• Micho beats Siasia to Uganda job

  Uganda have unveiled Serbian tactician Milutin Micho Sredojevi? as the new coach on a 2-year deal at FUFA House in Mengo, beating former Super Eagles coach Samson Siasia to the position. Police FC coach Sam Timbe, BUL BIDCO coach Kefa Kisala and goalkeeping coach Fred Kajoba will be Micho's ...

• Nigeria suffers two straight defeats in 2013 wheelchair tennis World Team Cup

  Abuja – The Nigeria National Wheelchair Tennis Team has suffered two straight defeats at the on-going wheelchair tennis BNP Paribas World Team Cup event taking place in Antalya, Turkey. In a statement from the International Tennis Federation (ITF) on Tuesday, Spain defeated Nigeria 3-0 on the first day in the men's World Group ...

• Corruption Allegation AGF drags Dino Melaye to Court seeks N10bn as damages

  BY IKECHUKWU NNOCHIRI ABUJA – Sequel to allegation by the Anti-Corruption network that he was involved in sundry acts of corruption, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke, SAN, Tuesday, dragged the group and its Executive Secretary, Dino Melaye, before an Abuja High Court. In his suit against the group, the AGF, who maintained that the ...

• Crooks manipulated Nigeria’s Evidence Act for 40 years – Farida Waziri

  *Urges politicians to purge themselves of corruption BY IKECHUKWU NNOCHIRI ABUJA--Immediate past chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mrs. Farida Waziri, yesterday ,lamented the fact that Nigeria was still operating under archaic laws. She alleged that for over 40 years, the Evidence Act was left to manipulations by crooked persons. Mrs Waziri, who presided over ...

• UN agency steps up efforts to help Niger respond to cholera epidemic

  Print 21 May 2013 &#150 The United Nations refugee agency said today it is working to help contain a cholera epidemic in Niger that has already claimed seven lives, including those of two Malian refugees, in a little over a week. The two refugees are a 45-year-old man who died on 13 May, and a 3-year-old boy who passed away last Sunday, after arriving at the health centre at a late stage ...

• Nigeria’s $1-billion wealth fund to start investing in June

  Nigeria will begin investing the initial $1-billion allocated to a new sovereign wealth fund by June, a statement from the fund showed, after it delayed the start date twice.Africa's biggest oil producer is one of only three OPEC member states that do not yet have a wealth fund (SWF) set up. Global markets and investors are closely watching Africa's second-biggest economy's plans ...

• Nigerian Military To Release Women And Children Of Boko Haram Militants From Detention

  By Premium Times The military said it was acting on directives by President Goodluck Jonathan. The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) announced in Abuja on Tuesday that it would release some persons detained in connection with terrorist activities. The Director of Defence Information, Brigadier General Chris Olukolade, said in a statement that the decision to release the suspected terrorists was based ...

• Nigeria to release all women held for ‘terrorism’

  Abuja, Nigeria - Nigeria announced on Tuesday it will release a number of suspects held for ';terrorist activities,'; including all women in custody, in what it called a peace bid as an offensive targeted ...

• Why Nigeria remains best telecom investment destination – Juwah

  BY PRINCE OSUAGWU The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Dr Eugene Juwah has declared that Nigeria had remained and would still remain telecom investment haven as long as Foreign and local investments into the booming telecommunications sector in Nigeria are duly protected by existing telecoms laws. Juwah said that this has remained the strength of the ...

• Enyimba on the path of glory

  Enyimba attacking midfielder, Ayo Saka has said his side are on the path towards achieving their ambition in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL). The Aba club defeated Bayelsa United 2-0 in the NPFL Matchday 13 encounter at the Enyimba International Stadium on ...

• Chelsea stop Mikel Moses from Mexico match

  Having experienced a gruelling football season with Chelsea, Nigerian duo, Jon Mikel Obi and Victor Moses have pleaded with Coach Stephen Keshi to leave them out of the exhibition match against Mexico on May ...

