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Barcelona and Argentina forward Lionel Messi yesterday was crowned the 2011 FIFA Ballon d’Or. He has therefore claimed the title of world player of the year for the third consecutive time. Messi beat Barcelona team-mate Xavi Hernandez and Real Ma...
Organised Labour yesterday commended Nigerians for the huge success of the first day in the indefinite mass rally and protest it declared against fuel subsidy removal policy of the President Goodluck Jonathan Government that made Lagosians come out in ...
Thousands of protesters took to the streets at virtually all major towns and cities in Jigawa State to demonstrate their disapproval of the removal of fuel subsidy by federal government. They also expressed their displeasure with the State Governor, Al...
What was billed as a peaceful protest against the removal of fuel subsidy by the federal government yesterday turned bloody in Benin City, Edo State, as hoodlums seized the opportunity to attack a Bureau De Change. The hoodlums that attack...
Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), yesterday appealed to protesting lawyers to exercise their displeasure over the removal of fuel subsidy within the ambit of the law. The governor said that it was better to start from the negotiation table...
Ms. Baleka Mbete, Speaker, South Africa’s National Assembly, once asserted that, “Parliaments can implement democracy by always putting the people at the centre of what it does. We have to listen to our people, we have to give our people an...
Aviation unions are re-strategising to ensure full compliance of labour directive in aviation. This is coming as the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) announced that the airspace is open to flight operations despite the strik...
Superstar couple Beyoncé Knowles and Jay-Z have welcomed their first child - a baby girl named Blue Ivy Carter. The 30-year-old singer's daughter arrived via scheduled caesarean section at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City last night. The coupl...
The recent Madalla bombing in Niger state has made the Christian community the center of discussion on the current insecurity crises in the country . Arch Bishop John Onaiyekan , the Archbishop of Abuja D...
Mixed reactions greeted President Goodluck Jonathan’s introduction of cost-cutting measures in his administration, including the reduction of the salaries of political office holders by 25 per cent. President Jonathan stated in an address to the ...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) in Cross River have threatened to sanction members who failed to join the ongoing strike to protest fuel subsidy removal. The Chairman of the State NLC, Mr Nyambi Njom, said shortly after...
Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo has assured the people of the state of a possible resolution of the removal of fuel Subsidy face-off between the Federal Government and the organised labour. Oshiomhole gave the assurance when he received the leaders...
Opposition political parties in Nigeria, under the aegis of Patriotic Alliance of Nigeria (PAN), on Monday expressed unhappiness at the senate for "sitting on the fence during the nation’s time of distress". The National Coord...
Operators in the Nigerian capital market will for long remember 2011 as a year the Nigerian Stock Exchange recorded persistent share price losses. As at the close of 2011, the All-Share Index had depreciated to around 20,722.43 from the opening index o...
The Group Managing Director/CEO of BGL Plc, one of Nigeria’s leading independent investment banking institutions, Mr. Albert Okumagba, has reiterated that ongoing bank reforms would lead to a much stronger economy. Okumagba, who made the as...