Lagos Assembly Passes N499.105bn Budget for 2013
Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly on Friday passed the state 2013 budget, increasing the initial estimate brought to the House by Governor Babatunde Fashola from N497.227 to…
Suspected Boko Haram Men Kill Five in Maiduguri
Gunmen believed to be members of the dreaded Islamic fundamentalist group, Boko Haram, on Friday evaded the tight security network mounted by the Joint Task Force (JTF) in Maiduguri, killing…
Tito Villanova Returns in 21 days – Rosell
Sandro Rosell, President of Barcelona FC has affirmed that Tito Villanova will return to his managerial duties within twenty one days. The coach has been sidelined since mid-December, following a…
Sabon Lugbe Residents Cry Out over N100m Loss to Quarrying Company
Residents of Goshen Estate in Sabon Lugbe, a suburb of the Federal Capital city, have petitioned the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) and the Nigeria Police over the activities of…
Singapore Firm Plans 100,000-barrel Greenfield Refinery for Ipokia
Following the successful negotiation of a joint venture financing agreement between Eton Group, Eton Finance Private Ltd of Singapore and Eton’s subsidiary, Niger Delta Refinery and Petrochemicals Company Ltd, a…
Angry Youths Stone Acting Nassarrawa Governor
Irate youths protesting the death of two of their kinsmen on Thursday in Akwanga, Nasarawa State, pelted Acting Governor Dameshi Barau Luka with stones, damaging two vehicles in his convoy.…
Gov.Wada in Auto crash… ADC killed
Huhuonline.com understands that the convoy of the Kogi State Governor, Capt. Idris Wada has been involved in a fatal accident along lokoja – Ajoakuta road. The ADC to the Governor,…
The Presidency in 2015
One concept I tried to clarify in the run-up to the presidential election of 2011 was that of “re-election”. I argued then that President Goodluck Jonathan could not have been…
ABUTH Don Shot Dead
Head of the Department of Surgery, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Shika, Zaria, Professor Hyacinth Nong Mbibu, has been shot dead by unknown gunmen. The Cameroon-born professor was on his…
Beyond Chimanda and the “Rumu”-“Umu” Contoversy
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s write up titled “ We Remember Differently: Tribute to Chinua Achebe @ 82” posted in Saharareporters on 24th November 2012 and published in The Guardian of Sunday,…