Lagos :: Nigeria
| 1 day ago
| Entertainment News
The American Orchid Society's exhibit Elegance in Bloom -- The Watercolors of Sally Robertson runs through Feb. 1...The Miami Herald is pleased to provide this opportunity to share information, experiences and observations about what's in the news. Some of the...
Lagos :: Nigeria
| 1 day ago
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Yahoo! News reports, "A pipeline belonging to Agip, a unit of Italian energy giant ENI, was blown up with dynamite in restive southern Nigeria, a military officer said Sunday. There were no casualties in the explosion which happened on...
Lagos :: Nigeria
| 2 months ago
| Political News
Members of the US House of Representatives are considering a revised $700bn (£380bn) plan to rescue America's financial sector. Party leaders are hoping the House, which stunned global markets by rejecting the initial plan, will follow the Senate and back...
Lagos :: Nigeria
| about 1 month ago
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Nigeria's president Umaru Yar'Adua has instructed lawyers to sue the Lagos-based newspaper Leadership after it reported that he had been taken ill and failed to attend public functions. A spokesman said the report was false and the president had no...
Lagos :: Nigeria
| about 1 month ago
| Sports News
Not on the basketball court but in ping-pong. ”I love ping-pong,” said Okwandu, a 7-foot-1, 255-pound center. “Ping-pong is creative...A native of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, Thabeet is helping Okwandu, who's from Lagos, Nigeria, adjust to college life on and...
Lagos :: Nigeria
| about 1 month ago
| Technology News
Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua is replacing his gas and power ministers in a cabinet reshuffle that builds on other restructuring within the country's petroleum sector. Emmanuel Olatunde Odusina, Nigeria's Minister of State for Energy (Gas) has been ousted as has...
Lagos :: Nigeria
| about 1 month ago
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Abuja, reported the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday. According to the communique, the investors said the Niger Delta crisis had hindered the nation's quest for influx of foreign capital, especially in the area of oil and gas. It said...
Lagos :: Nigeria
| about 1 month ago
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Lessons From Thaksin Shinawatra's Conviction Daily Independent (Lagos) 7 November 2008 Posted to the web 7 November 2008 Olusola Adegbite A couple of weeks back, a former Prime-Minister of The Republic of Thailand, in the person of Thaksin Shinawatra, was...
Lagos :: Nigeria
| 3 days ago
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Ghanaian President John Kufuor has urged Ghanaians to yield to the authority of the Electoral Commission (EC) when it declares the results of the presidential election, according to Pan Africa News Agency's report on Friday. In a statement, Kufuor noted...
Source: BBC
Lagos :: Nigeria
| about 1 month ago
| Sports News
Dr Amos Adamu was most recently the Director General of the organisation. Dr Adamu has been redeployed to another post within the government. His postitions as a board member of both football's world governing body Fifa, and the Confederation of...