Nigeria has until Monday to overturn the decision to ban the national soccer team from all competitions for two years, the sport’s governing body FIFA said on Friday. Failure to do so will result in the Nigerian Football Federation being … read more
A leader of a radical Muslim sect that started a rampage that left 700 people dead in Nigeria allegedly has issued a videotaped threat calling for new violence as the one-year anniversary of their attack nears. Imam Abubakar Shekau, a … read more
Fifa issued Nigeria with an ultimatum to reverse its decision to suspend the national football team from international competition or have its Fifa membership suspended within 48 hours Speaking to Johannesburg’s 702 radio, Fifa secretary-general Jerome Valcke said: “If the … read more
The waters around the Niger Delta swamps of Bodo are covered in a thick film of oil that has left the once lush mangroves looking like burnt twigs covered in grease. The air reeks of crude. “I struggle everyday,” said … read more
The House of Representatives has kicked against plans by the Nigerian Communications Commission, to commit N6 billion to the recently announced registration of mobile telephone subscribers. The planned registration, announced early this year by the commission, mandates mobile phone service … read more
Senators yesterday lambasted the presidency’s plan to spend about ₦10 billion on the celebration of Nigeria’s 50th anniversary as an unnecessary extravagance. The lawmakers who were debating the supplementary budget bill submitted by President Goodluck Jonathan, which included the sum … read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday arraigned two Lebanese at an FCT High Court in Maitama over alleged forgery of Federal Government documents. Jihad Mohammed Ghraizi, 57, and his son, Mohammed Jihad Ghraizi, 27, allegedly forged four different … read more
“FOR the next one month, we shall be carrying the burden of the world,” says Nigeria’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN), Prof. Joy Ogwu, as she briefed reporters at her office in New York on the … read more
President Goodluck Jonathan, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja yesterday swore in the former Vice Chancellor of the Bayero University, Kano, Attahiru Jega as the new chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission alongside five other commissioners. The president also oversaw … read more
As if the shame of an early elimination from the 2010 World Cup is not enough, Nigerian officials are now fretting over the 1.9 billion naira (about US$120 million) that was raised by the Presidential Task Force (PTF) for the … read more