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Latest Politics
Sunday, March 6th, 2011
Officials of the Nigeria Immigration Service on Friday stormed Arik Air’s head office at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos over the alleged violation of the expatriate quota. According to sources at the airport, the officials, who came from the Alagbon Close, Ikoyi, Lagos office of the NIS, asked for the files of Arik’s foreign […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Sunday, March 6th, 2011
Ahead of the forthcoming presidential election, President Goodluck Jonathan has added a new dimension to his campaign strategy by sending voice messages to GSM subscribers to solicit for their votes. In the short voice messages listened to by our correspondent on Sunday evening through telephone No: 014406008, the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate talked […]
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Elections 2011
Sunday, March 6th, 2011
THE presidency is said to have uncovered plot by some opposition figures to discredit the process leading to the conduct of the April general election, even before the elections are conducted. Sources told the Nigerian Tribune that the government had uncovered plans by certain opposition leaders to push negative stuff about the elections into some […]
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Elections 2011
Sunday, March 6th, 2011
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance and former governor of Kaduna State, Senator Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, has predicted that during the forthcoming general election in Nigeria, the people may likely vote for individuals and not necessarily political parties. In an interview with newsmen in Kaduna, Makarfi said he believed that the election was going to […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics
Sunday, March 6th, 2011

INVESTIGATION by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) into the alleged multibillion naira scam in the Pensions office has reportedly led to the discovery of another secret personal bank account containing N1.5 billion, believed to have been diverted from the scheme. The latest discovery brought to N14.3 billion, money allegedly stolen from the scheme […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Sunday, March 6th, 2011

Eagles’ Coach, Samson Siasia, has told players invited for the Nations Cup cracker against Ethiopia to either shape up or be ship out as he is not ready to experiment with the match. He told the technical committee of the NFF last Friday that he was going to field only players who showed understanding of […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics
Sunday, March 6th, 2011

There is growing anxiety over the failing health of the longest-serving Senator in the country, Chief Arthur Nzeribe. Nzeribe who was in the Senate for five terms representing Imo West had been absent in the recent times at public functions in the state following his fragile health except on few occasions in his Oguta country […]
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Niger Delta, Top Stories
Sunday, March 6th, 2011

The Federal Government on Sunday sent 74 ex- militants from the Niger Delta region to University College, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for a three-year degree programme. The Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Matters, Kingsley Kuku, while speaking prior to the departure of the transformed ex-militants said the 74 men, in line with the […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Sunday, March 6th, 2011
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Odein Ajumogobia, represented by the Director North and Horn of Africa Division, Mr Timloh Nkem, disclosed yesterday that about 3,000 additional Nigerians have registered with the embassy officials in Libya indicating their desire to be evacuated. This was as two distressed Nigerians delivered babies at Tripoli International Airport while awaiting […]
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National Politics, Top Stories
Sunday, March 6th, 2011

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain and a strong pillar of the rulling party in Lagos State, Chief Bode George, seems to have put his recent jail experience behind him. He has returned to the political turf and resumed the battle for the soul of Lagos. In this interview with Magazine Editor, SOLA OSHUNKEYE, he talks […]