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50 countries share Nigerians’ $1bn medical tourism spending –Report

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, September 11th, 2015

No fewer than 50 countries benefited from the $1bn spent by 30,000 Nigerians on medical tourism in 2014, an Internet portal, Gapdoc.com, has revealed. Forty per cent of the amount, according to the portal, was spent by Nigerians to get medical care in India alone. The Chief Executive Officer of the company, Saurabh Maskara, named […]

Okagbare to join Team Nigeria in Congo

Posted by admin Headlines, Sports, Track & Field Friday, September 11th, 2015

Okagbare to join Team Nigeria in Congo Okagbare advertisement Yakmut assures athletes of Presidential reward, as last batch departs THE last batch of Team Nigeria for the on-going All Africa Games in Congo left Abuja yesterday, with assurance by the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) that sprinter, Blessing […]

Battered, Blind and Broke: Prof. Theo Vincent, ex-UNIPORT VC who lives in a slum

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, September 7th, 2015

Prof. Theo Vincent, ex-UNIPORT VC CHUX OHAI writes on the sad tale of celebrated scholar, writer and former Vice Chancellor of the University of Port Harcourt, Prof. Theo Vincent, now facing hard times The Ilaje area of Lagos is usually associated with social misfits of all kinds. Even the adjoining area like Bariga has a […]

NNPC to recover N1.9tn from JV partners

Posted by admin Headlines, Oil Politics Monday, September 7th, 2015

Group Managing Director, NNPC, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu The Nigerian National Petroleum Cooperation has commenced the process of recovering over $7bn (N1.4tn) in over-deducted tax benefits from joint venture partners on major capital projects. It was learnt on Sunday that the corporation had also engaged an international accounting firm to ascertain the exact amount due to […]

N4bn uncovered in 470 accounts, says El-Rufai

Posted by admin Headlines, Kaduna, State News Monday, September 7th, 2015

[print] Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai The Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai said on Saturday that with the adoption of the Single Treasury Account, the state had traced and uncovered N4bn stashed in 470 different accounts in 23 commercial banks. He noted that the Peoples Democratic Party […]

2 cable vandals electrocuted in Enugu

Posted by admin Enugu, Headlines, State News Sunday, September 6th, 2015

ENUGU—Two persons, who specialized in vandalizing installations of Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC, were electrocuted, weekend, while attempting to remove the power distribution property. Meanwhile, a young man of about 25 years of age is currently hospitalized in Anambra State for burns to his body while attempting to vandalize EEDC’s 2.5 MVA transformer, which serves […]

FG repatriates 260 Togolese immigrants

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Sunday, September 6th, 2015

By Monsur Olowoopejo The Federal Government has repatriated 260 Togolese immigrants, barely three months after they applied for asylum in Nigeria. The Federal Government through the Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS repatriated the Togolese immigrants last Saturday, ending their three months stay in Nigeria after arriving on foot through Seme border. An official of the Lagos […]

Oliseh begs Nigerians (Already?)

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Sunday, September 6th, 2015

Super Eagles coach Sunday Oliseh has described the 0-0 draw against Tanzania as satisfactory considering it was his first game in charge of the Eagles. Oliseh seemed relieved that his debut as coach had now come and gone, and called on fans and the media to rally behind the team in their subsequent matches promising […]

How America, West frustrated Jonathan’s anti-Boko Haram war

Posted by admin American Politics, Boko Haram, Headlines, National Politics, Top Stories Sunday, September 6th, 2015

By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief As President Muhammadu Buhari inquires into the Boko Haram war expenditures under the last administration, it has emerged that Nigeria’s traditional allies in the West deliberately frustrated former President Goodluck Jonathan’s efforts towards ending terrorists’ activities in the country. US President Barack Obama (R) shakes hands with President Goodluck […]

Igbo activist sues Buhari over Ali’s appointment as Customs CG

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, September 6th, 2015

An Enugu-based activist, Ifeanyichukwu Okonkwo has filed a suit at the Federal High Court Umuahia, Abia state challenging the constitutionality of the appointment of Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (rtd) as the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service by President Muhammadu Buhari. However, Okonkwo’s suit is coming few days after Marcel Dim-Udebuani, a lawyer who hails from […]