First Nigeria beer and health seminar holds in Lagos
By Siaka Momoh LAGOS – The Nigerian brewing industry is set to host the first Nigerian symposium on beer and health in Lagos. The one-day […]
Month: October 2014
Tambuwal: APC warns FG against compounding illegality by employing dirty tactics to reconvene house
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned the Federal Government to desist from compounding illegality by inducing members of the House of Representatives to sign […]
LCCI inaugurates power sector group
By Siaka Momoh LAGOS – The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry has set up a Power Sector Group to further its advocacy role. At […]
Samsung says Microsoft deal invites ‘charges of collusion’: filing
(Reuters) – Samsung said its collaboration with Microsoft on Windows phones raised antitrust problems once Microsoft completed its acquisition of Nokia’s handset business, according to […]
Burkina Faso: Army chief, Traore assumes responsibility as Head of State
ABIDJAN – Burkina Faso’s Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Nabere Traore on Friday announced that he has assumed responsibility as the country’s Head of State. […]
Ozekhome wants police to restore Tambuwal’s security
ABUJA – Mr Mike Ozekhome, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, has urged the Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr Suleiman Abba, to restore the withdrawn security […]
In About-Face, Judge Lifts Ebola Quarantine on U.S. Nurse
FORT KENT, Me. — Less than a day after confining a nurse who treated Ebola victims to her house, a judge in Maine has lifted […]
Super Eagles: Keshi returns, invites Ike Uche, 24 others for Congo, South Africa matches
ABUJA – Recalled Super Eagles’ Head Coach Stephen Keshi on Friday invited 25 players to camp for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying […]
Street sweepers protest non-payment of salaries in Jos
JOS – Hundreds of street sweepers on Friday staged a protest over the non-payment of their three months salary arrears in Jos, Plateau, the News […]
Nigeria’s envoy says UN needs to embrace innovative tools in peacekeeping operations
NEW YORK – Mr Anthony Bosah, a member, representing the Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the UN in the Special Political and Decolonisation Committee, says […]
Mubi attack: NEMA to establish more IDP’s camps in Yola
YOLA – Following the insurgent attacks on Mubi, Adamawa, the National Emergency Management Agency ( NEMA) has concluded arrangements to open more camps for Internally […]
Musa emerges Chairman, RTEAN Lagos State branch
LAGOS – Alhaji Muhammed Musa on Friday in Abuja emerged the Chairman of the Road Transport Employers Association (RTEAN), Lagos State branch. Musa’s victory followed […]
NAICOM spends N93m on digital centre
ZARIA – Prof. Abdullahi Mustapha, the Vice Chancellor, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, said the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) spent N93 million to set up […]
2 Malaysian boys sue over missing MH370 flight
KUALA LUMPUR – Two Malaysian teenage boys on Friday filed a negligence case against the state-owned Malaysia Airlines and the government over the disappearance of […]
Remove ethnicity from Rivers governorship race — Elekima
PORT HARCOURT – Chief Precious Elekima, leader Kalabari stakeholders of Rivers PDP, said on Friday that the most credible candidate should emerge as the party’s […]
Burkina Faso: Opposition leaders say Compoare’s ouster non-negotiable
ABIDJAN – Some members of the opposition camp in Burkina Faso on Friday described the removal of President Blaise Compaore as `non-negotiable’. President of the […]
Doctors perform first heart surgery on foetus in India
NEW DELHI – Doctors at a hospital in the southern city of Hyderabad have reportedly performed a heart surgery on a foetus in a 25-year-old […]
Landlord bags 3 year-jail term for evicting tenant with force
ADO-EKITI – An Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court on Friday sentenced a landlord, Iyabo Adakeja, (47), to three years imprisonment for removing a tenant’s roofing sheet without […]
Nigerian Breweries seeks approval for Consolidated Breweries merger
LAGOS – Nigerian Breweries Plc said on Friday it would seek shareholders’ approval for its planned merger with Consolidated Breweries Plc on Dec. 4. The […]
200 days after: Women Arise urges intensified efforts to rescue Chibok girls
LAGOS – The Women Arise Initiative, a non-governmental organisation, on Friday held a rally in Lagos to seek concerted efforts in rescuing schoolgirls abducted 200 […]