By Kenneth Ehigiator LAGOS — Almost two weeks after the Senate ordered Lufthansa Airlines to pay the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, N2.198 billion, being money representing unpaid royalties between 2009 and November 2011, the airline is yet to do so, saying it had paid all charges to date. Royalty is money paid by foreign […]
May 16, 2012 by Oluwole Josiah, Abaja The Senate on Tuesday distanced itself from calls to intervene in the plight of 16 Nigerians facing death penalty for drug trafficking in Indonesia, saying they must face the full brunt of the law. It also urged the Federal Government to wash its hands off any attempt to […]
By Sunny Chris Okenwa | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | May 16, 2012 – France, as one of the principal world powers, official possessor of nuclear weapons, permanent member of the UN Security Council and one of the engine rooms of the European Union, must be seen as wielding enormous influence in the new world order. […]
Candidate for French socialist party (PS) primary vote for France’s 2012 presidential election Fran s Hollande waves next to his girlfriend Valerie Trierweiler (R) as he leaves a campaign visit in Voutezac, on October 15, 2011, south western France, on the eve of the vote’s second round. AFP PHOTO PIERRE ANDRIEU (Photo credit should read […]
By Hakeem Babalola | Budapest, Hungary | May 14, 2012 – I think I should start by saying this: Nothing makes me proud than seeing my country and its appointed representatives doing the right thing regarding our welfare. The recent false report by the Hungarian TV2 concerning Nigerian citizens is worth commenting on; and the […]
Liberia Football Association has shunned former Eagles’ handler, Samson Siasia for the post of its national team coach, as it has appointed Kaetu Smith to coach the Lone Star. The Liberian replaces Italy’s Roberto Landi, who was dismissed by the FA in February. Smith, last coached in Liberia in the 1990s, leading both Baccus Marines […]
World football governing body, FIFA, and the Ghana Football Association have sent condolence messages to Nigeria on the death of a former Africa Footballer of the Year, Rashidi Yekini. The football icon died on Friday in Oshogbo, Osun State. FIFA President Sepp Blatter, in a letter addressed to the Nigeria Football Federation on Tuesday, said […]
The President of the Canadian International Development Research Centre, David Malone, has restated the centre’s support for research in Nigeria. According to him, the IDRC will assist Nigeria’s development efforts in the areas of health, agriculture, and its socio-economic policy. Malone said this at a press briefing in Abuja, on Tuesday. He said although the […]
The UN Genocide Tribunal in Rwanda has sworn in nine judges selected to deal with war crimes committed during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, a statement said. The statement, made available at the UN Headquarters in New York on Monday, gave the names of the judges as Florence Arrey, Solomy Bossa, Vagn Joensen, Gberdao Kam, […]
The police in Lagos on Monday announced the arrest of another Lebanese in connection with last week’s murder of one Aliyu Sanni, after allegedly robbing him of $10,000. The Spokesman of the state Police Command, Mr. Joseph Jaiyeoba, confirmed the arrest of the third suspect in a chat with the News Agency of Nigeria in […]
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