This Day Newspaper Archive

Monday, May 20, 2013

Insurgency: DHQ Moves to Improve Civil-Military Cohesion

Neville Neville Faces Sexual Assault Charge

Afghan Suicide Attack 'Kills at Least 14'

Multiple Car Bomb Attacks Hit Iraq

N'Korea Fires Sixth Missile in Three Days

Venezuela Says Taking Steps to Restore US Diplomatic Ties

S’Korea Analyzing N’Korea's Four Projectile Launches

Chukwumerije Pleads, as German Embassy Denies Taekwondo Team Visa

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Advocacy for Test-tube Babies

FG Recovers over N100bn Unremitted Taxes as House Probes NNPC Subsidies, 23 Banks

Lagos Commences Work on Fourth Mainland Bridge

Emergency Rule Disrupts Transportation of Beef, Smoked Fish from Borno

Nasarawa Massacre: Police Dole out N1m Each to Bereaved Families

Jonathan: Emergency Rule is Yielding Results

Monday Discourse: Finally, the Real Terror War Begins

ADR Stakeholders Urge N’Assembly Not to Pass Regulatory Bill

Aregbesola Denies Borrowing N300bn

Court Frees Ikuforiji’s Aide of Fraud Charges

House Probes N1.1bn Gully Erosion Contract

Benue to Provide Security Measures against Fulani Invaders

Insecurity Will Fade out in Nigeria, Says Stanbic-IBTC Boss

Mark Promises Speedy Passage of Law to Protect Women

FG Sets up 12-man C'ttee on Prison Decongestion

Man to Die by Hanging for Killing Wife

New Management Team for FHA Takes off Today

200 ACN, Accord Party Members Defect to PDP in Oyo

New Agric Initiative Targets 700,000 Commercial Farmers

Maku: Why Achebe Did Not Win Nobel Prize

Senate: We'll Delay Passage of 2013 Budget Amendment Bill

NAMA Workers Threaten to Close Airspace Today

Subsidy Fraud: Agbakoba Joins Ogunbambo’s Defence Team, Seeks to Quash Charges

US Spy-row Diplomat 'Leaves Russia'

Akpabio Laments Non-release of Special Ecological Funds to Akwa Ibom

Hezbollah Steps Up Syria Battle, Israel Threatens More Strikes

India Gripes over Border, Trade Woes on Li's First Foreign Trip

Obama to Discuss al Qaeda, Drones, Guantanamo Bay in Thursday Speech

Earning Season Momentum Drives Equities Further North

Ogun Govt Boosts Rice Production

State of Emergency: Military Gains Ground as Boko Haram Desert Camps

Tunisia Police Clash with Islamists

France: Briton Held over Children's Deaths

Syria Army Storms Rebel-held Town

US Lottery Winner Scoops $590m Jackpot

N'Korea Missile Launch Worries UN Chief, Ban

Pakistan: Imran Khan Blames Rival for Killing

NIMASA Appoints Osamgbi Deputy Director, Head PR

60 Hurt as Car Drives into Crowd at Parade

Eurovision: Denmark's Emmelie De Forest Wins

Pakistan: Gunmen Kill Khan Party Woman Politician

Ayim, Ibe Read for the Abuja Literati

Reels Of Fun

The Return Of The Incorruptible Judge

Saturday, May 18, 2013

Okpala Condemns House for Failing to Protect Image

Tax: House Opens Investigation on Commercial Banks

Jonathan: S/East Remains My Strongest Support Base

Governor Al-Makura: What I know About Ombatse

Emergency Rule Does Not Conflict with Dialogue C'ttee's Work, Says Abati

Boko Haram: Military Pounds Insurgents, Moves to Reinforce Troops

Kalu Opens Up on Why He Fell Apart with Obasanjo

New Money Laundering Act: EFCC, Professional Bodies to Hold Enlightenment Seminar

