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EVEN with the threat of economic recession sending shivers down the spines of world economies, the Nigerian telecoms sector has braced the storm, to add 23 percent in US dollar value, translating to about $8.42 billion revenue at the end of  2008 business year, giving Nigeria a quality lead of the African telecom market ahead [...]

President  Umaru Yar’Adua, will, tomorrow in Abuja, unveil the re-branding Nigeria logo and slogan, as his administration pushes to give the nation a more positive image.Former Nigerian Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon would be chairman of the occasion which is expected to attract a cream of top government functionaries, business moguls, the diplomatic corps [...]

ABUJA—Governors of the 36 states are today meeting with American billionaire businessman, Mr. Bill Gates, to seek his assistance in the effort to eradicate wild polio virus in Nigeria.
Gates, who through his Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is involved in several interventions in the health sector, is visiting Nigeria to specifically hold high level discussions [...]

ABUJA—The Police Authorities have engaged services of 21 seasoned lawyers to engage the pioneer Chairman of EFCC, Mr Nuhu Ribadu in an on-going legal battle ignited by him to reverse his dismissal from the Nigeria Police Force.
The police made the disclosure on a day Ribadu described as unfortunate the statement credited to the Police [...]

MIXED reactions have continued to trail the surprise visit by former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar to his former boss, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo at his Abeokuta home, Monday.
The former Vice-President, with Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola of Osun State, who President Olusegun Obasanjo described as the “facilitator” held a closed door meeting with the former President which lasted about [...]

THE National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in collaboration with the Lagos State Government has begun investigation into the discovery of a fake brand of paracetamol syrup in the market that is capable of causing kidney failure and, ultimately, death in children.
However, the authorities declined to give the name of the [...]

I respect the BBC, I really do, I definitely think they are less biased than some of the other Western media, i.e CNN… However, I am continually puzzled at their insistence on reporting events in Nigeria from a Christian vs. Muslim perspective.
For example, take a look at this piece of garbage reporting about the riots [...]

AHEAD of the judgment by the Appeal Court sitting in Benin in Edo State on the governorship election in Ondo State, Governor Olusegun Agagu yesterday expressed confidence of getting victory when his case is decided next year.
Governor Agagu in a statement in Akure said he was not bothered by the ousting of the former Edo [...]

PRESIDENT Umaru Yar’Adua has charged the authorities of the University of Ibadan to work harder so that the institution could be ranked among the first twenty universities in Africa. The president who was a visitor to the university as part of activities marking the end of the institution’s 60th Founders day anniversary which kicked-off last [...]

FOR allowing men and officers under their command to throw caution to the wind during the Appeal Court judgment that made Adams Oshiomhole the governor of Edo State, and the celebrations that followed, the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mike Okiro, has ordered the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Chris Dega, and the Area Commander of [...]