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Apple buys Nigeria’s Echeruo’s app

Posted by admin Headlines, Top Stories Sunday, July 21st, 2013

Apple has acquired Chinedu Echeruo’s HopStop.com, according to The Wall Street Journal’s publication, AllThingsDigital. Founded in 2005, HopStop.com makes mobile applications for both iOS and Android that cover over 300 cities. The application helps people get directions or find nearby subway stations and bus stops. Terms of the deal had not been disclosed as at […]

Rivers crisis: Eight opposition govs visit Amaechi

Posted by admin Action Congress of Nigeria, Headlines, Party Politics, Rivers, State News Friday, July 19th, 2013

Thousands of youths stormed the Port Harcourt International Airport in Omagwa Rivers State to receive five Action Congress of Nigeria governors who were on a solidarity visit to Governor Rotimi Amaechi. The governors – Babatunde Fashola (Lagos); Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti); Abiola Ajimobi (Oyo); Rauf Aregbesola (Osun); and Ibikunle Amosu (Ogun) – had in their company, […]

Disturbing Picture: Policeman drives against traffic, knocks down woman, baby

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Police Friday, July 19th, 2013

A police corporal, identified simply as Friday, has been accused of knocking down a teacher, Mrs. Taskirat Anjolaiya, and her baby, Ammarah. It was learnt that as a result of the incident, the mother and daughter sustained pelvic fracture, brain injury and a broken jaw among others. According to eyewitness, the policeman, who is attached […]

Akpabio meets Obasanjo over Jonathan’s ambition

Posted by admin Akwa Ibom, Headlines, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency, State News Friday, July 19th, 2013

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Akwa Ibom State Governor, Godswill Akpabio, met behind closed doors in Abuja on Thursday to deliberate on the polarisation of the Peoples Democratic Party governors. It was gathered that at the meeting, Akpabio also solicited Obasanjo’s support for President Goodluck Jonathan’s second term bid in 2015. Akpabio, who chairs the […]

Boeing Dreamliner: Air investigators urge action over fire

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Top Stories Friday, July 19th, 2013

Air accident investigators looking into the Boeing 787 Dreamliner fire at Heathrow last week may have identified the cause. They have asked that all Boeing 787s switch off an electrical component until further notice. In a statement, the Air Accidents Investigation Branch said a transmitter used to locate aircraft after a crash needed more “airworthiness […]

Abuja technology village: Barren six years after conception

Posted by admin Abuja (FCT), Headlines, State News, Top Stories Thursday, July 18th, 2013

Check this triangle: Hollywood, Bollywood and Nollywood. The oldest of the triumvirate, Hollywood, is in the United States of America and from it India and Nigeria adapted the Bollywood and Nollywood respectively. The three are doing well and well known all over the world, especially in movie circles and are making money for different stakeholders. […]

Column: Let’s leave Patience Jonathan alone

Posted by admin First Ladies, Headlines, Patience Jonathan Thursday, July 18th, 2013

The pull-my-lips-I-spit tussle between the First Lady, Patience Jonathan, and Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, took a somewhat amusing turn when some Nigerians called for a debate between both parties. The call is a far-fetched joke, most likely intended to ridicule “the Dame”. However, before we turn the whole affair to an Awada Kerikeri performance, […]

Opinion: How to be a ‘successful’ Senate president

Posted by admin Headlines, Legislature, Senate Thursday, July 18th, 2013

The position of the President of the Nigerian Senate is a minefield of banana peels and intrigues that even the most scheming of politicians would fear to tread. A look at the history of the Fourth Republic would reveal how the number three position has thrown up more casualties than survivors. Perhaps, one reason that […]

Keshi recalls Nsofor, Ameobi

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Thursday, July 18th, 2013

Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi has recalled Emmanuel Emenike, Obinna Nsofor and Shola Ameobi to the team. The attackers were part of a 20-man team list released on Wednesday ahead of an international friendly match against the Bafana Bafana of South Africa in Durban on August 14. The game which is based on the annual […]

Patience Jonathan opens up on rift with Amaechi

Posted by admin First Ladies, General Politics, Headlines, Patience Jonathan, Rivers, State News, Top Stories Thursday, July 18th, 2013

Contrary to her earlier denials of involvement in the political crisis rocking Rivers State, wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, on Wednesday opened up on the matter. She told 16 bishops from the South-South, who visited her at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, that her misunderstanding with Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, started about four years […]