Gov. Akpabio, Obong Attah Pay Tributes to Chief F. E. J. Etim

Customs Seize 35,194 Bags of Rice

Guinness Decries Controversy over Alcoholic Beverages Certificates

State of Emergency not Solution to Insurgency in the North, Says Odunsi

Labour Ask Workers of Obio/Akpor Council to Return to Work

ECOWAS Parliament Seeks Nigeria’s Support for Enhancement of Powers

Achebe’s Homeward Journey Begins Sunday

Imo: The Build-up to 2015 Governorship Race

Ekwueme, Clark, Gbonigi for Southern Nigerians Assembly

2015, Root of Crisis in Rivers State - Dakuku

How Not to Handle Kingsley Kuku

Ombatse: The Rise of a Deadly Cult, By Al-Makura

Ojudu: Legislators Need Rigorous Oversight to Ensure Good Budget Performance

Egypt's Opposition Attacks Brotherhood-backed NGO Draft Law

Cote d’Ivoire Arrests Militia Chief Accused over Massacre

US Airways Plane Makes Unusual Belly Landing at Newark Airport

Klitschko Leads 15,000 in Rally for Ukraine's Jailed ex-PM

China Spreads Alternative to US GPS System

World Press Freedom Day: How Free is the Nigerian Press?

Hard-line Afghan MPs Block Law Protecting Women

Merkel Visits Pope, Urges Tougher Market Controls

Thousands Rally to Oppose Italy Cuts

Probe Begins after Commuter Trains Crash

Peace: Jang Pledges to Support President Jonathan

Ferguson Criticises City for Mancini Sacking

Army Imposes Curfew in Maiduguri

Dialogue C’ttee: State of Emergency is Part of FG’s Dialogue Opener

Of Benghazi, Iraq war, G.W. Bush and Obama: The Republican’s double-standard

Hollande Signs Gay Marriage Bill

Afghan MPs to Debate Women's Rights

Syria: US Criticises Russia over Missiles

Manhunt For Killers Of 56 Security Agents In Nasarawa

The Many Faces Of Terror

Military Intensifies Campaign against Insurgents’ Stronghold

TREASURE DURODOLA: Voicing change, oozing simplicity

‘The Resilience, Creativity, Colour... I Just Love How Vibrant it is Here’

Need to Halt the Tinted Glass Act’s Amendment

Nigerians Dominate 2013 Caine Prize Shortlist

The Dark Lonely Road

Police to Interrogate Rivers Speaker over Alleged Threat to Amaechi's Life

Govt Directs NLNG to Pay Outstanding Levies to NIMASA

Friday, May 17, 2013

Court winds-up Firm, Jails Officials Over My Pikin Mixture

Igbos Have Fared Better Under Jonathan Says S'East PDP

No Going Back on Jonathan's Second Term Project, Says Clarke

Catholic Conference Okays Emergency Rule

Nigerian Wins Commonwealth Prize for Books

Gulf of Guinea Comes Under Digital Surveillance

Emergency Rule not against North, Says Presidency

Nigeria Must Remain United Despite Security, Political Challenges, Says Rev. Jesse Jackson

UN Chief Appoints Former Dutch Minister to Head Mali Mission

Oil Price Probe Widens, Senator Wants Justice Department Help

Falling Tree Kills over 30 People in Imo Community

Emergency Rule: UK ‘Recognises’ Threat Facing Nigeria

Chrisland Schools Award N27m Scholarship to Pupils

‘My Ex-lover Wants to Kill Me’, Says Mother

Venezuela's Military Enters High-crime Slums

US: Congress Grills IRS Commissioner

Retirement Tests if Beckham Built Lasting Brand

Bracing Up for Man United without Fergie

Protesting Egyptian Police Block Gaza Crossing

Bomb Kills Nine Inside Elite Afghan Housing Complex

O’JEZ HONOURS PETER IGHO MAY 26

Recasting the Jonathan-Amaechi Rift

PA OYERINDE: GOD WILL GET JUSTICE FOR MY SON

Terror Emergency: Nigeria, Kenya Team Up

Deadly Blasts Target Iraqi Sunnis

Hostage Killed by Captors as Rescue Bid Began

Army: Boko Haram Using Fake Military Uniforms

FG: Why Emergency Rule Affected Adamawa State *Expends $45m on Mali

Argentine 'Dirty War' Leader Dies

State of Emergency: Air Raids Kill 30 Boko Haram Militants

Bill Gates Retakes World's Richest Title from Carlos Slim

Russia 'Sends Modern Arms to Syria'

