Lagos, Nigeria News

Scores of air passengers were yesterday stranded at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport as unions at the Nigeria Airspace Management Agency embarked on an indefinite strike.

A view of the Nigeria stock exchange building in the central business district in Lagos April 10, 2013.

Vital Voices Global Partnership and Women in Management, Business, and Public Service today announced the hosting of the Supporting Public Advocacy for Regional Competitiveness Program and Forum in Lagos, Nigeria.

We do not believe implementing a selected import ban on pharmaceuticals should be considered by the government as a means of reducing import reliance.

A view is seen of the Nigeria stock exchange building in the central business district in Lagos, April 10, 2013.

ALMOST six years after he left office, erstwhile President Olusegun Obasanjo Sunday reflected on his administration and deplored the failure of his successor, the late President Umaru Yar'Adua, to continue with his policies.

The planes are returning after being grounded for four months by the federal government because of smoldering batteries on 787s owned by other airlines.

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.

"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.

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.

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)

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.

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.

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)

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.

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.

Reactions have started trailing the move by the Federal government to check the use of private jets in Nigeria.

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.

KIDNAPPERS who last Friday abducted the wife, daughter and driver of a Supreme Court Justice, Bode Rhodes-Vivour, have established contact with the family.

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.