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While it is sometimes difficult to understand internet addiction, a concept usually associated with the two vices: drugs and alcoholism, it is an inescapable use disorder which can result in addiction. RALIAT AHMED writes. The use of internet all over ...
The Northern socio-cultural group, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has not made any comment on the controversial issue of fuel subsidy removal by the federal government, saying it had expressed its position long ago. The forum stated that “ACF had...
Despite the increase in the price of fuel, airfares have remained stable while airlines still enjoy a boost in their operations which started since the Christmas and New Year periods. A visit to the domestic terminal of the Lagos Airport still revealed...
With the intense debate that is raging over the removal of the fuel subsidy by the Goodluck Jonathan presidency, bloggers on several websites have said the social media has been responsible for the few protest so far and are now calling Nigerians to jo...
From Lagos to Abuja, Benue to Kano, Bauchi to Kwara, Oyo to Kogi – the story is the same: A groundswell of mounting protests, like a bushfire, has continued to ravage the country, a fallout of Federal Government’s subsidy removal. The prote...
Prices of foodstuffs and other essential commodities have risen in most markets across the country following the recent announcement of fuel subsidy removal. At noon yesterday in Lagos, many c...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will today issue certificates of return to 10 members of Hon. Aminu Masari –led faction of the Katsina State Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) that won the January 13, 2011 primaries organi...
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mallam Yahaya Mahmood, yesterday, described the Dr Christopher Kolade- led Committee on Subsidy Reinvestment Empowerment Programme Board as illegal and unconstitutional. President Goodluck Jonathan had yesterday appo...
She lost 85lbs last year and now Aretha Franklin is gaining a husband. The Grammy-winning singer is engaged to long-time companion William 'Willie' Wilkerson. She said in a statement Tuesday, that she and Wilkerson are considering a summer wedd...
Protests over the decision of the federal government to remove subsidy on petroleum products spread as residents shut down business and commercial activities in Lagos and Ibadan, Oyo State capital. Though no casualty was recorded, protesters had to con...
The Chairman of Senate Committee on Agriculture, Sen. Emmanuel Bwacha, says the committee will ensure that more funds are allocated to the National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation (NCAM), Ilorin, to function optimally. Bwacha said in Abuja ...
Law enforcement agents have beefed up security in Kano metropolis, following a protest by some youths on Monday over the withdrawal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government. Correspondent who went round the city on Tuesday morning, reports that a...
Some officers of the Nigeria Police Force in Lagos have joined in the protest against fuel subsidy removal. LEADERSHIP gathered that no less than 300 policemen joined the march from Oregun to Alausa, the seat of government in Lagos. The policemen were ...
The Nigeria Football Federation has confirmed two friendly matches in preparation for the February 29, Nations Cup qualifier battle against the Amavubi of Rwanda in Kigali. Scribe of the federation, Musa Amadu said the football ruling house has set out...
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), Rivers State Chapter, says it has withdrawn from further participation in the deliberations of the committee set up by the Federal Government on fuel subsidy removal. The state Chairman of the Congress, Mr Chi...