2015-03-20 Nigeria Health

NHIS enrolls 7.2 million Nigerians —Thomas   
News24 Nigeria
Enugu - The Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Dr. Femi Thomas, says no fewer than 7.2 million Nigerians have enrolled into the various health schemes of the agency. Thomas said this on Wednesday in Enugu during ...

2015-03-20 Nigeria Science

Daily Mail   

Solar Eclipse Watchers Hope For Clear Skies   
Sky News
The near-total eclipse of the Sun is set to thrill or disappoint millions, depending on the unpredictable British weather. 02:50, UK, Friday 20 March 2015. Play video "Clear Skies Hope For Solar Eclipse" ...

2015-03-20 Nigeria Sports

Leadership Newspapers   

Uganda To Play Nigeria On March 25   
Leadership Newspapers
Plans have been concluded for an international friendly between the Cranes of Uganda and the Super Eagles of Nigeria on March 25, 2015, according to reliable sources within the Nigeria Football Federation. The Ugandan national team will now replace ...

2015-03-20 Nigeria Entertainment

Nigerian Entertainment Today   

Crime would have been an option for me – Patoranking   
Nigerian Entertainment Today
Dancehall act, Patoranking has revealed that he might have ended up in the streets as a criminal if not for music. Speaking with NET in an interview, the 'Girlie O' singer who said he undertook a number of minor illegal turns to make ends meet while growing ...

2015-03-20 Nigeria Technology

Product Reviews   

Fiat Chrysler expresses optimism over combination with GM   
The Guardian Nigeria
fiat-buys-remaining-stake-chrysler Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV is open to a combination with General Motors Co. or Ford Motor Co., and said a deal with one of its larger U.S. counterparts would be “technically feasible.” “We don't have any restrictions,” Chief ...

2015-03-20 Nigeria Business

TV360   

Boko Haram - Every Muslim Leader Must Speak Up Now - Emir Sanusi   
AllAfrica.com
The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has challenged every Muslim leader in the country to speak up so as to put an end to the menace of Boko Haram insurgency in the country. "Silence will not be a solution and will not solve the problem or be a solution ...

2015-03-20 Nigeria World

BBC News   

Crimea under Russian occupation   
Washington Post (blog)
The Russian government occupied and annexed Crimea a year ago this week. For a variety of reasons, most of the world today largely ignores that this illegal and unjust land grab ever happened. Even though the occupation was the result of coercion, ...

2015-03-20 Nigeria Africa

Mail & Guardian Online   

Fissile hoard threatens key SA-US deal   
Mail & Guardian Online
Frustrated by what they paint as President Jacob Zuma's obduracy, President Barack Obama's advisers are playing hardball to persuade South Africa to dilute or dispose of bomb-grade highly enriched uranium (HEU) left over from its apartheid-era weapons ...

2015-03-20 Nigeria Nigeria

Leadership Newspapers   

Confab: Youth Delegates Applaud Jonathan Over Implementation Of Report   
Leadership Newspapers
The Forum of Youths to the 2014 National Conference has commended President Goodluck Jonathan for fulfilling his promise on the implementation of the confab report. A statement issued yesterday in Abuja by the forum's secretary, Comrade Clifford Abur, ...