NigerianHotspot.com - News & Information about Nigeria, Videos, Shopping, Real Estate, Tourism, Car Hire, Apartment, Shortlet

Euro Rises for First Time in Eight Months as Debt Concern Eases
The euro rallied against the dollar for the first time in eight months as concern eased that the 16- nation region’s sovereign-debt crisis will worsen and spread to the global economy.

U.N. extends Darfur peacekeeping mission
The Security Council heard a report earlier this week from U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon that fighting has intensified between rebel groups and the Sudanese government.

Burundi ruling party wins senate by landslide
Burundi's ruling party CNDD-FDD won a vote for the senate by a landslide, further tightening its grip on power, official results showed on Friday. President Pierre Nkurunziza's party won 32 out of 34...

Why Reps increased NDDC budget by Eyiboh
Eseme Eyiboh, chairman House of Representatives Committee on Media, yesterday said an additional N4 billion was approved by the House for the 2010 budget of the Niger Delta Development Agency (NDDC)...

NIA replaces vehicle insurance sticker with central data system
The Nigerian Insurers Association (NIA) says it has concluded plans to replace the moribund Vehicle Insurance Sticker (VISER) with a central data system.

New fares start tomorrow
The regulatory authority of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) scheme, Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) will tomorrow, August 1, commence the implementation of the newly introduced bus fa...

Oshiomhole receives panel report on AAU
By Simon EBEGBULEM, Benin City GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state, yesterday, received the report of the Visitation Panel set up by his government to look into the activities of the state owned A...

Ecowas Welcomes International Support for peace in Guinea Bissau - President Jonathan
Abuja — President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has said that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will welcome the support of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) f...

Greeley resident running for president of Nigeria
GREELEY, Colo.—While the election season in the U.S. is steaming ahead, another campaign is being launched in Colorado by a man who wants to save his native land from graft and greed. Sam Wantin...

African Championships -Nation Set to Sweep Sprint Medals
Nigerian women sprinters lived up to their rating in the opening day of the African Athletics Championships in Nairobi, Kenya yesterday. Blessing Okagbare, Damola Osayomi and Agnes Osazuwa put up per...

'Delta Elders Are Firing Uduaghan From the Moon', Says Chief Ogbo
, a one-time acting chairman of Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State gave the party jitters, as the chief spokesperson of Chief Peter Okocha, the AC gubernatorial candidate, whose court...

banking Nigerian bank eyes JSE listing transport Transnet closes iron ore rail line
Edition 1 Nigeria’s First Bank was unlikely to issue a 500 billion naira (R24.1bn) bond as earlier planned, it said on Friday, and announced that it was in talks about a possible secondary li...

Nigeria's oil giant is insolvent
Nigeria's corruption-ridden giant state oil firm NNPC is insolvent with debts of $US5 billion ($A5.7 billion), the junior finance minister said on Tuesday.But the NNPC (Nigerian National Petroleum Cor...

Agriculture is antidote to Nigeria’s unemployment crisis, Aderohunmu
The parlous state of Nigeria’s economy is a reflection of the agricultural sector, according to Dr. Michael Aderohunmu, managing director of Dudu Investment and Business Research Centre Limited.

My ‘love story’ with Basket Mouth —Ify Okeke
Actress Ifeoma Okeke is really, really  upset at the moment. Despite the fact that she’s yet to come to terms with the  purported romantic affair between her and  popular stand-up comedian, Brigh...

Zoning was not in PDP constitution — Achuzia
By Chioma Gabriel,Deputy Editor COLONEL Joe Achuzia, was a major actor in Nigerian Civil War and the Secretary of Ohanaeze Ndigbo and a South-South leader of thought. He is vocal on national issues a...

It was there – Oyovbaire
By Chioma Gabriel, Deputy Editor PROFESSOR Sam Oyovbaire was the Minister of Information in the defunct regime of General Ibrahim Babanginda and is perceived in political circles as an arch-apostle o...

Why Paw-paw lost out on National award
Osita Iheme a.k.a Paw-paw may have forgotten this story, but the fact remains that the diminutive actor  may have robbed himself the rare chance of being nominated for the National award. Paw-Paw’...

I don’t want my grand children to fight like m, says Bukky Ajayi
Bukky Ajayi as she’s  fondly called by her admirers  started her career in the 1960s. She has worked as  announcer, presenter and newscaster at the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA). She  stud...