Insecurity: FG Mulls Co-operation With Benin Republic

US Smugglers 'Linked to Terrorists'

King's Cup: Ramos Shines in Front of Media after Mourinho No-show

Obama: U.S. preserves diplomatic, military options on Syria

Trafficking Gang 'Smuggled Bangladeshis into Brazil'

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Sultan, CAN Sue for Peace as Northern Elders Oppose Emergency Rule

Obama to Visit S’Africa, Tanzania, Rwanda, Considers Stopover in Nigeria

Rivers Speaker, Chief of Staff Stripped of Police Orderlies

Security Forces Raid Boko Haram Camps in Borno

Court Jails Rivers Councillors for Contempt

Christmas Day Bomber to Raise No Case Submission as FG Closes Case

Lagos Bomb Scare: Shoprite Gets Threat Letter

Court Discharges Leadership Journalists

Moro: US to Assist with Border Control Surveillance Equipment

Nigeria, Cameroun to Cooperate on Trans-border Security

FG Laments Lack of Enabling Law for NEPAD

Delta Govt Issues Travel Warning to Indigenes

Lagos, Ogun Boundary Dispute Still Unresolved, Says Kuye

DMO Puts Country’s Debt at N8tn

Pension Scam: Court to Rule on Yusufu’s Application June 20

Sambo Urges Nigerians to Contribute to National Devt

Police Keep Mum on Fate of Former Nasarawa CP

FG to Tweak Power Sector Reform Act, Seeks Lawmakers’ Support

Shell Declares Force Majeure on Gas Supply to NLNG

Fashola Envisions Self-Dependent, Middle Class as Artisans Graduate

Isaac Boro for Reburial in Yenagoa

Chimamanda Adichie to Appear on Glo/CNN’s African Voices

Chimamanda Adichie to Appear on Glo/CNN’s African Voices

Erdogan: I Will Go Ahead with Gaza Visit

Obama Insists ‘No Apologies’ over US Security Leak Probe

Soldier Gets Life for Killing Fellow US Troops in Iraq

‘CBN Not Responsible for Scarcity of News Banknotes’

US Instructors to Train African Troops for Mali in Niger

Man Commits Suicide At Paris Nursery School

State of Emergency: More Troops Deployed to Border States

Nigeria, Cameroon to Cooperate on Trans-border Security

Iran Says Ready for Nuclear Talks with World Powers

Cyclone Mahasen Strikes Southern Bangladesh

Six Killed in Kabul Convoy Blast

Japan GDP Jumps Most in Year as Consumers Open Wallets

ECB Rate Cut Talk Rressures Euro, Lifts Bunds

Ekweremadu…Seeking a People Oriented-constitution

Afegbua: PDP is Habitually Bad Losers

Nigeria’s Success Story in Guinea Worm Eradication

Europa League: Heartbroken Coach Jesus May Quit Benfica

DiCaprio, Spielberg Open a Stormy Cannes

Collapse at Cambodia Shoe Factory

US Tax Chief Resigns Amid Scandal

Syria Conflict: BBC Shown 'Signs of Chemical Attack'