• Nigeria says to free all female Boko Haram suspects

  LAGOS, Nigeria, May 21 - Nigeria said on Tuesday it would free a number of detained Islamists, including all female ones, in what a senior security source called a move to build popular support for its offensive against Boko Haram militants entrenched in the ...

• In army fight against militants Nigerian civilians trust no one

  A Nigerian soldier, part of the 'Operation Flush' patrolling in the remote northeast town of Baga, Borno State, on April 30, 2013. (PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP/Getty ...

• Nigeria to free terror women

  Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered the release of all women held in connection with "terrorist activity", the defence ministry says. The decision was aimed at enhancing peace efforts in Nigeria, it added. The army is conducting an offensive in three states, where an emergency was declared last week to fight the militant Islamist group Boko Haram. The group had ...

• Nigerian military in heavy fighting with Boko Haram militants

  Nigeria 's military has been involved in heavy fighting with Islamist insurgents armed with sophisticated weapons from Libya as it steps up an offensive aimed at flushing ...

• Ogidi building materials market school shut in honour of Achebe

  BY VINCENT UJUMADU AWKA – INDICATIONS emerged Tuesday that the famous building materials market located at Ogidi in Idemili North Local Government area, the home town of Professor Chinua Achebe, will be closed for business on Thursday as a mark of respect for the literary giant who will be buried that day. Vanguard gathered that the leadership of the traders and officials of the local ...

• Jonathan orders release of detained suspected terrorists

  The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) announced in Abuja on Tuesday that it would release some persons detained in connection with terrorist activities. The Director of Defence Information, Brig-Gen. Chris Olukolade, said in a statement that the decision to release the suspected terrorists was based on the directives of President Goodluck ...

• “Tobacco smoking leads to low sperm count weak erection”

  Kaduna -Dr Joseph Natsah of General Hospital Kachia in Kaduna State, has advised youths against tobacco smoking, saying it leads to impotence. Natsah said in an interview on Tuesday in Kaduna that tobacco smoking results in low sperm count, weak erection and impotence. He warned girls involved in smoking to desist from the habit as it would also prevent them from either conceiving or having ...

• 8 Nigerians make up CAF standing committees

  Abuja -No fewer than eight Nigerians have been appointed into the Standing Committees of the Africa Football Confederation (CAF) for the 2013/2015 soccer season. A statement on CAF's website on Tuesday said the appointments were approved by the Executive Committee of the confederation during its meeting in Cairo between May 15 and May 16, following a newly-introduced system of selection. ...

• Lagos set to prosecute forgery of land documents

  Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Ade Ipaye, has saidthe state government is set to prosecute applicants who present forged documents or false information to secure land titles in the state. Ipaye said this on Tuesday at a stakeholders’ forum on Land Use Act (Title Documentation) Regulations 2012. He said many applicants (both corporate and individual) were ...

• Court affirms forfeiture of Lagos brothel to NAPTIP

  A Federal High Court, Lagos on Tuesday affirmed an earlier judgment ordering the forfeiture of a brothel in Lagos to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Person. Justice James Tsoho, in his judgment, dismissed an application seeking to quash the order of forfeiture as contained in the earlier judgment. The application was filed by two brothers Taofeek and Lukman Jubril, ...

• Maryland-based Lawyer Emeka Ugwuonye Loses Again Ordered To Refund Funds He Stole From Nigerian Embassy

  By SaharaReporters, New York Maryland-based lawyer, Emeka Ugwuonye, yesterday suffered another devastating legal defeat as a US District Court ruled that he must refund the $1.55 million that was meant for his clients, the Nigerian embassy in Washington, DC, but which he illegally converted to his personal use. The stolen funds came from tax refunds credited to the Nigerian embassy from real ...

• Nigeria cbank holds rates at 12 percent for 10th time

  View Photo Reuters/Reuters - Nigeria's central bank governor Lamido Sule Lamido speaks at conference on banking reforms in Nigeria in Lagos, February 11, 2010. REUTERS/Akintunde ...

