Baga has been the scene of fierce fighting before, including in April 2013 as seen here Niger has said it will not be involved in any attempt to retake the key north-east Nigerian town of Baga from the militant Islamist group, Boko Haram. Bodies reportedly lay strewn on the streets of the town following an […]
A Florida man has been charged with murder after police say he threw his five-year-old daughter off a bridge in St Petersburg. A police officer saw the incident after he followed John Jonchuck Jr, 25, for speeding, Chief Anthony Holloway said. The girl, who was dropped into 60ft (18m) of water, was found about an […]
By Emma Amaize & Jimitota Onoyume The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, may have been hit by a crisis, following the purported endorsement of General Muhamadu Buhari (rtd) of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the presidential election, as a former leader of the group, ‘Gen’ Reuben Wilson, has called on […]
By Ben AgandeAbuja —President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, dismissed the alleged endorsement of the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) by the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta, MEND, saying no person who means well for the country should be excited by the endorsement of a terrorist organisation.Buhari and […]
By Solomon Nwoke Ivory Coast and Manchester City of England play maker, Yaya Toure has claimed the 2014 Glo-CAF African Footballer of the Year award, thus winn-ing it for the fourth straight time, since 2011. The Ivorian midfielder who is 1.88 meters tall was born in Bouake in May, 1983. He has over 85 caps […]
Like any other year, the year 2014 would have started on a promising note for the education sector but for the almost half the year ASUU strike in 2013 occasioned by the Federal Government’s insensitivity to the sector at tertiary level. This, set the tone for the sector in 2014. Former Executive Secretary, National Universities […]
Lagos—Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State yesterday said the Federal Government was clueless about the challenges confronting the country. Fashola made the statement at the commissioning of the Cooperative Home Ownership Incentive Scheme, CHOIS City at Agbowa, Ikosi in Ejirin Local Council Development Area, LCDA, and the first Solar-powered Primary Health Care, PHC, centre, Epe. […]
The Federal Government, yesterday, responded to the allegations made by former President Olusegun Obasanjo against the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan, including an alleged squandering of the nation’s $55 billion foreign reserve. The Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala explained that the former President got it wrong, stating that former President Obasanjo left a gross […]
Owerri – The Presidential flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Gen. Mohammadu Buhari, has said that insecurity and corruption are the major problems militating against the development of Nigeria as a nation and promised to tackle the menace, if elected president on Feb. 14. Buhari said this when he paid a courtesy visit […]
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday formally began his campaign for re-election, taking the fight to a key opposition stronghold with a mass rally. The meeting in Lagos comes as Jonathan’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) mounts increasingly personal attacks on his main challenger as well as lingering doubts about whether the vote will even hold. Nigerians […]
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