Farouk Lawan (left), and Femi Otedola Business tycoon, Femi Otedola may have acted alone in the purported video tapping of the $620,000 bribe offered the suspended Chairman of the House of
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Nigeria crash comes despite air safety efforts
June 9, 2012 Comment Off 44 ViewsNigeria saw its worst air crash in nearly two decades when a passenger airliner slammed into a densely-populated neighborhood in the country's largest city, killing 153 on the plane and more on
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Passenger jet crashes in Nigeria
June 3, 2012 Comment Off 67 ViewsA passenger plane carrying between 140 and 150 people crashed in Lagos, officials said. Firefighters pulled at least one body from a building that was damaged by the crash and searched for
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Senate to probe ‘variation of N10b PTDF headquarters’
May 20, 2012 Comment Off 112 ViewsThe drama between the Executive Secretary of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF), Muttaqua Rabe Darma and Julius Berger Nigeria Plc over an alleged variation in a N10.38billion
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Western rail line to commence operation soon
May 20, 2012 Comment Off 127 ViewsSahabi Ya’u, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Land Transport, said on Sunday that the Western Rail Line would be fully operational before the end of the year. The rail line is expected to
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Music Legend Donna Summer Is Dies aged 63
May 17, 2012 Comment Off 51 ViewsLegendary singer and Queen of Disco music, Donna Summer, is reported to have died today in Florida after a battle with cancer, according to Celeb Essence. Summer, 63, a five-time Grammy Award
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New World Bank chief to focus on ‘market-based’ growth
April 17, 2012 Comment Off 35 ViewsDr Kim was nominated for the top post by US President Barack Obama The World's Bank's new president, Jim Yong Kim, has said that capitalist "market-based growth is a priority for every single
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Rags-to-riches Nigerian governor faces UK jail term
April 16, 2012 Comment Off 140 ViewsA British prosecutor on Monday charted the extraordinary rise of James Ibori from a petty thief in London to a powerful governor in Nigeria, describing a web of bogus firms he used to buy
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Air Nigeria concludes turnaround, begins international flights
April 15, 2012 Comment Off 78 ViewsAir Nigeria Development Company Limited has concluded its two-year turnaround programme, based mainly on financial engineering. It now plans to consolidate on flights to its regional routes
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Nigerian and Colombian put forward for World Bank leadership
March 21, 2012 Comment Off 72 ViewsNigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and former Colombian Finance Minister Jose Antonio Ocampo are set to be nominated to lead the World Bank, according to sources with knowledge of
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