• Insurgency Drop amnesty adopt `acceptance’ strategy NGO advices FG

  Abuja – Foundation for Peace and Non-Violence in Nigeria, an NGO, on Tuesday advised the Federal Government to adopt ';acceptance'; strategy in place of its amnesty programme to curb security challenges threatening the country. The President of the Foundation, Mr Onengiya Erekosima, who gave the advice at a news conference in Abuja, said that the new strategy would encourage ...

• Dana crash Pathologist cross-examination fixed for July 3

  Ikeja - The coroner’s inquest into the June 3, 2012 Dana plane crash on Tuesday fixed July 3 for further cross-examination of a Consultant Pathologist and Chief Medical Examiner of Lagos State, Prof. John Obafunwa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 153 passengers and some residents of Iju-Ishaga area of Lagos State, where the crash occurred, lost their lives in the incident. ...

• Balarabe Musa advocates return to regional government

  Abuja -The failure of the government to fully implement the Ibrahim Dasuki report on local government system has made it difficult for operators to enjoy autonomy, Alhaji Balarabe Musa has said. Musa, the National Chairman, Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP), made this known on Tuesday in a telephone interview in Abuja. He said that the Dasuki report on local government reform had ...

• CHAN Eagles to battle Cote d’Ivoire July 6

  Lagos -The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has said that the Super Eagles will host Cote d'Ivoire between July 6 and July 7 in the first-leg qualifying encounter of the Championship for African Nations (CHAN). The biennial competition, which is heading for its third edition, is a continental showpiece exclusively for players based on the African continent. NFF's Assistant Director ...

• Large crowd receive Achebe’s body at Enugu Airport

  Enugu -The remains of the late literary icon, Prof. Chinua Achebe, arrived at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, and were received by a large crowd of people from his home town, Ogidi in Anambra. The body, which arrived at about 12.36 p.m. aboard a private aircraft, Overland Nigeria, with registration number 5N-BPE was accompanied by the deceased wife, Prof. Christy Achebe, and ...

• Chukwu tasks NFF other football administrators on spectatorships

  Lagos – An ex-international, Christain Chukwu, on Tuesday urged the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and other football authorities in the country, to urgently address the issue of declining spectators at match venues. Chuwku, a former Green Eagles captain, in Lagos said that lack of spectators at match venues was inimical for a football-loving country like Nigeria. The one-time captain ...

• Whats Behind Nigerias Escalating Bodycount

  People pray near the graves of victims of a suicide bomb attack during a memorial service at St. Theresa's Church in Madalla, on the outskirts of Abuja, Nigeria on December 23, 2012. (Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters) New data from the Council on Foreign Relations' Nigeria Security Tracker (NST) shows that April was the second-bloodiest month in Nigeria since President Goodluck Jonathan's ...

• Happening Now - Sacked NIMC Staff Protest At National Assembly

  Former staff of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) disengaged in August 2012 are protesting at the National Assembly over unpaid benefits. The protesters who blocked the entrance to the National Assembly complex since 9 am today, alleged that they were disengaged 9 months ago without being paid their due benefits. They demand that their benefits be paid to them failing which ...

• Nigeria Seeks Help from Niger in Battle with Militants

  NIAMEY -- Nigeria has asked neighboring Niger for support in a week-old offensive against Islamist insurgent bases in its semi-desert frontier region, underlining moves towards West African cooperation against jihadis seen as a cross-border threat. Concerns grew particularly after Islamist militants associated with al-Qaida seized the north of Mali last year and were dislodged only after ...

• Cholera outbreak hits Malian refugee camp in Niger

  NIAMEY, Niger -; The United Nations refugee agency said that they are working to contain a cholera outbreak in Niger in a refugee camp for people fleeing the conflict in ...

• SGF receives Achebe’s corpse in Abuja

  The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Pius Anyim, on Tuesday morning joined family members of late Chinua Achebe to receive the corpse of the literary icon at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja. Other senior government functionaries who also came to welcome Achebe’s corpse included the Anambra State Governor, Mr. Peter Obi; Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo; and ...

