The two Aljazera journalists under detention in Maiduguri have regain their freedom in the early hours of Saturday, The Nation has learnt. The two journalists Ahmed Idris and Ali Mustapha who arrived Maiduguri apparently to cover the presidential election held on March 28, 2015 were detained
In an Easter message to Nigerians and the Christian around the world, the President–Elect, General Muhammadu Buhari has called on all Nigerians to embrace peace as they commemorate the resurrection of Jesus Christ at Easter . General Muhammadu Buhari urged all citizens of Nigeria to unite and use the season of Easter to celebrate […]
Airtel Nigeria has demonstrated its resilience through the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) by celebrating and assisting beneficiaries who are people still struggle to have a decent life. Airtel Nigeria has through its CSR once again showed the need to help people that face everyday challenges and the passion and outlook is reflected by the […]
The President of the Nigeria Volleyball Federation (NVBF), Engineer Habu Gumel, has expressed great optimism that Nigeria male and female volleyball teams will qualify for the next All Africa Games (AAG) holding in Congo Brazzaville in September this year. Speaking with Extra Time, the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) President said, all hands were on deck […]
Nigeria is blessed with waterfalls, caves, hotels, parks, sandy beaches, large lakes, and historic sites, which offer a range of tourism experiences applicable to the general holidaymaker as well as the traveller looking for something off the beaten track. To invest in tourism in Nigeria, there must be clarity on how people can invest […]
The last may not have been heard about last Saturday’s Presidential election won by Gen. Muhammadu Buhari as foremost Ijaw youth group, the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), has called for a meeting of ex-militants to review the outcome of the election. The meeting is scheduled for Sunday, next week. The Daily Times gathered that the […]
As the D-Day for the promised all-out battle against insurgency and graft draws near, the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, has solicited the cooperation of Nigerians in prosecuting the war. And, like a true general, he has renewed his vow to lead the campaign. Buhari, who spoke on Thursday in an interview with the British Broadcasting […]
Arc. Muyiwa Ige, Son of the late Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Chief Bola Ige has said the victory of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari will bring back the nation’s lost glory. Ige, who is the immediate past State of Osun Commissioner For Lands, Physical planning and Urban Development said this in his […]
“Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime” — Aristotle. “If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living” — Gail Sheehy. The seed that had been sown by elements of evil extraction in Nigeria had been producing fruits and the fruits have been poisonous ones. I am not […]
Imagine for a short moment that you find yourself in a wilderness of unpleasant circumstances. How do you get through it? The other day it was the turn of a housewife whose heart was broken by another’s cruelty and she refused to stay in the marriage she had endured for over 15 years. At another […]
I n Wealth of Nations, the 18th Century economic classic, Adam Smith (1723-1790) postulated that “by selling product[s] that people want to buy, [entrepreneurs] make money. While they are engaging in their enterprises…they are also providing [services]. Such a system creates wealth not just for the [entrepreneurs], but for the nation as [a] whole when […]
Now that the presidential election has ended on a remarkably peaceful note, it is time to tell the hordes of Doomsday prophets who had predicted an implosion in the country: You were dead wrong! Feelers from across the country show that rather than boil, Nigeria has witnessed remarkable peace — the camps of both the […]
Former Governor of Old Anambra State and Chairman, Former Governors’ Forum, Chief Jim Ifeanyichukwu Nwobodo, has called on General Muhammadu Buhari to quickly reunite Nigerians in order to heal the wounds inflicted on the nation by the March 28 presidential election. He told Journalists at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu yesterday that the voting […]
National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu has described the victory of General Muhammadu Buhari in last weekend’s presidential election, as the finest moment in Nigeria’s political history. Tinubu, in a press statement released in Lagos on Wednesday, declared: “It is a moment when hope is re-born, faith is
Popular Nigerian porn star, Afrocandy is not quite happy with the results of the election. She says that she is greatly hurt by the result and that the northerners are “backstabbing betrayers”. She also said she is an American citizen and may decide not to visit Nigeria in the 8 years Buhari rules Nigeria. Here […]
When you look at the way Nigerian politicians behave, their audacity, sense of entitlement and hubristic attitude that has nothing but contempt for the opposition and people, you would think that Nigeria is either an aristocracy or a monarchy. But Nigeria is a republic and not an aristocracy or monarchy. Therefore, the duty of her […]
Prof Jere Bala, the Director-General of the Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN) has revealed that solar electricity generation has reached 28 megawatts. Bala disclosed this in Abuja, adding that Nigeria had started integrating some of the alternative energy sources, like the penetration of solar energy into energy supply in the country. “A lot of solar […]
Leading Nigerian alcoholic beverage company, Guinness Nigeria Plc, has recorded yet another feat in the area of ensuring the safety of employees and visitors in its breweries and sites by achieving 1, 000 days free of lost time accidents (LTA), in one of its operational sites. This laudable achievement was recorded at its Benin office, […]
Davebrook Digital PR Services (davebrookPR), has announced the unveiling of Nigeria’s first online newsroom services, which is a digital platform designed to connect businesses in Nigeria with national and global publicity opportunities. DavebrookPR online newsroom is a product of independent research; working with various clients over a 10 month period where it discovered
Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), in a very impressive performance for 2014 notched N15billion in generated net income against a dismal N505 million for the preceding year (2013). MrUche Orji, The Managing Director, announced this while addressing newsmen on Authorities Financial Year report on Monday in Abuja. “Total revenue during the period
