with a dinner organised by the Consular General, of the Consulate of the Federal Republic of Germany, Mr. Michael Derus. According to the Mr. Derus, the German Unity Day came true in…
In the last three decades, Nigerian government has systematically neglected the education sector. Presently, education sector can be considered to be near comatose. The sector suffers incessant strike actions from Academic Staff Union of University, Non-Academic Staff Union, Students Union…
Lagos – Education is important for everyone, but it is especially significant for girls and women. This is true, not only because education is an entry point to other opportunities, but also because the educational achievements of women will have ripple effects…
A list of goods banned for export to North Korea signals China’s commitment to enforcing international sanctions and is in no way intended to punish Pyongyang, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. Hong Lei, a Spokesman for China’s Ministry of…
The battle for the soul of the Peoples Democratic Party is reverberating across the country. The party’s fortune in Borno State is taking a turn for the worse, reportsJOHN ALECHENU These are certainly not the best of times for the…
Tt is regarded as the richest Island in the country. It hosts the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Limited, Mobil Producing Unlimited and Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC). But,OLUKOREDE YISHAU, who has been to the Island three times, writes that…
The army has justified the widely condemned killing of nine people in Abuja. They were suspected terrorists, who planned to bomb some key installations in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), according to Chief of Army Staff Lt.-Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika. The…
WASHINGTON – Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, and European banks RBS and UBS were the biggest beneficiaries of very short-term Federal Reserve loans extended at the height of the financial crisis, according to data released on Wednesday. The details of the…