• Nigeria relaxes state of emergency

  Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency over three states near Nigeria's northern border. The government is fighting militants from Boko Haram, a militant group trying to establish an Islamist state in Nigeria. The Economic Community of West African States this week described the state of emergency as a necessary and legitimate measure to ensure security, Nigerian newspaper ThisDay ...

• Army relaxes curfew in Yola

  By Umar YusufYola – The 23 Armoured Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Yola has announcedthe review of the curfew imposed on the state after the declaration of the state of Emergency by President Goodluck Jonathan last week. The curfew which was earlier fixed at6pm to 6amhas now been reviewedfrom7pm to 6am. In a two paragraph statement issued in YolaTuesdayby the Army PublicRelations Officer, ...

• Senate backs emergency rule

  Against all expectations, the Nigerian Senate Tuesday,unanimously backed the state of emergency slammed on Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states last week, by President Goodluck Jonathan, following what was seen as ceaseless and senseless killings of people in the affected states by Boko Haram Islamist group. The upper legislative chamber had slated today, as a day for deliberation and subsequent ...

• U.S. Secretary Kerry On State of Emergency Fighting in Northern Nigeria

  The United States is deeply concerned about the fighting in northeastern Nigeria following President Jonathan's declaration of a state of emergency in the Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa states. We are also deeply concerned by credible allegations that Nigerian security forces are committing gross human rights violations, which, in turn, only escalate the violence and fuel extremism. The United ...

• Nigerian Senate Approves State of Emergency

  Nigerian military. The Senate unanimously approved the declaration. The Senate on Tuesday approved the State of Emergency declared by President Goodluck Jonathan in Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe States. The 100 senators present unanimously approved the president’s declaration at a session of the whole house. The Senate had earlier gone for closed door session to debate the matter. At the ...

• Performance Report to Be Used to Weed Out Unproductive Judges - CJN

  The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Mariam Aloma-Mukhtar, has said that beside outcome of petitions filed against judges, the National Judicial Council would henceforth use its performance evaluation reports to weed out incompetent and indolent judges out of the bench. The CJN gave this indication while receiving "Nigeria's Judicial Performance Evaluation 2008 - 2011" ...

• Senate Reps Deliberate Emergency Rule in Closed Sessions

  The Senate and House of Representatives have separately gone into closed sessions to deliberate on a letter from President Goodluck Jonathan on the proclamation of emergency rule in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe State. After Senate president David Mark read a letter from the President, requesting the Senate to ratify the proclamation of Emergency rule, the Senate voted to go into a closed session to ...

• Nigeria arrests 120 militants as they plan funeral for slain commander

  About 120 extremist militants were arrested in northern Nigeria as they planned the funeral of a commander killed earlier in the week, military officials say. The arrests came Monday in the Borno state capital of Maiduguri, where military authorities have relaxed a 24-hour curfew after they said the security situation in the state had improved, the Nigerian Tribune reported Tuesday. Brig. Gen. ...

• PHOTONEWS Prof. Chinua Achebes Body Arrives In Nigeria

  The body of late Nigerian author, Chinua Achebe arrived in Nigeria earlier today in Abuja. Prof. Achebe's body arrived in a Nigerian flag-draped casket which was received at the airport by Nigerian officials led by the Secretary to the federal government. His coffin was then wheeled first to a church service at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International airport before proceeding to the Federal ...

• Enugu receives Achebe’s body

  By Tony Edike ENUGU-The remains of the departed literary icon, Professor Chinua Achebe arrived Enugu at exactly 12.35pm today. A private aircraft belonging to Overland Nigeria marked 5N-BPEbrought the dark brown casket wrapped with dark blue lace to the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu from Abuja. Professor Mrs Christie Achebe, his widow, his children and Engr Austin Achebe, his elder ...

• My wife is too lazy husband tells court

  Malam Wahab Ahmed of Ojagboro area, Ilorin, on Tuesday, told an Ilorin Area Court that he was seeking for divorce from his wife, Abike Wahab, for her lazy nature and ';I don’t care attitude.'; The 48-year-old man told the court that he had been married for six years now and that his wife hardly swept their bedroom and surroundings whenever she woke upin the morning,'; not ...

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