THISDAY Bombing: Court Admits Five Confessional Statements

Subsidy Scam: Court Grants Ubah Perpetual Injunction against EFCC

Tukur, NLC, TUC Back Emergency Rule as Others Kick

ARISE Networks Launched on Eutelsat, Viewed in 44 EMEA Countries

Rivers PDP Crisis: Ake’s Aide Killed at Erema

Fighter Jets, Troops Arrive North-east to Enforce Emergency Rule

Bayelsa CP Vows to Bring Killers of 11 Policemen to Justice

Diamond Bank Staff Protest against Unfair Treatment

Pilots of Crashed Air Force Jet Buried amid Tears

Nigeria Pledges More Financial Support for Mali

El-Rufai’s Book Causes CJN to Query Abuja Chief Judge

FG Appoints New Heads for BPE, PTDF

New Police Boss for Nasarawa after Killings

Lagos Insists on Restriction of Hijab in Public Schools

Finance Minister: Nigeria's Debt Hits N6 trillion

Senate Celebrates Achebe, Demands State Burial for Him

Nigerian Roads No Longer Death Traps, Says SURE-P Convener

Lagos Procures 500 Guns for Neighbourhood Security Operatives

111 Nigerian Soldiers Leave for Cameroon

Ijaw Leader Wants Henry Okah Pardoned

Borno: NEMA to Build 250 Houses for Flood Victims

Delta to Expel Recalcitrant Cattle Rearers

Court Orders EFCC to Evacuate Stolen Crude Oil

Minister: FG Committed to Reforming NYSC Scheme

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Boosting SME Growth with Mobile Applications

Iraq: Bombs, Shooting Kill at Least 15

Obama Honours Officer Who Died in Motorcade, Other Fallen Police

Russia's FSB: Another Alleged US Spy Expelled

Borno: NEMA Moves to Build 250 Houses for Flood Victims

Presidency: Emergency Rule Won’t Stop Dialogue Cttee’s Work

State of Emergency: Plateau to Tighten Borders Against Insurgents

Sambo: Nigeria Pledges More Financial Support to Mali

Eriksson: Benfica More Gifted than Chelsea

Delhi Gang Rape Suspect 'Beaten, Poisoned'

CIA Spy' Row: Russia Summons US Ambassador

Clashes Erupt Around Aleppo prison

US Kidnap Accused to Plead Innocent

US Attorney General: Leak to AP was 'Very Serious'

Brazil: President Sides with Farmers in Indian Land Fight

Taiwan Recalls Envoy over Manila Row

Confed Cup: Kaka, Ronaldinho Out of Brazil’s Squad

Putin, Netanyahu Meet to Discuss Syria

Kerry Warns Syrians over Transition Talks

Four US Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan's Kandahar

Britain's Prince Harry Tours Jersey Shore, Post-Sandy

EU to Pledge 520m euros for Mali Reconstruction

Industrial Sector Contributes 66.9% of FG’s Non-oil Earnings in Q1

Heads of 10 Federal Agencies Lobby for Confirmation

Odi: Court Throws out FG’s Move to Stop N37.6bn Compensation

Boko Haram: Dialogue C'tteeVows to Continue Work, Inspite of Increased Violence

46 Police, 10 SSS Officers Confirmed Killed in Nasarawa

Rivers PDP Crisis: Explosion Rocks Obio/Akpor Council

Govs in Place as Emergency Rule is Declared in 3 States

FG Decries Impact of Farmers, Herdsmen Clash

CAS: NAF Targets Self Sufficiency in Military Equipment

Jonathan Approves Appointment of 12 Judges for NIC

Boko Haram Kills Borno CAN Secretary

Police Raid Enugu ‘Baby Factory,’ Rescue Six Pregnant Girls

US Plans $250m Fertilizer Plant in Edo

Jonathan Outlines Ways on Service Delivery

Gunmen Raid Village, Kill 11, Many Missing in Kaduna

Minister: FCTA Has Infrastructure Debt of N401bn

NERC Rolls Out New Electricity Metering Scheme

Witness: How N1.1bn Subsidy Scam was Detected

W'Bank Laments $450m Un-utilised PPP Fund

Five Foreign Sailors Kidnapped Freed

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Again, Okorocha Changes Party

Anenih: Nigeria is Passing Through Difficulties

FG Seeks Mandatory EIA on Development Projects

Syrian Rebels Unite to Retake Strategic Town Near Damascus

Russia: 'Undercover CIA Agent' Detained

Black Berry Expands BBM Chat App to Android and iOS

Higuain 'Agrees to Join Gunners'

