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Electricity hike: FG pays N100bn in subsidy

By Clara Nwachukwu To cushion the effects of the impending hike in electricity tariff, the Federal Government has agreed to pay about N100 billion in subsidy over the next two years under the second phase of the Multi Year tariff Order, MYTO 2. Th...

Argentines hit Nigeria for Access Bank Polo

By Solomon Nwoke JULIO Novillo Astrada, a plus Eight Handicap from Argentina leads his two other top compatriots, Diego White, +7 Handicap and Diego Araya,A +7 Handicap and top Polo players from all over African to the continent's premium polo ext...

Zimbabwe Police Label Nigerian Televangelist a Sorcerer

HIV/AIDS patient Miss Mary Udoh receives "miraculous healing" from Prophet T.B. Joshua of the synagogue Church For All Nations during a service at Ikotun-Egbe district in Lagos, the commercial nerve centre of Nigeria, in this January 20, 2003 file...

Rocker Dave Okumu Electrocuted on Stage

The lead singer of The Invisible was in Lagos, Nigeria on Thursday when he suffered a "life-threatening electrocution" and was taken to a medical centre for emergency treatment, according to Bbc News.

Traffic Gridlock: Ikorodu residents send SOS to FG, Lagos Govt.

Residents of Ikorodu, a surbub of Lagos, on Sunday appealed to the Federal and Lagos State Governments to rescue them from the traffic gridlock in the area.

Nigeria: TUC to Rake in N700 Million From Advert On Mass Transit Project

Lagos - Trade Union Congress of Nigeria has said it hopes to rake in N700 million from advertisement revenues on the 150 mass transit buses it imported from China.

Phuket live wire: Yet more scams - be careful out there

PHUKET: Last February I wrote about a reader who placed an ad in the Gazette , and was strung along by a scammer.

Sacked Lagos doctors lobby for reinstatement

By Sola Ogundipe & Chioma Obinna LAGOS - Indications emerged, weekend,A that some of the 788 doctors sacked by the Lagos State government are now lobbying to get reinstated.

LWI to partner business firms on increased health investment

LiveWell Initiative, LWI, a Non-Governmental Organisation, has expressed its readiness to partner and encourage financial institutions and other blue chip companies in Nigeria to increase theirA social sectorA investment and support for the health...

Nigeria: Financial Crisis - Operators Seek Effective Regulation

Business Recovery Insolvency Practitioners Association of Nigeria , a non-governmental organisation involved in advocacy for insolvency law, has advocated for the creation of a well articulated regulatory regime to forestall the impact of the glob...

Nigeria: Doctors' Strike - Our Lives Are Not Safe in the Hands of Baby Doctor...

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Nigeria: Agonising Relief as Lagos Clears Slum

Homelessness broke out a rash of informal communities across Lagos, as is the case in most cities of its economic stature.

Nigeria: Air Nigeria to Go Public in 2014

Nigeria's major carrier, Air Nigeria would become a public quoted company in 2014, as the management plans to list it in the Nigeria Stock Exchange and sell the shares to the Nigerian public.

Nigeria: Dangote Sugar to Acquire Savannah Sugar

The financial fortunes of Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc would soon witness further boost as shareholders of the company yesterday approved the proposal to acquire Savannah Sugar Company for its background integration objectives.

Nigeria: Patients Groan as FG Doctors Begin Solidarity Strike in Lagos

The strike followed the sacking of 788 doctors by the State Government. A News Agency of Nigeria correspondent, who visited some of the hospitals reports that new patients were turned back at the clinics and the emergency wards.

Man shoots bricklayer over attempted rape

The police in Lagos on Saturday arrested one Asiribo Baba, 40, for allegedly shooting a bricklayer who attempted to rape his daughter.

The death of a good man

By DenreleA Animasaun fromA London "Love is stronger than death even though it can't stop death from happening, but no matter how hard death tries it can't separate people from love.

Nigeria: Pre-Paid Meter System - PHCN Operates Out of Decency - Consumers

When the government of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo came with the readiness of combating the problem of energy in the nation, it generated loud ovation and the enthusiasm that descended on the country was that the problem of energy would soon be a thin...

Pricey Nollywood Disaster Thriller "Last Flight To Abuja" Gets A World Premie...

It's being called one of Nollywood's most anticipated films of 2012 - Obi Emelonye's follow-up to his 2011 fantasy/adventure hit The Mirror Boy A - a film we also covered on S&A. TitledA Last Flight To Abuja , the expensive disaster/thriller is sa...

Nigeria loses $7bn to oil thieves yearly, says Diezani

The Ministry of Petroleum Resources and the service chiefs of the joint armed forces as well as other security organisations have sealed an accord to set up a robust and effective joint task force to protect all the oil and gas assets in the count...

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