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United to restart 787 flights on Monday
The planes are returning after being grounded for four months by the federal government because of smoldering batteries on 787s owned by other airlines.
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'Beneatha's Place' touches explosive issues
It reads like a sequel to Lorraine Hansberry's 'Raisin in the Sun'. What happened between Beneatha Younger and Joseph Asagai? Enter 'Beneatha's Place', a play written by artistic director Kwame Kwei-Armah, directed by Derrick Sanders and now playing at Baltimore's Center Stage.
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'Love is Power, Or Something Like That' by A. Igoni Barrett
"Love Is Power, or Something Like That," a collection of stories set in modern-day Nigeria, pulses with an indomitable life force that is, by turns, tender and fierce.
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Frank Edoho To Host COSON Songs Awards
Popular TV host, Frank Edoho of 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' game show, will anchor the COSON songs awards holding on Saturday, May 25, 2013, at the New Ballroom of Oriental Hotel, Lekki, Lagos.
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Staff wrote a new blog post: Chimamanda Ngozi...
The person you are at 15 is not - thankfully - the person you are at 30. The time in-between can be a period of great exploration and change, especially for those who move abroad and then attempt to return "home." This fleeting, often romantic notion of "home" is just one of many themes in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's brilliant new novel, ... (more)
I paid N2,700.000 for triplets, says victim of baby factory
A baby delivery syndicate was recently unearthed by the Police and a key suspect arrested and paraded in Lagos, alongside two other women who were believed to have paid certain sums of money respectively, to be delivered of babies.
NAMA cancels its planned closure of airspace
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency staff have suspended the industrial action slated to start on Monday to press home their demand for additional welfare package.
Dozens of insurgents killed in Nigeria
Zimbabwean PM Morgan Tsvangirai has set the tone for his party's election campaign, saying the terrain "will be determined by those that are able to give answers to Zimbabwe's challenges". Lagos - A sweeping offensive against Boko Haram Islamists has left dozens of insurgents dead, the defence ministry spokesperson told AFP on Friday, as the ... (more)
In Americanah, Adichie notices the things you're not supposed to
Ifemelu, a Nigerian student recently arrived to study in America, is helping her friend, Ginika, also a Nigerian, who has been in America for some time, shop for a dress.
MasterCard to take 4 Nigerians to Wembley
Card holders of MasterCard, official sponsor of the UEFA Champions League, will have the rare opportunity of watching the 2013 final live at the legendary Wembley.
Private jet owners fault FG's move to curb operations
Reactions have started trailing the move by the Federal government to check the use of private jets in Nigeria.
Soldiers storm Borno,Yobe, Adamawa
By Our Reporters LAGOS-Troops, yesterday, moved into Yola, Adamawa State capital and Maiduguri, capital of Borno State, barely 24 hours after President Goodluck Jonathan declared a State of Emergency in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states in response to Boko Haram insurgency which has claimed several lives and destroyed many property.
Abductors of Rhodes-Vivour family demand N300m
KIDNAPPERS who last Friday abducted the wife, daughter and driver of a Supreme Court Justice, Bode Rhodes-Vivour, have established contact with the family.
Nigeria cops uncover 2nd 'baby factory'
Witches flying broomsticks in Swaziland above 150m will be subjected to arrest and a hefty fine of R500 000, civil aviation authorities say, according to a report.
Letter from Africa: Ladies at war
In our series of letters from African journalists, Sola Odunfa in Lagos writes about the power struggle between Nigeria's first lady and her predecessor.
DHT rewards partners with cars, houses
Diamond Holiday Travel, DHT, a travel service network marketing company, has concluded plans to reward its partners who have qualified from the participation in the multi-level marketing activities with cars and houses during its 3rd African convention to be held in Lagos.
Amazon-style sites flourish in Nigeria
Mary Enweasor, who runs a tiny shop selling drinks and snacks in Nigeria's biggest city, had saved up for some new shoes but was unsure where to buy them.
Lagos Assembly, Rep, Osoba oppose action
CRITICISMS Tuesday trailed President Goodluck Jonathan declaration of State of Emergency in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States as the Lagos State House of Assembly, a member of the House of Representatives, Lanre Odubote, former Governor of Ogun State and a chieftain of Action Congress of Nigeria , Chief Segun Osoba faulted the action.
Nigeria president declares state of emergency
In this photo taken with a mobile phone, Tuesday, May. 7, 2013, soldiers and journalist looks at bodies of prison officials killed by Islamic extremist during heavy fighting in Bama, Nigeria.
Delta Militant Insists Goodluck Jonathan Run for President in 2015
A man walks past election posters for Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan in the Maryland district of the commercial capital Lagos April 16, 2011.