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Rivers, State News
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
As his campaign train moved to Okrika Local Government Area, Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Amaechi, enjoyed massive support in the hometown of one of his opponents in the April gubernatorial election, Dr. Abiye Sekibo of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN). Also, former governor of Rivers State, Chief Rufus Ada-George, also from Okrika, has openly […]
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Latest Politics
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
Before Chief (Dr.) Philip Atamuo became the Ohanaeze Ndigbo chairman in Anambra State he had held sway at Alaja Steel Company in Delta State as the general manager and later Ajaokuta Steel Company as the chief executive. He also later went into politics and at a stage became one of the gubernatorial aspirants in Anambra […]
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Latest Politics
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011

Tragedy hit the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential campaign train on Tuesday as the convoy of the Katsina State governor which was on its way to receive President Goodluck Jonathan at Daura town was involved in a multiple collision with two buses conveying some party supporters. Although Governor Ibrahim Shema and his running mate, […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
The Naira dropped in value to its weakest level against the dollar for 18 and a half months, yesterday, as political uncertainty ahead of April elections contributes to panic buying, bankers who deal in foreign exchange disclosed. The Naira ended at the close of business at N156.30 to a dollar, around the same level it […]
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Latest Politics
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
Twenty Four hours after the Movement for the Emancipation for the Niger Delta, MEND, threatened to bomb Lagos, Abuja and oil installations in the Niger Delta over what they termed unwillingness by the Jonathan administration to address key issues, Inspector General of Police, Hafiz Ringim, has urged Nigerians to be alert and report all suspicious […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
A 21-year-old undergraduate has been arrested for allegedly poisoning a well ostensibly to dissuade people from fetching water from there. The suspect, Ibrahim Abubakar, a 200 level Public Administration student of Ahmadu Bello University, ABU, was arrested by men of the Special Task Force, STF, maintaining security in the state after he allegedly poured a […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
Pastor of Household of God and presidential candidate of Fresh Democratic Party, FRP, Pastor Chris Okotie, has challenged President Goodluck Jonathan to a public debate, just as he said that the only way the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, can win the forthcoming elections was through rigging. Speaking, yesterday, at the party headquarters in Lagos to […]
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Armed Forces, Latest Politics
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
The Nigerian Navy, yesterday, effected a major shake-up in its hierarchy with the redeployment of nine Rear Admirals, eight Navy Commodores and appointment of new Flag Officers Commanding, FOCs. The new FOCs are Rear Admiral Austin Oyagha, formerly Chief Staff Officer, Eastern Naval Command, now Flag Officer Commanding Logistics Command. He takes over from Rear […]
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Niger Delta, Top Stories
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011

MOVEMENT for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta, MEND, said, yesterday, that it would now carry out bombing and attacks in Lagos, Abuja and Niger-Delta without prior notification as promised earlier since the government was treating its threat as a joke. The militant group in a statement by its spokesperson, Jomo Gbomo, also said the news […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics, Raw Politics
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011

LAGOS – The former Governor of Lagos State and national leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has declared that he is not afraid of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, because he did not steal a kobo from the coffers of Lagos State. He stated this when he […]