I’m back home to conquer Nollywood – Beverly Naya
Benjamin NJOKU Beverly Naya, Britain-based Nigerian model and actress has finally pitched her tent in Nollywood. The sexy actress who has modeled and acted extensively in the UK and America, took No...

New Power Purchase Agreement imminent
By Oscarline Onwuemenyi ABUJA: The Federall Government has assured that steady power supply in the country is in sight with a new power purchase agreement (PPA), which will govern the sale of electri...

Why Jonathan hasn’t declared
THE reason why President Goodluck Jonathan has refused to make public his ambition to contest the 2011 presidential election, despite suffocating pressure on him to do so, in the past two months, is t...

Our kinsman victim of village politics, cries community
SINCE the Police in Lagos intensified its efforts in cracking down the uneconomic activities of illegal oil bunkerers in the state, arresting and parading suspected violators, there had never been an ...

2010 NBA conference, imoke gives recipe on credible election
Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State has given seven imperatives of credible elections in Nigeria. According to Imoke while presenting a lecture  titled “Imperative of Credible Elections in o...

Fake products claim over $280b of world trade annually, says NAFDAC DG
Imported fake and substandard drugs in Lagos. Photo by Biodun Ogunleye By Tony EDIKE , Enugu DIRECTOR-GENERAL of the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control, NAFDAC,  Dr Paul O...

We resisted pressure to truncate this democracy – Army
Nigerian Army The Nigerian Army  said  yesterday that it turned down many pressures from some quarters to interrupt the current democracy because of its firm belief in the sustenance of democracy. ...

NDLEA won’t extradite arrested Chinese, says Giade
By Kenneth EHIGIATOR The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, yesterday ruled out the possibility of extraditing the Chinese nationals arrested in connection with the recent seizure of 450.40...

Why many doctor destiny
By Folake Anina Today,   I will go a little deeper on certain issues. Life itself is very deep, and you really cannot fully understand it. Just when you begin to think you are getting a grasp of wh...

How Ohakim rules Imo State
Governor Ikedi Ohakim is one of Chief Executive that is always in the news. His image maker don’t know why  negative stories trail their governor. In this interview the new spokesman of the governo...

Okposo petitions Queen Elizabeth
The legal battle field is being set. Barr. Valentine Emeka Utulu of the Johnson Brant Chambers, counsel to KORA Awards winning Sammie Okposo, has filed a petition to the Scotland First Minister, Alex ...

like father like daughter
Waje Waje’s dress sense is the subject of today’s discourse. Now, before you criticise a female celeb for her dressing, you should check if they have parents approval. Singer Waje struts not just ...

Rebuilding Eagles Will Take Time - Siasia
Abuja — For those who think former International, Samson Siasia will produce magic and turn the fortunes of the senior national team around overnight if given the opportunity to handle the team ...

Our Women Rule the World
NIGERIANS are in celebration after the scintillating performance of the Falconets in the FIFA U-20 World Cup. The 4-2 (penalty shoot outs) defeat of the USA in the quarter-finals of the competition is...

Fifty-Six Battle for the Soul of the Nation's Football
The Nigeria Football Association, NFA, no doubt remains one of the most attractive jobs in the land. And as the zero hour to the election into the board of the NFA draws near, not less than 56 individ...

Nigerian interbank rates fall on fresh cash inflow
Nigerian interbank rates eased slightly to 1.08 percent on average this week from 1.15 percent last week following the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) release of 130 billion naira, traders said on...

Social Justice Must Prevail in Nigeria, Young Activist Says
Washington — Social justice must prevail in Nigeria and across the African continent, says Bako Sabo Kantiok, a 31-year-old activist who wants to reduce poverty in his country. Kantiok doesn’t ju...

Daudu, SAN emerges NBA President-elect
By Innocent Anaba Mr Joseph Daudu, SAN, has emerged the President-elect  of the Nigerian  Bar Association, NBA, at an election held on Thursday in Ibadan, Oyo State. Mr Daudu has meanwhile describe...

Foster mother sets adopted son ablaze
By Abdallah el-Kurebe Sokoto:  The Sokoto state Police Command has arrested a 35-year old woman, Asma’u Ibrahim for allegedly setting her adopted son, Mohammed Mubarak Bala, aged ten ablaze. Youn...

4 arrested with guns
FOUR men have been arrested in Igbokoda area of Ondo state ahead of today’s Bye Election into the Ilaje Constituency 11in the House of Assembly with pump action guns. Two of them have been ordered ...

