Here, every other day, you’ll find the latest jobs in Nigeria. Please Note: To apply for any of the jobs below, click on the job of your choice, do not reply! Established Indigenous Construction Company recruiting in 12 Positions TSHIP (Targeted States High Impact Projects recruiting An International Company recruiting in 4 Positions A fast... Read More
Arianna Huffington, Editor-in-Chief of AOL’s Huffington Post Media Group and creator of political website huffingtonpost.com, had her personal e-mail box hacked on 19April, 2012. “Maureen, it’s true. Our tech department investigated and discovered it was hackers from Nigeria, and no I’m not giving up my AOL email. Arianna,” said the e-mail she wrote to gawker.com’s... Read More
It has been an exciting couple of months for Nigeria’s Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-iweala. She has spent the time traversing the globe and chasing history, hoping—and failing—to be the first ever non-American to head up the World Bank Group. The Economist assesses the mounting hurdles Okonjo-Iweala still faces as she returns... Read More
by Hauwa Gambo This will be our Friday guilty pleasure. So yesterday, rapper and entrepreneur Ruggedman began to a short rant on Twitter, speaking about why he has not been verified as a celebrity. Amongst others, he said, “My account can not be verified cos I have switched my handle before.Unless I get a new... Read More
What: The wedding of Anita Ibru & Marcel Kouassigan Where:Federal Palace Hotel Victoria Island, Lagos. When: 21-04-12 Photos by Hycinth Iyereosa.
by Daniel Wagner and Joshua Wallace From the Huffington Post blog: The recent coups in Guinea-Bissau and Mali raise questions regarding whether radical political change will sweep other parts of west and sub-Saharan Africa. The region is of course no stranger to dramatic and frequent political change, with 26 successful coups have occurred between 1963 and... Read More
I came at last to the master’s bedroom, a huge affair with a magnificent bed and a dazzling chandelier. The finely crafted portrait on the wall told me where I was. And with that realization came cold feet. The strong midday sunlight bleached the buildings along this particular block of Nennynina Street. No 12 was... Read More
From the Punch online …there has to be something about the black skin that makes us act against our own selves. It prompted a friend to ask, ‘Are we children of a racist God?’ The patchy response of the People’s Democratic Party to Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari’s forecast of a looming revolution was predictable; nobody... Read More
Sooner or later, ordinary Nigerians are going to take a stand. Better still, they’re going to take a risk. Last week I received an incredibly inspiring message from a 21-year old student friend of mine – Charles Oben – about his application for an internship at an international communications agency. He had initially sent his... Read More
by Seyi Lawal The African country with the most reported fraud cases was South Africa at 35 percent while Nigeria had the second most cases, at 22 percent in the second half of 2011. The number of reported cases of fraud on the continent rose from 355 in the first half of 2011 to 520 cases... Read More
by Chi Ibe There seem to be no immediate end in sight to the attacks from the Boko Haram. Following the bomb attacks on three media houses, the Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati Wal-Jihad, popularly known as Boko Haram, said yesterday that it attacked ThisDay newspaper’s offices in Abuja and Kaduna to send a strong message to the... Read More
Nollywood and Ramsey Nouah are practically synonymous. He’s been on our screen for 20 years and the actor who first hit the big time as Jeff Akin Thomas in the movie ‘Fortunes’ wants to step away from being in front of the camera to go behind it—and become a director. In an interview with Nigerian Entertainment... Read More
by Seyi Lawal It’s been over 2 years since 15-year-old Sofyen Belamouadden from Acton, West London, was repeatedly beaten and stabbed to death by a gang of youths in broad day light at one of the busiest train stations in London but finally justice has been served to the culprits and that includes some Nigerian... Read More
by Lekan Olanrewaju Last week we got word of popular radio host Toke Makinwa seemingly coming down on blogger Linda Ikeji, saying “I don’t think Linda Ikeji is a role model. She’s a gossiper, She sells gossip” and going on to enjoin her listeners not to pay attention to her as well as bloggers like Perez... Read More