Kenyan Police Fire Teargas at Protest over MPs' Pay Demands

Jonathan Declares State of Emergency in Borno, Yobe, Adamawa

Jonathan to Address Nation

Pirates Release Five Polish, Russian Crew

U.S. Oil Boom Leaves OPEC Sidelined from Demand Growth

Dialogue Cttee Says Violence Will Not Stop Us

Kaduna: Gunmen Raid Village, Kill 11

‘How Plea Bargaining Can Work’

Man City Sack Manager, Mancini

Tories to Publish EU Referendum Bill

News Agency Protests US Seizure of Phone Records

Anger at Syria 'Heart-eating Video'

Mismanaging Orji Uzor Kalu

NAF Helicopter Crash Due to System Failure

Rights Commission Begins Probe of Nasarawa Killings

NNPC Unveils $16bn Gas Infrastructure Programme

W’Bank Wants Govt Expenditures Delinked from Oil Price

CDS Rules out Foreign Intervention over Security Challenges

Mismanaging Orji UzorKalu

CJN: NJC Ready to Prosecute Erring Judicial Officers

FIRS: Banks Remit N77bn Tax in Five Years

Iranian Gets 17-Year Jail Term for Arms Importation

Boko Haram Leader Reiterates Conditions for Peace

Body of Missing 78-year-old Woman Found in Son's Bedroom, 10 Years After

Rivers PDP Crisis: NGF Election Root of State's Problem

Another Fulani Attack Claims 40 in Benue

Falana Condemns Terror Attacks on Security Operatives

Uduaghan Directs Revenue Board to Collect State Funds

J-Pros Scam: Govt Confiscates Equipment as Work Resumes on Site

Ex-THISDAY Staff Appointed SMEDAN Managing Director

IYC Absolves Kuku of Murder Allegation

Boko Haram: Atiku, Modu Sheriff Trade Words over Insecurity

Damilola Taylor’s Killer Released from Prison

Subsidy Fraud: EFCC Begins Trial of Alao, Others

Head of Service Restructures Office

Shema Disowns Presidential Campaign Posters

Youth Unemployment: A Generation at Risk

Bangladesh Collapse Search Over; Death Toll 1,127

Pakistan: Sharif Seeks to Ease Mistrust with India

Succour on the Way for LGAs

Monday, May 13, 2013

NJC AND FRIVOLOUS PETITIONS

Libya: Deadly Car Bomb Strikes Benghazi

Ugandan General Faces Arrest for Talking Politics

Merkel Says Has No Secrets About Communist Past

Sex Trial: Prosecutor Seeks Six-year Jail Term for Berlusconi

After Bombings, Turkey Says World Must Act Against Syria

Boko Haram Leader Lists Conditions for Peace

Governors Call on Jonathan to Ignore State of Emergency Calls

Jet Li Opens T'ai Chi School in China

Bangladesh Rescue Operation Nears End; Collapse Death Toll 1,127

Europe Tory Row Dogs Cameron's US Trip

Insecurity: Atiku, Modu Sherrif Trade Words

C’ttee Submits Draft to Replace Land Use Act 1978

Jonathan Again Meets Security Chiefs

Hong Kong Court Supports Transsexual’s Right to Wed

Pakistan Election: Sharif Edges Closer to Majority

Proposed University Turns Ugly in Otukpo

Maku Exonerates Self from Nasarawa Massacre

Insecurity: Adeboye Admonishes Christians on Steadfastness

ECOWAS: Mali's Terrorists Lack Capacity to Regroup

Nigeria’s Growth Estimate Put at 6.6% in First Quarter

NEMA Distributes Relief Materials in Bama

Another Massacre Averted in Kaduna

Private Jets: FG Explains Insistence on Declaration of Manifest

Boko Haram: Opposition Parties Reject Emergency Rule

Amaechi, Shema to Vie for NGF Chair May 23

Bayelsa, Sokoto, Others Top 2012 Exam Malpractices List

