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The first set of Made in Nigeria 4×4 SUVs will be rolled out by Nissan Motors in April this year. Chief Executive Officer of Nissan Motors, Carlos Ghosn, disclosed this to President Goodluck Jonathan on the sideline of ongoing World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Ghosn, who said the vehicles ...

Lagos State University ((LASU) has been shut down indefinitely following what the school termed ‘violent protest by students’. The school management shared the bulletin above announcing the indefinite closure, and asked all students to vacate the school premises until further notice. Exams have also been put off until further notice.

Two unidentified persons were stoned to death in the Sabo, Yaba area of Lagos State after being apprehended by youths for allegedly robbing a resident of his phones. Punch reports that their correspondent, who visited McNeil Road, where the incident occurred, learnt that the alleged robbers attacked a 79-year-old man, ...

Reports reaching us from eye witness account, a moving train at Oshodi crushed two men. The men where hanging on the moving train and one of them lost balance and fell, in the bid of the other man helping, he fell also. However there are no pics from the incident ...

The Lagos State House of Assembly yesterday January 20th passed a bill seeking to make smoking in public places illegal in the state, with first offenders having options of paying a fine of N10,000, three months in jail or both. The bill which is waiting the approval of Gov. Fashola ...

The US has threatened to sanction Nigeria following President Jonathan’s signing of the Same-Sex Prohibition Act 2014. The world power is threatening to scale down its support for HIV/AIDS and anti-malaria programmes in Nigeria. This was made known yesterday Jan. 20th by James Entwistle, the US Ambassador to Nigeria. Mr ...

President Jonathan said with the new National Automotive Industry Policy introduced by his administration, the country will soon be exporting cars to other countries. He said this while speaking with a delegation of business owners from Anambra State led by the State governor, Peter Obi, who paid him a courtesy ...

National president of Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, and GO of Word of Life Bible Church, Pastor Ayo recently dedicated his newly built ultra-modern 40,000 capacity auditorium located in Warri, Delta State. The flamboyant pastor said he built the new auditorium to accommodate the over 50,000 people that attend the ...

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Ghanaian journalist and main presenter of the BBC World News programme Focus on Africa, Komla Dumor has passed away. The TV anchor reportedly passed away at his home in London today Jan. 18th. He was 41. Dumor joined the BBC as a radio broadcaster in 2007 after a decade of ...

The wife of Indian minister Shashi Tharoor has been found dead, following reports he had an affair, Indian media say. Sunanda Pushkar is reported to have been found dead in a five-star hotel in Delhi, according to police sources. The couple became embroiled in controversy over a series of Twitter ...

Indian human resources minister’s wife hacked his Twitter account and posted messages implying he was�having an affair�with a Pakistani journalist. Shashi Tharoor, also known as ‘Minister Twitter’ for his love of the social messaging site – was left acutely embarrassed after the messages appeared on his feed.They suggested to his ...

According to a statement by Presidential spokesperson, Reuben Abati, Air Marshall Alex Badeh is the new Chief of Defence Staff, replacing Admiral Ola Ibrahim.�Major-General Kenneth Tobiah Jacob Minimah takes over from Lt.-General Azubike O. Ihejirika as Chief of Army Staff. STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE � PRESIDENT JONATHAN APPROVES CHANGES IN ...

Embattled National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, has finally resigned, according to a new report today by Punch. Yesterday, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur had�denied claims that he has resigned from his position through a statement signed by his Senior Media Assistant on Media, Mr. Oliver Okpala.

When asked during his #AskTBJoshua question &�Answer�session on his official facebook page…. .. QUESTION: “T.B. Joshua, what do you have to say about same sex marriage � I mean, gays and lesbians?” ANSWER: “Judge not, so that you will not be judged (Matthew 7:1). We should talk to people to ...

His media aide just released a statement denying earlier reports that he’s resigned. �Be informed that contrary to the report making waves in the internet and other social media, the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur has not tendered any resignation letter to any person or ...

The United States today criticized Nigeria for approving a law that punishes same-sex marriage with prison, because the law will restrict basic human rights.� According to their Secretary of State, John Kerry, United States was �deeply concerned” by Nigeria’s new law which �dangerously restricts freedom of assembly, association and expression ...

The Portugal and Real Madrid striker beat Argentine and Barcelona player Lionel Messi and France and Bayern Munich player Franck Ribery to win the 2013 FIFA Ballon D’or award. Ronaldo won it in 2008 but lost to Messi in 2009, 2010, 2011, & 2012.

A 9-year-old prodigy girl, Anjola Victoria, has passed her WAEC exams the November/December 2013 West African Examination Council (WAEC). Read the story of her success in the interview with the Sun Newspapers: What was your experience during the period of GCE exams? I studied a lot during the period of ...

In spite of protests from some countries, President Goodluck Jonathan has signed Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Bill 2013 into law. Some foreign embassies were shocked by the development leading to ‘curious’ inquiries from the Federal Government.� But despite the inquiries, the Federal Government said there is no going back. The ...