President Jonathan sacked all resident doctors in Nigeria on Thursday. The Federal Government on Thursday defended President Goodluck Jonathan’s decision to sack thousands of resident
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120th day since the abduction of over two hundred school girls
August 16, 2014 Comment Off 37 ViewsA demonstrator raises his fist during a rally that was held to mark the 120th day since the abduction of two hundred school girls by the Boko Haram, in Abuja August 12, 2014. The
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Nigeria loses 351000 Hectares of Land to Desertification
August 16, 2014 Comment Off 48 ViewsThe Federal government has disclosed that the country was losing about 351,000 hectares of landmass to desert encroachment now estimated to be advancing southwards at a rate of about 0.6km per
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Nigeria to establish arbitration court for sports
August 16, 2014 Comment Off 76 ViewsNigeria will soon have a Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) to avoid taking sports cases to regular courts, Minister of Sports Tammy Danagogo, said. The sports chief told reporters in the
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Shell on brink of announcing multi-billion pound sale of four onshore oil …
August 13, 2014 Comment Off 25 ViewsShell has taken a major step towards announcing the multi-billion pound sale of four onshore oil blocks in Nigeria, after wrapping up key sales and purchase agreements.Its Nigerian joint venture SPDC
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Third person dies of Ebola in Nigeria
August 13, 2014 Comment Off 40 ViewsA man holds a flyer on the Ebola virus at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos A member of the West African regional body Ecowas has become the third person in Nigeria to
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Girls’ Kidnap Will Be ‘End Of Terror In Nigeria’
May 8, 2014 Comment Off 34 ViewsThe abduction of more than 200 girls in Nigeria will be the "beginning of the end of terror", says Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Nigerian
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Nigeria central bank head Lamido Sanusi ousted
February 20, 2014 Comment Off 31 ViewsNigeria's central bank governor Lamido Sanusi has been suspended by the president for "financial recklessness and misconduct". Mr Sanusi caused shockwaves in Nigeria when he alleged that $20bn
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Nigeria set for ‘steady economic growth’
February 9, 2014 Comment Off 49 ViewsNIGERIA’s economy is set to grow 6.75% this year, even though oil theft has cut official output by 400,000 barrels a day and political turmoil is intensifying ahead of 2015 elections, its finance
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Rivers Political Crisis: I ‘m not going to fight Goodluck Jonathan, Princewill Declares
February 9, 2014 1 Comment 40 ViewsPrince Tonye Princewill, a stalwart of the Peoples Democratic Party, and one time Action Congress, AC, governorship candidate in the 2007 general poll in Rivers has declared that he won’t get
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