Balloon art that will take your breath away

Even though you may not know it, you’re probably familiar with the work of environmental artist Doron Gazit. Every time you walk by a car dealership or supermarket and see a balloon person bending comically in the air, you’re viewing a copy of a Gazit original. In 1996, the Israeli native was tasked to build an installation for the closing ceremony of the Summer Olympics in Atlanta,

Nigerian Army Has Called Of.... Meeting To Counter Terrorism & Insurgency Efforts In The North

The 7th Division of the Nigerian Army has Called of meeting  to counter terrorism and counter insurgency efforts in the north east with a view to making future plans.

Following terrorist attacks in parts of the North-east, especially the ones at the College of Agriculture, Gujba and Benisheikh that left scores dead, and questions about the determination of the 7th Division of the

NNPC gas pipeline explosion claim Some Live's While others injured

NNPC gas pipeline explosion claim Live's & others injured.

Report Says.. TWO persons were feared dead and eight others injured in the explosion. 

Many of the villagers who fled.. started at about 3.30 pm. the injured persons were rushed to hospital for medical attention while were roasted like chickens.

Aircraft Carrying 494 and 18 crew members on board Lost Two Tyres While Landing.

Aircraft Carrying 494 and 18 crew members on board, lost two tyres while landing.

Heavy rains in Benin-City were blamed for the inability of the pilot to land the plane at the Edo State capital.

Barely 36 hours after a plane crashed in Lagos, killing 13 persons, tragedy was averted, on Friday night, in

PDP CRISIS: Why We Are Fighting Jonathan – Lamido, Aliyu

ABUJA— The end seems not in sight to the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as the aggrieved seven governors operating on the platform of the new PDP (nPDP) are insisting that President Goodluck Jonathan must meet their demands presented at previous meetings they held with him (president).

A Combined team of Army, DSS Nab Delta Kidnap Kingpin

IN PORT HARCOURT - A Combined team of Army and Department of State Services, DSS, operatives, in a coded military operation, seized, in the early hours of yesterday, the most wanted kidnapper/armed robbery kingpin in Delta State, Kelvin Oniarah, and five of his gang members, in an undisclosed hotel in

SANUSI - I ‘ll Not Devalue The Naira

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has vowed to defend the Naira. He said he was prepared to use the nation’s foreign reserve to ensure the currency’s stability.

Briefing the newsmen at the end of the Monetary Policy Committee meeting in Abuja, yesterday, he said that

Jonathan To UN - Nigeria Deserves UN Security Council Seat

President Goodluck Jonathan, Tuesday, in New York made a strong case for Nigeria’s election to the United Nations Security Council, just as South African President, Jacob Zuma backed the Nigerian president’s call for democratisation of the UN Security Council.

Sacked 670 Mainstreet Bank Workers: Reps Threaten To Order MD’s Arrest

ABUJA — THe House of Representatives, yesterday, threatened  to issue a bench warrant on the Managing Director of Mainstreet Bank Plc, Mrs Faith Turduo Martins, for allegedly sacking 670 staff of the bank without due process.

Chairman of the House committee on Banking and Currency, Jones Chukwudi Onyereri, said  a bench

Lagos Pensioners Protest Unpaid Gratuity, Arrears

Placard-carrying pensioners stormed the office of the Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, to protest against unpaid gratuity and pension arrears on Monday.

The pensioners, who   arrived the governor’s office around 9am refused to leave despite the Monday rain.

Federal Gov. Proposes N273.1bn For SURE-P Programme In 2014

The Federal Government has proposed N273.1bn for the funding of projects expected to be executed under the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme in 2014.

It has also recommended N1.2bn as running cost for the members of the board of the intervention body.

Federal Gov. Releases Fresh N46.76bn To 30 Oil Marketers

The Federal Government on Monday released fresh N46.76bn to 30 oil marketers as payment for fuel subsidy.

The amount brings the total payment made under the fuel subsidy regime in the 2013 fiscal period to N287.35bn.

The Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, confirmed the payment in a statement by her Special

Police Halt Youths’ Inspection Of Amaechi’s Projects

PORT HARCOURT — THE Police in Rivers State have halted moves by youths in the state to tour projects being executed by Governor Rotimi Amaechi’s administration in various parts of the state.

The planned projects inspection by predominantly students gathering, numbering over 500, was being

Constitution Allows Me To Contest In 2015 – Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan declared in New York, United States of America on Monday that  he could contest the 2015 presidential election because the Constitution empowers him to be in office for  eight years, on two term basis.

He also warned individuals and groups “fanning the ember of disintegration in the country to refrain from

ABUJA KILLINGS - Traders Vow To Sue DSS, As Death Toll Rises To 10

ABUJA-The shooting by security operatives at an uncompleted building behind Apo Legislative Quarters, Abuja last Friday which claimed eight lives took a new turn yesterday as Garki Modern Market Traders Association vowed to drag the security service to court claiming those who were killed were its members and were innocent.

This is just as the death toll in the shooting has risen to 10 as one of the injured victims died yesterday at the

$25,000 Bribery Scandal: My Story — Emodi

FORMER Special Adviser to the President on National Assembly Matters, Senator Joy Emodi, has reacted to speculations making the rounds on the reasons for her sack.

Irked by reports that her sack was not unconnected with the bribe-for-impeachment drama that allegedly

Past Administrations Diverted MDGs Funds – Okorocha

Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has accused past administrations in the state of diverting funds meant for developmental projects for election campaigns.

This, Okrocha said, had retarded grassroots’ development.

The governor, who spoke while commissioning the Millennium Development Goals, MDGs, Ultra-Modern Cottage Health Centre at Umuonyeukwu community, in the Ikeduru Local Government Area, said the state had, in collaboration with the Federal Government, under the MDGs 2011 Conditional Grant Scheme, CGS, 

Senate Backs Conference Of Ethnic Nationalities

The Senate President, David Mark, yesterday said that the upper house would support a conference of Nigeria’s ethnic nationalities, “called to foster frank and open discussions of the national questions.”

Mark, in a welcome address to mark the resumption of the Senate from its 2013 annual vacation, however, opposed the convocation of a sovereign national conference.

Sovereign Wealth Fund Invests $200m in US bonds

Nigeria’s Sovereign Wealth Fund, SWF, has invested more than $200 million in the United States bond market.

The fund was given by the SWF to UBS, Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs, to manage a fixed income portfolio.

The investment, though relatively small, adds Nigeria to the small cadre of commodity-rich countries that

'Eight Hurdles PDP Must Quickly Clear’

LAGOS — A CLEARER picture of what the feuding camps of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, discussed at their Sunday’s make-or-mar meeting in Abuja emerged yesterday. To resolve the raging inferno, both camps, Afric-tv24 gathered, identified at least eight thorny issues that must be amicably