SSS Grills Asari Dokubo For 6 Hours
Leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Alhaji Muhajid Dokubo-AsariThe State Security Service has released the leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Alhaji Muhajid Dokubo-Asari,...
View ArticlePresident Jonathan May Meet Governor Amaechi Soon
Governor Rotimi Amaechi and President Goodluck JonathanPresident Goodluck Jonathan may meet the Governor of Rivers State Mr. Rotimi Amaechi soon, The Punch has learnt.A source at the meeting the...
View ArticleGovernor Jang Calls For Peaceful Council Polls
photo credits: premiumtimesng.comGovernor Jonah Jang of Plateau on Friday called on the people of the state to ensure a peaceful conduct of the February 25 local government polls.The governor made the...
View ArticleMu’azu’s Peace Talks With Obasanjo Failed
Former President Olusegun ObasanjoThere are strong indications that efforts by the Peoples Democratic Party to make former President Olusegun Obasanjo to have a rethink on his decision to stay away...
View ArticleHong Kong Defuses World War II US Bomb, Evacuates Community
This footage shows the bomb in an upright position, surrounded by bomb disposal equipmentphoto credits: AFPHong Kong police have successfully defused a 2,000 pound (900kg) bomb from World War Two,...
View Article2015 Election: Clamour For Northern President Rubbish — Shekarau
Former Governor of Kano State, Mallam Ibrahim ShekarauA former Kano State Governor, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, on Thursday, faulted the clamour by some stakeholders for the emergence of a President of...
View ArticleFour Men Gang-rape Girl While Returning From Vigil In Lagos
photo credits: www.whatsonningbo.comFour men, Chinye, Sule, Wale and 22-year-old Lawal Kamoru, have been accused of gang-raping a 14-year-old-girl, (name withheld ) while she was returning from a...
View ArticleAmaechi Defeats Omehia As Supreme Court Dismisses Suit Challenging Governor’s...
Governor Rotimi AmaechiThe Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a suit filed by Celestine Omehia, a former governor of Rivers State, challenging the election of his successor, Rotimi Amaechi.The court...
View ArticleAPC Membership Registration: Fear Grips PDP
National leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP yesterday took a swipe at the opposition political party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, saying it has concluded plans to use the outcome...
View ArticleConsumers Positive On Stability Of Economy – NOI Polls
An independent, dynamic and innovative public opinion and research organization in Nigeria, NOI Polls Limited has put consumer’s confidence index for the month of January at 83%, saying consumers in...
View ArticlePan African Venture: Elumelu Foundation Donates $150,000
Mr. ElumeluIn its support for growth in Africa , Tony Elumelu Foundation has made a commitment to back the emergent African development initiative.Following the convening of the African Union Heads of...
View ArticleAPC Targets One Million Membership In Imo State
photo credits: www.imostateblog.comGov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo has said that he was targeting over one million people to register in the ongoing All Progressives Congress (APC) membership registration...
View ArticleFG Urged To Ban Exportation Of Scrap Metals
The Federal Government has been urged to protect the aluminium extrusion and steel industry by putting a stop to exportation of scrap metals, as it is hindering growth in the sector.Managing...
View ArticleNo Victor, No Vanquished — Amaechi
Rivers State Governor, Rt.Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has thanked God for the Supreme Court judgement given yesterday morning. He also thanked the apex court for handling the matter judiciously and...
View ArticleFlavour Gives Back to Alma Mater, Announces $1000 Music Scholarship
Nigeria’s hottest music sensation and highlife fusion musician, Flavour Nabania has remembered his Alma Mater, College of Immaculate Conception,CIC, Enugu, as he donated musical equipment to the school...
View ArticleCommonwealth Games: Nigerian Boxers Lament Poor Preparation
Nigeria Boxing Federation secretary-general, Tunde Laguda has appealed for sponsorship to facilitate its programmes for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, billed for July 23 to Aug. 3.Laguda told NAN in...
View ArticleWAEC Tackles Failures, Trains Teachers Nationwide
Bothered by the yearly failures of our secondary school students in their Senior School Certificate Examinations, SSCE, the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has swung into action to tackle the...
View ArticleNational Conference: Our Critics Got It Wrong – Okurounmu
‘Those in opposition are unrealistic idealists and unrepentant anti-Jonathan elements’.In this interview, Senator Femi Okurounmu, Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee on National Conference,...
View ArticleSuccess is in the bag for paper king — Andrew Mupuya
He started in his teens with just $14. Now he's a 21-year-old paper bag king.Andrew Mupuya is the founder of Uganda's first registered paper bag company. Youth Entrepreneurial Link Investments (YELI)...
View Article2015 Elections: Uproar Over INEC’s Time-table
The furore which has trailed the recently released time-table for the 2015 general elections may have caught many Nigerians by surprise.However, watchers of Nigeria’s political terrain think...
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