2014-10-28 Nigeria Health

  Vanguard   

Meet the Man Who Tamed Lagos  THISDAY Live
He famously claims to be "just doing his job". But in a land where politicians are known for doing anything but, that alone has been enough to make Babatunde Fashola, boss of the vast Nigerian city of Lagos, a very popular man. Confounding the image of ...

2014-10-28 Nigeria Science

  Washington Post   

Space Station Cargo Launch Spoiled by a Wayward Sailboat  NBCNews.com
A commercial cargo spaceship was poised to make a gorgeous nighttime liftoff on Monday, visible to millions of people along America's East Coast. But then a boat got in the way. The unexpected presence of a boat downrange of NASA's Wallops Flight ...

2014-10-28 Nigeria Sports

  Leadership Newspapers   

Giwa Takes Over NFF, Inaugurates Interim Committees  Leadership Newspapers
Chris Giwa yesterday resumed duties at the secretariat of the Nigeria Football Association (NFA) in Abuja. The Giwa-led board took over the NFA secretariat following October 23 ruling by a Jos Federal High Court. The ruling ordered the return of the status ...

2014-10-28 Nigeria Entertainment

  Vanguard   

Port Harcourt brand: Defining new identity  BusinessDay
The slogan is 'Live, Work, Invest,' and this aptly describes the Port Harcourt brand. Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State, has indeed undergone a thorough positioning and transformation as a brand. What makes the Port Harcourt brand thick? It is the ...

2014-10-28 Nigeria Technology

  NDTV   

Samsung sells 50m Galaxy Note devices in 2013  BusinessDay
Still maintaining leadership position in the global phone industry, Samsung Electronic, korean device manufacturer, as at October 2013, has sold over 50 million Galaxy Note devices over the past two years and a month. Emmanouil Revmatas, director of ...

2014-10-28 Nigeria Business

  The Punch   

Naira falls by 0.15%  The Punch
The naira weakened by 0.15 per cent against the dollar on the interbank market on Monday, on a renewed surge in dollar demand despite about $112m in sales by an oil company. A unit of French oil major Total sold about $112m to some lenders on Monday ...

2014-10-28 Nigeria World

  News24   

ANCWL welcomes Oscar appeal  News24
Johannesburg - The ANC Women's League on Monday welcomed the NPA's decision to appeal the conviction and sentence of Paralympian Oscar Pistorius. "We remain convinced that another court could have justifiably reached a conviction of murder rather ...

2014-10-28 Nigeria Africa

  The Guardian Nigeria   

Kidnapped women 'used by Boko Haram on front line'  The Nation
LAGOS - Boko Haram has used kidnapped young women and girls on the front lines of its insurgency, according to a new report published on Monday, after a fresh abduction in Nigeria's far northeast. Human Rights Watch made the claim as it outlined ...

2014-10-28 Nigeria Nigeria

  The Guardian Nigeria   

Kidnapped women 'used by Boko Haram on front line'  The Nation
LAGOS - Boko Haram has used kidnapped young women and girls on the front lines of its insurgency, according to a new report published on Monday, after a fresh abduction in Nigeria's far northeast. Human Rights Watch made the claim as it outlined ...