Petrol tanker driver rams into passengers in Borno
By Ndahi MARAMA, Maiduguri TRAGEDY occurred yesterday when an unidentified tanker driver suspected to be a smuggler of petroleum products lost control of his vehicle around the popular Bama- Banki Ju...

Ogunjobi overruled Gov. Oyinlola
FORMER NFA board member Chief Taiwo Ogunjobi may be under probe from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over his activities in the NFA but the former Shooting Stars Sports Club manage...

Open letter to Gov Oyinlola
Oyinlola I was a member of the Executive Committee of the Lagos State Chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) led by then chairman, Tony Ubani who paid you a courtesy visit at your...

PDP chief seeks pardon for Mustapha others
By Olasunkanmi Akoni A chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) in Lagos State and House of Representatives aspirant for Alimosho Federal Constituency, Alhaji Mohammed Mufutau Lawal, has called on ...

ECOWAS backs global peace for G/Bissau, says Jonathan
ABUJA — PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has said the Economic Community of West Africa, ECOWAS, was in support of current efforts by the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries, CPLP, to restore perm...

FG takes over airport construction
By Samuel OYADONGHA, Yenagoa The Federal Government has taken over the Umaru Musa International Cargo Airport under construction in Zarama in the outskirts of Yenagoa the Bayelsa State capital. Satu...

Furore over Nigerian athletes ages at Canada world junior
Nigerian junior athletes and their birth certificate, were a major topic of discussion at the IAAF World Junior Championships, which was concluded last Sunday with Nigeria racking in three silver meda...

Lagerback has no business returning to Nigeria, Onigbinde
lagerback The former African Champions who are however contesting for the first time at this level lost by a whooping 0-4 to a Zambian side that looks good to upset them at their impenetrable Aba fort...

Confederation Cup war in Aba
One man who sat in the panel that employed Swede coach Lars Lagerback to take Nigeria to the World Cup in South Africa Chief Adegboye Onigbinde has said the Swede has no business coming back to Nigeri...

Please do a thorough job, Laloko urges EFCC
As the interrogation of the NFA board members continues by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, former Stationery Stores coach Kashimawo Laloko has urged the EFCC to do a good job. Acc...

Confusion still trails election process
A year after the present Executive Committee of the Nigeria Olympic Committee, NOC, led by Alhaji Habu Gumel, was supposed to have left office, it is still holding on tightly to power, refusing to hol...

FG to Provide N20 Billion for Jos, Haiti Victims - Jonathan
Abuja — To alleviate the sufferings of the victims of the recent Jos crisis which claimed hundreds of lives and those who suffered the earthquake in Haiti, President Goodluck Jonathan has promis...

Grounded by Graft 50 Years After Independence, Says Waziri
Abuja — Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Farida Wazirir, has regretted that Nigeria has performed very badly, 50 years after Independence, because of the cripplin...

Niger Delta Militants Threaten to Resume Attacks on Oil Facilities
del.icio.us Nigeria's main militant group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), is threatening to resume attacks on oil facilities in two weeks unless there is more progress i...

Industrialists want gap closed between deposit and lending rates
The South-South Zone of the Nigerian Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture on Friday urged commercial banks to bridge the gap between deposit and lending rates. Billy Harry, the chamb...

Varsity plans more centres for distance learning
The University of Maiduguri says it will open more centres for distance learning to provide opportunities for those seeking university education.

BA posts pre-tax loss of $256.5 million
British Airways on Friday announced a pre-tax loss of 164 million pounds ($256.5 million) for the three months ending June 30. The airline's chief executive, Willie Walsh, cited strikes by BA cabin c...

Chinese suspects face trial in Nigeria
All suspects arrested in connection with the unlawful importation of 450.400kg of cocaine which is valued at N4 billion will be prosecuted in Nigeria, Ahmadu Giade, Chairman of the National Drug Law...

Bharti appoints new Marketing Officer for African
Bharti Airtel, a leading emerging market telecom services provider, today announced the appointment of Andre Beyers as the Chief Marketing Officer for its Africa operations.

Nigeria nears deal for private power producers
July 30, 2010 * Deal could make private power projects bankable * Billions of dollars in potential investment waiting * Could help end country's chronic power shortages By Nick Tattersall ...

Nigeria lauds efforts to achieve stability in G.Bisssau
ABUJA (AFP) – Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday lauded international efforts to achieve lasting peace and political stability in crisis-wracked Guinea-Bissau, his office said. Jo...

STOCKS NEWS AFRICA-West African bourse up on Sgbci, Saph
West Africa's regional BRVM bourse .BRVMCI finishes higher in the week to Friday, propelled by bank Sgbci SGBC.CI and natural rubber producer Saph SPHC.CI.

