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Dangote to invest $1 billion in rice farming in Nigeria
Aug 2, 2014Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote yesterday signed a $1 billion Rice Investment Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nigerian government. In an event at the State House in Abuja, the Minister of Agriculture, Adewunmi Adesina, signed... -
Ebola: Nigeria to begin temperature screening of inbound passengers
Jul 31, 2014Nigeria’s Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has commenced temperature screening of passengers arriving from high risk countries with Ebola outbreak. According to the NCAA spokesman, Sam Adurogboye, the passengers’ temperature will be checked on arrival, at all... -
Lagos generates 120 billion Naira IGR in 6 months
Jul 31, 2014The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) on Thursday said it generated more than N120 billion from taxation between January and June this year. The Executive Chairman of the service, Mr Tunde Fowler, told the News... -
10-year old Boko Haram terrorist arrested in Nigeria
Jul 30, 2014The coordinator of the national information Centre, Mike Omeri, on Wednesday announced that security forces on Tuesday stopped a car in Katsina state, Northern Nigeria and arrested three suspected Boko Haram members. One of the suspects... -
Ebola: Nigerian government identifies 59 contacts of dead victim
Jul 29, 2014The Lagos state ministry of health has so far identified 59 people who were in contact with Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian man in his 40s who died of Ebola after arriving the city from Monrovia on... -
Okagbare wins 100 metres Commonwealth gold
Jul 29, 2014Nigeria’s track queen, Blessing Okagbare, yesterday smashed the 12 year old Commonwealth games 100 metres record of 10.91 seconds after she ran a brilliant 10.85 seconds to win the gold medal of the event. Blessing outclassed... -
Umaru Dikko Dies
Jul 1, 2014Former Nigeria’s minister of transport in the second republic and prominent northern politician, Umaru Dikko, is dead. Dikko died today at a London hospital. He had suffered three episodes of stroke in recent times and his... -
Bomb Blast in Ile-Ife
Jul 1, 2014According to Vanguard Newspapers, there was an explosion today at Ile-Ife, Osun State, South West Nigeria. The cause of the explosion is suspected to be Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), which were planted at two strategic locations... -
Boko Haram cell leader arrested
Jun 30, 2014A Boko Haram cell leader, Babuji Ya’ari has been captured by the Nigerian Military. According to a statement by the Director of Military information, Major General Chris Olukolade, Ya’ari a businessman who sells tricycles, participated actively... -
Nigerian Doctors set to commence indefinite strike nationwide
Jun 30, 2014The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, on Monday announced plan to embark on an indefinite strike, starting from Tuesday, July 1. The NMA President, Kayode Obembe, who made the announcement at a news conference in Abuja, said...
