Archive for: September, 2010

Veteran son given duty to run Nigeria’s bad bank to balance

President Goodluck Jonathan has asked former Goldman Sachs investment banker Mustafa Chike-Obi to run the state-owned “bad bank” to absorb the non-performing loans of nine institutions rescued in a N600 billion bailout a year ago. The President submitted the nomination of Chike-Obi, the son of a celebrated Nigerian mathematician, to the National Assembly for approval earlier [...]

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Kidnapping of School Kids: President Jonathan wades in …charges IG to act fast

A school bus full of Children has been seized in Nigeria’s Niger Delta creating fears of a new dimension to the spate of militants terrorism in the oil rich area.

The gunmen hijacked the school bus in Abia state,Nigeria’s Eastern region, on the fringes of the oil-producing Delta area.

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Pastor Eddie Long: I will fight sex allegation accusation in court of law

Eddy Long, the famous American pastor accused of taking advantage of four young boys in sexual escapades has denied the accusation, claiming his personality negated the peddled allegations against him.

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Why Nigeria cannot afford another PDP government

As the nation prepares for 2011 elections, I want to join the likes of Mr Sonala Olumhense, Mr Femi Falana and many other concerned Nigerians to call for concerted efforts to stop PDP leadership at the federal level in 2011.

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Nigeria Assembly approves election date change, now waits for governors

The joint National Assembly Committee on Constitution Review on Monday succumbed to Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)’s request for a three-month extension of the 2011 election timetable.

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Ed Miliband’s vow to British People: “We will fight to win back public trust”

Ed Miliband, the junior brother of the former Foreign Secretary, David Miliband has wrestled his senior brother to lead what he described as a new energised and reorganised Labour Party.

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If you have sex under false pretences, have you been legally violated?

In the moment, the sex felt consensual — welcomed even. In retrospect though, Minki Basu believes she was violated, her consent allegedly negated by a deception so “morally reprehensible” that each instance of intercourse with Kaz Akbar “constitutes a separate sexual assault.”

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Commonwealth Games 2010: England team arrives India as first contingent

A 47- member Commonwealth 2010 games participants from England are the first contingent to arrive Delhi, India, few days before the opening ceremony of the games starting on October 3, this year according to reports on the games site. The Organising Committee of Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi on Friday welcomed the 47 sportspersons and team [...]

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US takes off drug chains from Nigeria, freeing the nation from high risk traffickers

On Friday, the government of the United States took Nigeria off its list of major drug traffickers where its National Drug Law Enforcement Agency had first placed this country in 1991, during the administration of President Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida.

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Ebony Herald International, the social, political and cultural news magazine is launched.

A new monthly International Magazine has been launched into the Nigerian local and International markets adding more to the already vibrant and very active nation’s journalism industry.

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