Nigerian fuel retailer MRS Oil H1 pretax profit up 53 pct
Quote ) said on Friday its half year pre-tax profit increased 53 percent to 1.58 billion naira ($11 million), according to a filing with the Nigerian Stock Exchange.

Metu, Egwero surrender in Nairobi
Nigerian men surrendered the 100m gold of the African Championships for the first time in eight years, when Obinna Metu and Ogho-Oghene Egwero failed to beat Cote’s Ivoire’s Ben Youssef Meite and ...

Rangers offer Okpala half pay
WHEN Sylvanu Okpala was employed three years ago as  assistant coach to then Enugu Rangers Chief coach, Christian Chukwu, little did he know that his employers would treat him with such disdain as th...

Enyimba battle ready for Super Four
When the Super Four competition kicks off on August 2 to 8, 2010 in Ijebu-ode, Ogun State, Premier League  Champions Enyimba say they will be in the best of form to prove to Nigerians that they are i...

Kwara Utd take on Pillars in Super Four Opener
The Nigeria Premier League on Thursday 22 July conducted the draws for the Super Four (4) competition which will hold between 2nd – 8th August  2010 in one of the proposed centers (Akure, Ijab...

Tony Tetuila and his 18 videos
Call it what you will; a grandeur plan, building castles in the air or even outright lying but Tony has his reasons. Ex-Remedy member, Tony Tetuila confirmed his intentions to shoot videos for all 18t...

Ronaldo’s demi-god lifestyle exposed!
Cristiano Ronaldo emerged as the world’s most expensive player with his dream move to Real Madrid. His arrival was celebrated by the Spanish giants and the former Manchester United striker did not w...

Baya-Okoh leads Nigerian ladies as Botswana Open tees off
As you read this piece, four of Nigeria’s  best female amateur golfers are today competing in the Botswana Ladies Open which teed off this morning at Gaborone. IGCC Lady Captain Faith Baya-Okoh, D...

Isuku recuperating from surgery in Benin
Ibori Golf and Country Club resident professional Francis Isuku  underwent an appendicitis surgery last week in Asaba, Delta State. The pro golfer one of the leading lights in the country, it was ga...

Batman visits Project Fame
Batman Samini The mentoring and excitement at this year’s edition of MTN Project Fame West_Africa (PFWA) will know no limits as another international African music star spends an entire weekend insi...

Motola makes a career switch to music
It was always going to come down to a choice between the world of business and the world of spotlights, it was always going to have to happen, Omotola Oloyede Oyebanjo had always known this much, ‘M...

Confused isn’t about 9ice’s marriage – Solidstar
Rising talent, Solidstar, has cleared the air about his latest video which was before now touted to be centred around rapper Ruggedman’s alleged role in the break-up of pop singer 9ice’s marriage ...

Edo health workers’ strike claim 500
Deserted hospital Edo Govt yet to respondSince the of 1st of July, 2011, health workers in Edo state announced an indefinite strike action after accusing the state government of alleged failure to imp...

Money Box Introduces Easy Payment Platform
In its quest to create a cashless society, reduce crime and to key into CBN’s vision 20:20 to reduce the mobility of cash in the nearest future, MoneyBox Africa limited has launched an innovative sa...

Freight Forwarding is no longer an all comers affair, Nwabunike
MR. Iju T. Nwabunike, is the chairman, Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria. In this interview with Moses Nosike of Saturday Vanguard Business, he took time to explain challenge...

NIMASA reiterates commitment to national manpower capacity development
Director General of the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Mr. Temisan Omatseye has said one of the major priorities of the agency is to enhance national manpower capacity in t...

Human parts merchant in Police net
By Evelyn Usman A mammoth crowd besieged the Onipanu Police division in Otta, Ogun state last Sunday , to catch a glimpse of a man that was arrested with a bag full of  human parts by a team of poli...

Ondo woos Lagos investors
Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State has offered investment opportunities to prospective investors in Lagos State with an assurance that the state is on its way to becoming the economic hub centre o...

International Aid Group Calls for Urgent Action in Niger Food Crisis
Women wait to receive baby food in the village of Koleram, southern Niger, during the launch of a UN-backed blanket feeding operation aimed at fighting malnutrition among children under the age of two...

Daudu Is New Nba President
"This election process is a worthy example for the Nigerian political class." With these words, Joseph Boudurin Daudu, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN) accepted victory as new president in a keenly ...

