The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) on Friday confirmed that it had divested eight Oil Mining Leases (OMLs) in Nigeria from 2010 to date. Shell Media Relations Manager Precious Okolobo said in Lagos that SPDC had sold its interests in OML 4, 38 and 41 which were sold on July 30, 2010. Others […]
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It was a case of double-dealing, as an attempt by two Spanish con men to sell a forged Goya painting backfired spectacularly after their client, supposedly a rich Arab sheik, paid them in counterfeit bank-notes worth 1.7 million Swiss Francs. It gets worse. The middleman who had brokered the deal then vanished with the only […]
Comedy Central has announced 31-year-old South African comedian, Trevor Noah as the host of its flagship The Daily Show to replace the iconic Jon Stewart. Noah has been slowly working his way up the ladder of US comedy over the last few years, with appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and The Late […]
The winner of the just concluded Diamond Bank #youneedanewbank theme song remix competition, Solitude, has signed a record deal with Major Bangz, producer of the hit tracks ‘Alobam’ and ‘Shoki’ as part of his reward for winning the competition. #youneedanewbank is a brand campaign by Diamond Bank PLC aimed at promoting the bank as the […]
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Suicide bombers hit Jos, Biu
Two suicide bombers have killed at least 15 people at a bus station in north-eastern Nigeria, witnesses say. Only one of the bomber’s explosives detonated properly, the other bomber died at the scene in Biu, witnesses told the BBC. A second bombing has hit a crowded bus station in the town of Jos, in north-central […]
The Akran of Badagry, Aholu Menu-Toyi 1, on Tuesday said the postponement of the general elections was in the best interest of the country. The Akran, who made the remark during interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Badagry, urged residents of the area to remain peaceful and shun violence. INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru […]
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Schools to now resume, Sept 22
The Federal Government has fixed Monday, September 22, 2014 as new resumption date for the 2014/2015 academic session. The government had, after the council meeting on August 26, postponed resumption of private and public primary as well as and secondary schools to October 13, 2014, as a precautionary step against the spread of the Ebola […]
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Scented, heady verse from gifted poet
A review of Samuel Osaze’s Aroma of a Burning Bush by REGINALD CHIEDU OFODILE Aroma of a Burning Bush roused, then doused, a certain suspicion of mine. It is my distrust of free verse! I bow to the masters: in the last two centuries, such luminaries as Walt Whitman, D.H. Lawrence, T.S. Eliot and Langston […]
It made an impression on the wrong crowd, then. Days after Lupita Nyong’o made a splash at the Oscars in a shimmering white dress, police in Los Angeles have confirmed they are investigating the theft of the dress. The white dress, which was designed by Francisco Costa for Calvin Klein and contains 6,000 white Akoya […]
Governments at all levels in Nigeria have been called upon to be more innovative and creative in their search for responsible governance in the country. Making this plea was the Reproduction Rights Society of Nigeria (REPRONIG) in a statement to mark this year’s World Copyright Day which came up last weekend. The statement signed by […]