TICKER: ‘God forbid bad thing’? Lufthansa, Air France reject FG offer to be national carrier

The Federal Government is in desperate search for investors among foreign airlines to partner with it to establish a new national carrier for the country; findings by our correspondent have shown. This is after Lufthansa German Airlines and AirFrance reportedly turned down an approach by the government to be its partners in the proposed national... Read More

Air france, Lufthansa, national carrier

October 9, 2012

#ThisShouldConcernYou: Global prayer at 3pm for the victims of #Aluu4 murder

by NellieyBelle Over the weekend the news of the four students of University of Port Harcourt murdered in Aluu Community of Rivers State Nigeria on Friday, has been the most talked about. The heartbreaking video of the barbaric act has widely spread across the nation and in diaspora. Different stories as to what actually led... Read More

#Aluu4

October 9, 2012

TICKER: And the Nobel Prize in Physics goes to…

French-American duo shared the 2012 Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for inventing methods to observe the bizarre properties of the quantum world, research that has led to the construction of extremely precise clocks and helped scientists take the first steps toward building superfast computers. Serge Haroche of France and American David Wineland opened the door... Read More

Nobel Prize, physics

October 9, 2012

SNAPSHOT: Agonised mother of #Aluu4 – “When we got there, one of them was still breathing”

by Hauwa Gambo Nigerians will not get over this terrible set of events anytime soon. Jane Toku, the mother of Lloyd, one of the four undergraduates of the University of Port Harcourt that were lynched at Aluu in Rivers, told the Punch that her son’s death will always haunt her – even as she can’t... Read More

#Aluu4, Aluu, mob, UNIPORT

October 9, 2012

TICKER: Just terrible: Devastated parents of #ALUU4 speak

Mrs. Jane Toku, the mother of Lloyd, one of the four undergraduates of the University of Port Harcourt that were lynched at Aluu community in Rivers State, says her son’s death will always haunt her. She also expressed shock that the crowd could watch how her son and his friends were gruesomely murdered. Jane spoke... Read More

#Aluu4

October 9, 2012

#InCaseYouMissedIt: Nigeria finally hands off Bakassi (again)

by Stanley Azuakola It’s official. Today Nigeria says goodbye to Bakassi. Perhaps foreshadowing the morning nation-wide address by President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday morning, the Federal Government said on Monday night that it had decided to comply with the judgment of the International Court of Justice which awarded the disputed Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon. With... Read More

Bakassi peninsula, Goodluck Jonathan, International Court of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke

October 9, 2012

Opinion: ‘Hell no! I don’t need any brand consultant’… Oh yes! You do

by Nnadozie Egeonu It’s either you brand properly or you leave your niche market price you less your worth. Branding doesn’t have to be expensive, it is just doing the extra things and paying attention to small details. The most challenging part of running a branding consultancy for Small Sized business or start-ups is the... Read More

Branding, consultant, customer, marketing, small business

October 9, 2012

Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: #ALUU4: The savagery, the remedies (YNaija Frontpage)

The second lesson is that social media is becoming an important tool for monitoring not just the misdeeds of our leaders but those of fellow citizens (or savages?). “We are at war with the universe, the sky is falling And the only thing that can save us now is sensitivity and compassion” – Lil Wayne... Read More

#Aluu4, Aluu, iyinoluwa aboyeji, killing, police, policing, public lynching, savagery, UNIPORT, University of Port Harcourt

October 9, 2012

Opinion: How to know if you will be rich

by Olatomilade Folaranmi Almost everybody I know wants money but how much money is enough varies with individual. Sociologists have studied the behaviors of man for many years but every day a challenge arises to be resolved. Almost everybody I know wants money but how much money is enough varies with individual. Without money it... Read More

October 9, 2012

#ALUU4: University of Port Harcourt declares seven days of mourning

by Stanley Azuakola The University of Port Harcourt (Uniport), Rivers State, the school which at least three of the murdered #ALUU4 attended, has declared seven days of mourning for the students who were killed by irate mobs at Omokere-Aluu community on Friday, last week. The Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Joseph Ajienka, announced this... Read More

October 9, 2012

Another one: Dangote, Adenuga, Agbakoba to lead presidential disaster committee

by Isi Esene The president of the federal republic of Nigeria, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan on Tuesday addressed the nation to intimate the public of efforts that are being made to alleviate the problems of states affected by flood disasters in the past weeks. The state affected include Kogi, Edo, Ebonyi, Anambra, Oyo, Ogun State and... Read More

aliko dangote, disaster, flood, Goodluck Jonathan, mike adenuga, NEMA, Olisa Agbakoba

October 9, 2012

What will President Jonathan talk about this morning? We have 7 guesses

by Stanley Azuakola So the president says he’s going to address us in the morning at 7am, and we can’t sleep. Our hearts are racing. What’s he going to say? For those waiting with bated breaths, here are seven things we think he might say, come the morning. Share your thoughts! 1. Bakassi: This has... Read More

address, Bakassi, boko haram, cabinet reshuffle, fuel subsidy, President Jonathan

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