There was a fire outbreak at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos on Thursday morning. The fire, which was quickly traced to the electric panel room on the second floor of the terminal by a combined team of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, FAAN’s electrical engineers and fire officers, was extinguished shortly…
Nigeria Drops In FIFA World Ranking
Nigeria has dropped by five spots in the October edition of the FIFA /Coca-Cola World Ranking released on Thursday. According to the October ranking on FIFA’s website, Nigeria now has 632 points as against 642 points it garnered in September, ranking 42nd in the world and 9th in Africa. Nigeria, the African Champions fell 1-0…
Wiko Mobile Debuts in Nigeria
Wiko Mobile, a France-based mobile phone maker, established its presence in Lagos on Wednesday. The company, which offered 10 models from its extensive range of smart phones and feature phones, said it decided to explore Africa’s largest economy because its brand positioning represents a perfect match with Nigeria’s predominantly young population as well as the…
Senate Endorses Bill to Develop Nigeria’s Border Towns
The Senate, on Tuesday, October 21, endorsed a Bill aimed at protecting Nigeria’s border towns. The Bill seeks to promote development at the nation’s border communities in a bid to stop the rate of insurgency and trans-border crimes. The bill, which was sponsored by Senator Olufemi Lanlehin and titled “a bill for an Act to amend the…
‘Embrace Local Fabrics’ – Ogun Commissioner for Culture
Yewande Amusan, Commissioner for Culture and Tourism Ogun State, has called on Nigerian youths to make optimum use of the opportunities in the fashion industry. Speaking at the launch of Tejuvarie magazine, a bi-monthly fashion magazine, on Saturday, October 18, Amusan who was represented by Abdul Razak, a staff of the Ogun State Ministry of…
How To Make A Living Selling Your Excreta
Imagine being paid for your excreta. Well, for some Nigerians, it would appear like a dream that nothing can be better than. However for residents of Massachusetts, US, that dream is now a reality as they can make a modest living out of their own body functions by donating a sample of their excreta. An…
‘Nigeria Will Be Better Than This’ – Segun Adeniyi
– Segun Adeniyi, journalist and former media assistant to President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua How has it been since leaving government? I’m back to my beat as a reporter. I’m back to my comfort zone and I’m happy. Nigeria has just celebrated its centenary. How do you see the next 100 years? I’m optimistic about Nigeria…
Nigeria to be Declared Ebola-free Today
Nigeria is expected to be declared Ebola-free on today Monday, October 20, 2014, just three months after fears that the virus could spread like wildfire through Africa’s most populous nation. The World Health Organisation, WHO, is preparing to announce that Nigeria has not had a confirmed case of Ebola for 42 days – or two…
Nigeria Has 48m Active Internet Users
Nigeria has been recorded to have over 48 million active Internet users. This was declared by Peter Jack, director-general of the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA while delivering a speech at the global media meeting in Dubai. It was disclosed in a statement issued by Hadiza Umar, NITDA’s Head of Public Affairs in Abuja.…
Ebola: Nigeria, Liberia to receive 20m pairs of gloves
Najib Razak, Malaysia Prime Minister said Nigeria and four African countries would receive 20 million pairs of medical gloves to fight Ebola. The other benefiting countries are Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and the Democratic Republic of Congo. He said that the donation was in response to the complaints by the medical experts, that the shortage…
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