IG Orders Police to Rescue Rhodes-Vivour's Wife, Daughter

Banking Stocks, FMCGs’ Gains Sustain Market Rally

Another Massacre Averted In Kaduna

Unwavering Love for the Destitute

Sunday, May 12, 2013

SMEDAN to Facilitate Greater Collaboration for Maximum SMEs Output

SURE-P: Sokoto Beneficiaries Decry Delay in Payment of Allowances

Fears Grow over Deadly New Virus

S’Korea Apology for US Sex Scandal

Afghan Protest at Iran 'Shooting'

Syrian War Death Toll Hits 82,000

Egypt: Mubarak Talks for First Time Since Detention

Pope Proclaims First Saints, Says Christians Still Persecuted

Nine Turkish Citizens Held Over Car Bombs

One of UK's Most Wanted Captured in Spain

Sharif in Pakistan Government Talks

NLC Urges FG to Ignore IMF's Advice on Subsidy Removal

Mourinho Congratulates Barca on Liga Success

Gunmen 'Lift Libyan Ministry Siege'

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Declares Victory

Turkey Warns of Response to Bombing

Votes Must Count in 2015, Says General Buhari

IG: Nasarawa Police Killing Barbaric

Justice Rhodes-Vivour’s Wife, Daughter Kidnapped

Saturday, May 11, 2013

Our Investment in Sports Is Yielding Benefits – Amaechi

LASG's Alleviating Poverty With Transport Infrastructure

14 Years After Invasion, FG Builds 40 Houses for Odi

NDIC: Excessive Litigations Threaten Deposit Insurance

Nasarawa Police Killing Callous, Barbaric – IGP

Mancini: I Won’t Quit Man City

OJ Simpson Heads to Court to Fight for Freedom

Pickaxe Attacker Kills One, Injures Four Others in Milan

Pakistan: Sharif Surges Ahead in Election Count

White House: Smoke Prompt’s West Wing’s Evacuation

Multinationals: The Burgeoning Rank of Expatriate CEOs

Relishing the Adichie Moment

NEMA To Partner Surveyors on Building Collapse

Karachi Unrest Mars Pakistan Poll

Rafsanjani to Stand in Iran Election

Blasts Kill Dozens in Turkish Town

Barca Have La Liga Crown in Sight

Egypt ' al-Qaeda Militant Embassy Plot' Foiled

Mob Sets Five Suspected Armed Robbers Ablaze

Four Lawyers De-robed, Another Suspended for Five Years

Egypt: Court Adjourns Mubarak Retrial to June 8

Russian Official Says Syria Conference Not Possible in May

Cleveland Police in Massive Payout

Explosions Shake Turkish Town on Syria Border

NCC Sets June 30 As Deadline for SIM Card Registration

Media, country and negative reportage: Another perspective

MORITURI TE SALUTAMUS

Sir Alex Ferguson Retired Due to Stress, Claims Fabio Capello

Russia 'Withheld Details' on Boston Suspect

Pakistan Votes in Landmark Election

Ohio Kidnap Victim Leaves Hospital

$620,000 Bribe: Lawan, Emenalo Must Face Trial, Rules Court

Jonathan Orders Probe of Bama, Nasarawa Killings

Rivers Youth Movement Backs Amaechi

Friday, May 10, 2013

Real Impose Law of Silence to End War of Words

Ugandan General Highlights Succession Debate in Letter

Five Suicide Bombers Dead in Failed Attacks in Northern Mali

Woman Held Captive in Cleveland Home Rebuffs Mother, Grandmother

Army Shelling Kills 25 in Syrian Town after Truce Ends

Kuje Inmates Fault Amnesty for Boko Haram

British Embassy Withdraws Staff in Libya

Woman Pulled Alive from Dhaka Rubble

Insecurity: Jonathan Meets With Security Chiefs

Mali: Suicide Attacks Strike Army, Nigerien Soldiers

Tutu 'Will no Longer Vote for ANC'