By BENJAMIN NJOKU She came into power by a twist of fate, and today, Joyce Banda, can live to retell the sad story of her struggle to liberate her country from the shackles of political conspiracy, bad leadership and economic underdevelopment. Banda was catapulted to one of the toughest jobs in the southern Africa region […]
A Norwegian kindergarten teacher has been fired after she brought a vial of her own blood to class and allowed children to touch and taste it,the head teacher of the kindergarten said last week. The teacher in Sola, on Norway’s western coast,brought in a blood sample that was taken earlier in the day and poured […]
I am surprised that I have not read in any media, local or international, about efforts by the Nigerian government to help two Nigerian students who have been on deportation list in Canada for a ‘crime’ that makes mockery of the very ideals that western societies proud themselves on – hard work. Victoria Ordu and […]
By CHRISTOPHER OJI CHIOMA IGBOKWE, Lagos, DESMOND MGBOH, Kano One of the aliens from Niger Republic who simply gave his name as Amadu has vowed to return to Nigeria despite his deportation. Said he: “I am from the Republic of Niger. I came in through Kebbi State. I came on my own. I always pass […]
Former Zambian president, Mr. Rupiah Banda, was arrested on Monday by the country’s law enforcement agents over allegations of corruption and abuse of office, following a crude oil import deal with Nigeria. Banda, according to an online news agency, hotnaijanews.com, was also alleged to have misappropriated about $11m during his three-year reign as President of […]
The South African President, Mr Jacob Zuma, says Africa owes a debt of gratitude to late Nigerian author Chinua Achebe in view of his contributions to African literature. Zuma said this Friday in Johannesburg while expressing his deepest condolences to the Nigerian government and the family of late Achebe. According to a statement by the […]
BY EVELYN USMAN LAGOS —The Special Fraud Unit, SFU, Milverton Ikoyi, Lagos, has arrested a 50-year-old man following his attempt to defraud the Canadian government of N89.9million. The suspect, Ibukun Ojo, allegedly connived with one Steve Olusoji, a Nigerian living in Canada, who is currently at large, to forge a medical bill of N89,989,742.46, with […]
Nigeria has summoned United States Ambassador Terence McCulley over his comment on the Boko Haram insurgency. Minister of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru, who invited the Ambassador, discussed with him his comment, which the government said it was not comfortable with. But a government source said despite the interaction, there was no strain in the […]
ABUJA (AFP) – Nigeria on Saturday ruled out a ransom payment to the kidnappers holding seven members of a French family as France’s foreign minister held talks with President Goodluck Jonathan on the abductions. Seven French nationals, including four children under the age of 12, were kidnapped last month in Cameroon near the northeastern border […]
The Kuwaitis were ured into a shady deal with fraudsters from Nigeria who used Sani Abacha as bait. Three Nigerians, claiming affiliation to the late Head of State, Sani Abacha, swindled US$1.375million (N204 million) out of two Kuwaiti businessmen, UK court documents obtained by PREMIUM TIMES have shown. The multimillion naira fraud, which occurred between […]
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