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He has said he is neither a General nor a Pharaoh. But yesterday, he looked every inch a Field Marshal, a rank no living or dead Nigerian leader has ever attained. SCROLL DOWN FOR PICTURES… The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, at the inauguration of a production line for arms and ammunition by the Army, frowned ...

The atmosphere at the Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, was full of excitement last Friday as the institution marked its 7th convocation. The hero of the day was a 19-year-old Wukeh Egem-Odey, who obtained a Cumulative Grade Point Average of 4.89 out of a possible 5.0 to emerge the best graduating student, MOTUNRAYO ABODERIN highlights how he achieved the feat ...

(AFP) – Nigeria on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with an American energy firm to build six oil refineries, in a project worth 4.5 billion dollars, a government statement said. Nigeria is Africa’s largest oil producer but its refining infrastructure has largely crumbled, turning the country into a net importer, which often pays high prices for its own crude ...

Counsel to the beleaguered former Chairman of the House Committee on Fuel Subsidy Management, Mr. Farouk Lawan, in an interview with Channels Television, has dismissed the audio recording of a purported conversation between Lawan and Zenon Oil boss, Femi Otedola as “nothing but a caricature”. The Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Mike Ozekhome said: “What we saw on Channels Television ...

Members of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) at the national headquarters of the NYSC in Abuja today protesting deployment to troubled northern states. Batch B NYSC corps members have expressed sadness as they received their call-up letters for the service year, saying they were confused as they did not know what to do due to the spate of bombings and ...