Get a Job in Nigeria – Here, every other day, you’ll find the latest jobs in Nigeria. Please Note: To apply for any of the jobs below, click on the job of your choice, do not reply! Telecommunication Company recruiting in 3 Positions WANTED. HIGHLY EXPEREINCED STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING AND MEP COMPANIES. HIIT Recruiting En-Masse ODUDUWA... Read More
by Lekan Olanrewaju This year’s edition of the African Movie Academy Awards was held last week with all the glitz and glamour one would expect fromthe premiere movie celebration event in this part of the world. We’ve already seen red carpet photos, now iROKO TV has provided us with exclusive video footage from the red... Read More
; Diary columnist on YNaija. I am still waiting for my ideal man. I hope guys that I have rejected in the past don’t keep getting married and leaving me single. Hey peeps, guess who’s in the house and back from her emotional downturn? I know you want to know wasup with Bola. Well, I... Read More
by Temitope Shittu-Alamu Now as much as the robbers of the 1990’s should get an award, those of the new millennium are nothing short of outstanding. They moved with the times… In Nigeria, robbery is a constant (not just us though, all over the world), and many argue that did not become a major issue... Read More
What: Taruwa Special Poetry Edition Where: Bogobiri Ikoyi, Lagos. When: 24-04-12 Photos by Hycinth Iyereosa
What: Africa Movie Academy Award, AMAA. Where: Eko Hotel Victoria Island Whhen: 22-04-12. Photos by Hycinth Iyereosa
The company to the best of my knowledge has probably never declared dividends. In the hey days of President Obasanjo, the government announced a grand plan to support the setting up of an indigenous Nigerian company which will attract global and local capital, using it to invest in world class businesses in Nigeria and Africa.... Read More
Chi Ibe Helon Habila, Nigerian writer of the book, ‘Oil on Water’ has been shortlisted as one of the finalists of this year’s Orion Book Award. On 3 May, in celebration of Earth Day, the winner of the award will be announced. Habila wrote his first novel as a journalist in Lagos, it was titled... Read More
I am proud of the diversity of my friends; their careers and personalities. Perhaps that’s why I was not surprised to discover a friend I erroneously thought to be a finance geek, is actually a well-disguised smuggler. Last month, he informed a few of us of a plan to visit Nigeria for a few days... Read More
by Emmanuel Osanedum Title: Mania Editor: Dimeji Alara Category: Magazine Picking up the latest copy of Style Mania, it is impossible not to be impressed – the duo of uber-stylist Dimeji Alara and uber-photographer Kelechi Amadi-Obi have fittingly delivered now three editions of what is clearly an uber-magazine. The beauty of Mania lies in its... Read More
Chi Ibe Tragedy struck in Lagos on Tuesday night after 23-year-old John Idoko was killed in a fight between fans of Barcelona and Chelsea football clubs. Punch news reported that two others suspected to be Chelsea fans drove recklessly to their death after the match. According to the spokesperson for the state police command, Mr.... Read More
by Seyi Lawal Three prominent traditional rulers have been arrested in Plateau State on allegations of playing a role in the repeated violence that has rocked the state. On Wednesday, the Plateau state government had an emergency security meeting presided over by the Deputy Governor, Mr. Ignatius Longjan. The Commissioner for Information and Communication, Mr.... Read More
by Hauwa Gambo Skillz, who was a part of the JJC & 419 squad (hits including ‘Gbao’, ‘Atide’ and ‘Kilonsele’ and ‘We are Africans’) and has been acknowledged as one of D’baj’s early mentors, has quite a bit to say about the D’banj interview this week and, as the host of Nigezie’s E News, which... Read More
Get a Job in Nigeria: Here, every other day, you’ll find the latest jobs in Nigeria. Please Note: To apply for any of the jobs below, click on the job of your choice, do not reply! Euroflow Designs Limited recruiting in 5 Positions KALEX CURRENT VACANCIES, TUESDAY 24, APRIL 2012 Lafarge Cement WAPCO Nigeria Plc... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu On 27 April, BBC Africa will take on a very contemporary question that consciously or unconsciously has been bugging us all: How does the world see Africa? For decades, news about Africa has majorly reflected hunger, war, corruption and underdevelopment. Africa has been referred to as the Dark Continent, the un-reported world,... Read More