News (270801)

Jonathan orders 35% of appointments reserved for Nigerian women

WHY I WANT TO BORROW $500 MILLION (about N80 BILLION) —Gov. Akpabio

Kidnapped Lagos council chairman Bamigbetan FREED

Americans fight terrorists while Nigeria jokes with Boko Haram

Governor OKOROCHA ESCAPES DEATH . . . injured in road accident

Oshiomhole’s big test as Edo holds council polls

APGA leadership tussle: Umeh overreaches self

Keyamo, others plotting to destabilise Delta State —Group alleges, drums support for Uduaghan

I will pay my debt to Achebe

Airtel shines at Leadership Awards ceremony

Subsidy suit: Court joins Falana, Aturu as co-defendants

Mega party rocks Lagos as ACN dissolves into APC

N458m contract scam: Court orders police to produce contractor that cost Imo Deputy Governor his job

“PLEASE, DON’T KILL THEM!”: Intersociety petitions Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch over moves to execute 8 Edo prisoners

Group moves to save Nigeria with “Do It Right Nigeria” campaign

ADVAN, World Federation of Advertisers set to unveil industry magazine

U.S. Supreme Court decision for Shell takes the wind off the sail of rights protection law

Groups head for court, seek to force Jonathan to completely remove fuel subsidy

APGA ON COURSE —Gov. Obi; UMEH’S COURT VICTORY TO BE SET ASIDE SHORTLY —Maxi Okwu

Fake MEND on the loose; they are impersonators, says Ijaw leader Edwin-Clark

Nigerians banned from taking human rights abuse cases to American courts

Kano Emir’s MOSQUE BOMBED hours after birth of Boko Haram Amnesty Committee

Obi throws light on terrorism trends in Anambra State

OKUPE ATTACKS LAI MOHAMMED, says Fashola can’t stop Jonathan from visiting Lagos

Airtel scales NCC’S Quality of Service hurdle

Minister heads Boko Haram Amnesty Committee

New York honours Chinua Achebe, “the most paraphrased African writer of all time”

COINCIDENCES: Of CHUKA UMUNNA and BARACK OBAMA

APGA crisis: Maxi Okwu dismisses Fed High Court Awka’s “jankara order”

My case against SaharaReporters

Umeh basking in false victory

Kidnapped Lagos council chairman speaks from unknown location as kidnappers demand $1m (about N155m)

Imo set to celebrate Freedom Day, 2nd anniversary of Okorocha’s govt.

ACN orders kidnappers to release council chairman within hours or …

POPE FRANCIS DISAPPOINTS American NUNS, backs CRACKDOWN