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‘She Terminated My Appointment Because I Refused to Sleep in Her Bedroom’

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, May 15th, 2011

Dear Relationship Angel, I’m Victor. Last year, I got a job as a personal assistant in a small company in Lagos. The Managing Director is largely based in the U.S. but comes to Nigeria once or twice a year, that is, at Christmas and Easter. So, most of the time, his wife runs the company. […]

Nigeria, U.S. to promote learning among children

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Education, Headlines Sunday, May 15th, 2011

UNITED States Ambassador to Nigeria, Terence McCulley, Education Minister, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufa’i, and USAID/Nigeria Mission Director, Ray Kirkland are expected at the launch of Nigerian adaptation of Sesame Street, a children television series which focuses on literacy, mathematics and health education today at the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Headquarters in Abuja McCulley who welcomed the […]

Why Obama Approved Transfer of Warship to Nigeria

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Headlines Sunday, May 15th, 2011

MORE details are emerging regarding the transfer of ownership to Nigeria of a veteran US warship formerly called Chase, now renamed NNS Thunder. President Barack Obama had approved granting of the ship to Nigeria way back in January at the peak of the Ivorien presidential election crisis. According to diplomatic and military sources from Nigeria and […]

SGF: S’East govs unite against Nwodo

Posted by admin Governors, Headlines, South-East Sunday, May 15th, 2011

The South-east governors met with former vice president, Dr. Alex Ekwueme in Enugu yesterday to discuss the vexed issue of zoning and sharing of political positions at the federal level, which appears not to be in favour of the zone. Also in attendance at the meeting, which held for about two hours at the Enugu […]

We’ve put WAFU Cup loss behind us – Ike Shorunmu

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Sunday, May 15th, 2011

In spite of losing the prestigious West Africa Football Union (WAFU) trophy to Togo in the final on Saturday, Super Eagles’ Assistant Coach, Ike Shorunmu, believes that the future of the players who represented Nigeria in the competition is still ahead of them. The nation’s former number one goalkeeper said the players would not allow […]

My electoral victory has vindicated Yerima – Yari

Posted by admin Headlines, State News, Zamfara Sunday, May 15th, 2011

Governor-elect of Zamfara State, Alhaji Abdulazeez Abubakar Yari said his victory in the recent gubernatorial poll had vindicated Senator Sani Yerima as the undisputed political leader of the state. Yari told journalists in Abuja that the failure of the incumbent Governor, Mahmud Shinkafi in the April 26 election was largely a consequence of the governor’s […]

Nigerian returnees from Cote D’ivore not in hurry to go back after war

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Sunday, May 15th, 2011

Most Nigerians who returned from Cote D’ivore during the last civil war in the country have said that they are not in a hurry to return to the cocoa rich West African francophone country. Even though many of them said they were yet to engage in any money making venture to sustain them when they […]

Don’t appoint Ohakim minister – Kinsmen

Posted by admin Headlines, Imo, State News Sunday, May 15th, 2011

President Goodluck Jonathan has been urged not to appoint outgoing governor of Imo State , Chief Ikedi Ohakim a cabinet Minister in order not to provoke the anger of the people. The League of Okigwe Professionals in a statement in Owerri on Saturday argued that after the disgraceful ouster of Ohakim by Imo people as […]

US cancels visa lottery

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Sunday, May 15th, 2011

The US government has cancelled this year’s DV lottery drawings due to a computer glitch. According to a release on the US website: “We regret to inform you that, due to a computer programming problem, the results of the 2012 Diversity Lottery that were previously posted on this website have been voided. They were not […]

Fashola undertakes pre-shipment inspection of trains in Canada

Posted by admin Akwa Ibom, Governors, Headlines, Lagos, National Politics, State News Saturday, May 14th, 2011

Ahead of his inauguration for a second term in office, Lagos State governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), has pressed forward to continue work on the state’s light rail programme as he undertook a pre-shipment inspection of the trains in Canada to be used by Ekorail, the operators of the programme. The 27 kilometre light metro […]