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Headlines
Wednesday, January 26th, 2011
As the police intensify search for the killers of a 34-year-old divorcee and mother of two, Hadiza Ibrahim, another 45-year-old man, Alhaji Zubairu Lawal, has been burnt to death. His body was found in a well in the early hours of Monday, January 17, 2011, at his residence, Yusuf Yahaya Road, Kinkinau GRA, Ungwan Muazu, […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Wednesday, January 26th, 2011
Former secretary of the Political Committee of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Alhaji Abdulrahman Mohammed, has distanced himself from the position of the group, insisting that the communiqué did not reflect what transpired at the meeting. The group had after its Tuesday’s stormy session, came out with a communiqué, signed by its Publicity Secretary, Anthony […]
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Elections 2011
Wednesday, January 26th, 2011
ONE of the youth corps members engaged in the ongoing registration exercise in Delta State has drowned in the River Niger. The corps member, whose identity was not immediately ascertained was posted as one of the ad-hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to register voters at Oko, a riverine community near Asaba. […]
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EFCC Politics, Latest Politics
Wednesday, January 26th, 2011
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has frozen the N800million account of Mrs Phiana Chidi in a new generation bank as it declared a manhunt for another director in the public service for allegedly partaking in the N12 billion yearly diversion of pension funds recently uncovered by the Office of the Head of the […]
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Headlines
Wednesday, January 26th, 2011
Following rumours of possible bomb attack at the nation’s flagship airport, Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, yesterday, passengers and operators were gripped with fear as most of them became suspicious of each other. However, while speaking to newsmen, Commissioner of Police, Airport Command, Mr. Moses Onireti, affirmed that he contacted some of his officers on the […]
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Action Congress of Nigeria, CPC (Congress 4 Progressive Change), Party Politics
Wednesday, January 26th, 2011
There were strong indications last night that alliance talks between the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) would be sealed in the next few days.While the parties seem to be moving towards a deal that could concede the presidential ticket to former military head of state, General Muhammadu […]
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Africa & World Politics
Wednesday, January 26th, 2011
GOOGLE and other stakeholders are planning how to make Africa to fully tap the potential that the Internet holds for the continent. Consequently, Google will be delivering a keynote address at “Mobile Web West Africa,” a leading industry event, which will take place from February 2 to 3, 2011 at the Eko Hotel & Suites, […]
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Presidency, Top Stories
Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointment of Mrs. Bianca Ojukwu as senior special assistant, Diaspora Affairs. Jonathan also appointed Mr. Kingsley K. Kuku as special adviser, Niger Delta Affairs, Dr. Zakari Ibrahim, coordinator, Anti-Terrorism; Oyewole Olugbenga Leke, senior special assistant, Maritime Services. The statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President, Media and […]
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Latest Politics
Wednesday, January 26th, 2011
The Presidential flag bearer of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has raised the alarm over the depletion of the excess crude account (Sovereign Wealth Fund) and the nation’s external reserves. Ribadu made his feelings known against the backdrop of the steady rise in the price of crude oil, which is almost […]
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Abia, State News
Wednesday, January 26th, 2011
SUCCOUR may have come the way of some communities in Abia State, following deployment of 468 Direct Data Capturing, DDC, machines by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Many communities in the state, including some wards in Omoba, Isiala Ngwa South Council, had not started the exercise as a result of non-availability of the direct […]