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Headlines
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
Facts are beginning to emerge on who killed the wife of the pastor-in-charge of the Zion Baptist Church in Age Quarters, Igede-Ekiti , Mrs. Taiwo Oluwole last Saturday as her photograph taken after the incident showed that something, probably her womb, was removed through her private part by her assailants. The late woman’s body was […]
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Headlines
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
South Africa orders Christ Embassy church to stop faith healing ads South Africa’s advertising authority yesterday ordered a Nigerian church to stop making claims on national television that it can treat diseases such AIDS through faith healing. The ruling was made after anti-AIDS campaigners filed a complaint against Christ Embassy, a charismatic church based in […]
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Latest Politics
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
The Inspector -General of Police, Mr. Hafiz Ringim, has withdrawn riot policemen from banks in the Federal Capital Territory. The withdrawal followed the killing of a woman and a taxi driver by a riot policeman at Mpape, a surburb of the FCT. The incident led to an attack on the bank, burning of nine […]
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Elections 2011
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday said it had registered about 54.9 million people as at January 31. It said in a statement in Abuja that it projected that 62 million Nigerians would be registered by the close of the exercise on Saturday (tomorrow). The exercise started on January 15. The statement by […]
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Oil Politics
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
No fewer than 500 Nigerians have returned from Egypt early on Thursday as political violence continued for the tenth day running. The returnees, made up of students, government officials, businessmen and others were received at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, by the Foreign Affairs Minister for State, Hajia Salamatu Suleiman. Nigerian President, Dr. Goodluck […]
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National Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has called on all its members who lost at its national convention and primaries to concede defeat and cooperate with those that emerged victorious. It said with the conclusion of the submission of candidates names to the Independent National Electoral Commission on Monday, those who lost in […]
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Headlines, Niger Delta
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011

Twenty seven former militants from the Niger Delta have been arrested by the Police in Takoradi for allegedly heckling a hotel attendant and holding their co-ordinator hostage. The suspects and 183 others, who arrived in the country to train at the various National Vocational training institutes (NVTI) as welders and oil rig workers, were said […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
As the country eagerly awaits the arrival of more Nigerians trapped at the airport in Cairo, Egypt as ordered by President Goodluck Jonathan, Egypt Air, Thursday, cancelled its flight out of Lagos. Investigation by Vanguard yesterday at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport showed that the office of the Egyptian carrier was deserted as passengers expected […]
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Africa & World Politics, Articles, Columnists, Sunny Chris Okenwa
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011

By Sunny Chris Okenwa, Abidjan, Ivory Coast – Feb. 3, 2011 – ‘President’ Laurent Kodou Gbagbo was born on May 31 1945 in a small village called Mama in the town known as Gagnoa in the South-western Cote D’Ivoire. He hails from an ethnic group ‘Béte’, a minority compared to other ethnic groups like Agni, […]