Former governor of Bayelsa and convicted money launderer, DSP Alamieyeseigha will be losing his mansion in the Potomac area of Maryland, as he could not pay his annual real estate tax
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Book Launch For CJN Katsina–Alu Cancelled As NBA Committee Indicts Him
August 2, 2011 Comment Off 85 ViewsA book launch apparently scheduled to honour the retiring Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Aloysius Katsina –Alu was abruptly canceled by sms messages to invited guests. The book launch
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Foreign Bribery: SERAP Asks EFCC To Seek Damages Against Shell, Siemens, Others
August 2, 2011 Comment Off 47 ViewsSocio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has petitioned Mrs Farida Waziri, Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) requesting her to “urgently take steps to seek
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Nigeria is leading African country investing in Ghana
May 25, 2011 Comment Off 36 ViewsNigeria is the leading African country investing into Ghana with about 167 projects registered, according to an official of the Ghana Investment Promotion Council (GIPC). Mr Kofi Antiri, Acting
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Small plane crash in Nigeria kills 2
May 25, 2011 Comment Off 57 ViewsKADUNA, NIGERIA (BNO NEWS) -- Two crew members - one British and one Nigerian - died after a small twin-engine aircraft crashed on a farm in the central region of Nigeria, officials said
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Nigeria denies visa to ex-US ambassador
May 19, 2011 Comment Off 100 ViewsLAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria says it has denied a visa to a former U.S. ambassador who has raised concerns over the stability of Africa's most populous nation. A spokesman for the Nigeria's
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Nigeria: National grid to get 1,200 megawatts from Lagos power plant by December
May 16, 2011 1 Comment 74 ViewsThe Egbin Power Station in Lagos, the biggest electricity-generating plant in Nigeria, is billed to supply 1,200 megawatts of power to the national grid by December this year, as part of the
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Nigeria and UNESCO launch $6 million national literacy programme
May 9, 2011 Comment Off 65 ViewsEfforts to achieve Education for All in Nigeria received a major boost today with the signing of an $6 million agreement between UNESCO and the Nigerian Government. Under the agreement, Nigeria will
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Goodluck victory will usher in new era
May 7, 2011 Comment Off 58 ViewsA community leader and publisher of Third Eye newspaper, Chief Akani Aluko, has described the victory of President Goodluck Jonathan in the recent presidential poll as a new dawn for the
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Golf legend Seve Ballesteros dies
May 7, 2011 Comment Off 33 ViewsSeve Ballesteros in his prime: winning the Open at St Andrews in 1984. Photograph: David Cannon/Getty Images Seve Ballesteros, the legendary five-time major winning golfer, has
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