INTERVIEW-Nigeria oil reforms to pass soon, bid round to follow
July 30, 2010 * Oil reform bill to pass in weeks * Licensing round due this year, China and U.S. interested * Existing oil partners expected to make asset sales * Minister wants upward revisio...

Eastern Africa polio-free, but cases found in Russia
GENEVA, July 30 (Reuters) - Eastern Africa is free of polio again, with four countries -- Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan and Uganda -- having reported no cases of the crippling disease for more than a year...

Nigerian forex reserves drop 4 pct to $37 bln
LAGOS July 30 (Reuters) - Nigeria's foreign exchange reserves have fallen 3.8 percent to $37.06 billion from $38.53 billion in mid-July, the central bank said on Friday.

‘Delta Elders are firing Uduaghan from the moon’ , says Chief Ogbo,
By Emma Amaize, Regional Editor, South-South UNTIL he returned to the PDP, which he originally belonged to recently, Chief Tony Ogbo, a one-time acting chairman of Oshimili North Local Government Are...

Nigeria plot a final surprise
It was a fair guess three weeks ago that Germany, tournament hosts and one of the undoubted powerhouses of women’s football, would reach the final of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup 2010. Few, how...

Asia Crude-India IOC tender buys reach record in Sept
NEW DELHI/LONDON July 30 (Reuters) - Indian Oil Corp (IOC) on Friday bought 2 million barrels of West African crude for September lifting, traders said, taking monthly spot purchases to a record 14...

STOCKS NEWS AFRICA-Nigeria's Lafarge unit up on H1 profit
If Guinea can pull off free and fair elections this weekend, it will lay the foundations for what could be one of Africa’s most unexpected and significant good news stories.

Sundance Cameroon iron ore project on track despite air disaster
Sundance Resources says it Mbalam iron ore project in Cameroon is still on track despite air crash which killed the company's entire board of directors.

Wladimir Klitschko to fight Nigeria's Samuel Peter
BERLIN -- Wladimir Klitschko will defend his heavyweight titles against Samuel Peter of Nigeria in Frankfurt on Sept. 11.Klitschko's management group announced on Friday that the holder of the IBF, W...

Former Niger premier held on graft charges
Niger police arrested a former prime minister close to toppled president Mamadou Tandja on graft charges, security sources in the West African nation said late on Thursday. Niger's ruling military ...

Anambra and the truth
I READ the above piece which was a rejoinder by the writer, Mr. Pat Anyadubalu, to my piece entitled, Of Anambra and Uncritical Analysts, which  itself was my reaction to Pat’s piece, Waiting for P...

'Preventing Jonathan Would Create Crisis'
Abuja — Organisers of the Northern Political Summit under the aegis of Chief Solomon Lar-led G20 (19 northern states and Abuja) yesterday warned that the country risked being thrown into a deepe...

Senate Passes Harmonised Electoral Bill
Abuja — The Senate yesterday passed the conference report of the Electoral Act (INEC) 2006 (Repeal and Re-enactment) Bill 2010. It also passed the contentious N240billion Niger Delta Developmen...

Diversion of Funds - ICPC Absolves Gov Oni
The Independent Corrupt Practices Offences Commission (ICPC) has absolved the governor of Ekiti State, Engr. Segun Oni, of diversion, misappropriation and hijacking of local government statutory alloc...

400,000 Infected With HIV/Aids in Rivers
Port Harcourt — The Rivers State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Sampson Parker, has disclosed that about 400,000 individuals are living with the dreaded HIV/ AIDS in the state. Parker disclosed t...

Zoning - Obasanjo, Greatest Albatross - Ibm Haruna
(rtd), rose from a meeting of the forum which he chaired in Kaduna last Wednesday, dissatisfied that the issue of zoning was not critically tackled to the expectations of Nigerians by the umbrella bod...

Who Bags Super Eagles' Job Siasia Or Lagerback
Abuja — The issue of who emerges Super Eagles coach is still hazy but Nigeria Football Federation Interim Vice President Obinna Ogba, has given insight as to how it may be put to rest. He reveal...

Falconets-First African U-20 Women Side to Reach a World Cup Finals
Nigeria yesterday became the first African team to reach the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup final as they overcame Columbia with a 2nd-minute strike by Ebere Orji in Bielefeld. They play Germany in the s...

Interpol Wades Into Senator's Marriage to Minor
Abuja — The International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) has directed the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to furnish it with information on Senator Ahmed Yerima's alleged marria...