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Bayelsa, Latest Politics, State News
Friday, January 9th, 2015
All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), yesterday, took his campaign to the home base of President Goodluck Jonathan in Bayelsa and Rivers States with a promise to frontally address environmental concerns and degraded infrastructure, if elected. Buhari’s promise to implement the United Nations Environmental Programme, UNEP, report on Ogoniland was elatedly […]
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Delta, Headlines, State News
Friday, January 9th, 2015
Chief Enyote Gbogbo (in traditional attire) and Dr. Emmanuel Biri (DELSU) flanked by Epha Ughievwen, during the maiden Ughievwen Cultural Carnival led by Chief Gbogbo in Otughievwen, headquarters of Ughelli South Local Government. advertisement <a href=”http://media.fastclick.net/w/click.here?sid=12386&m=6&c=1″ target=”_blank”><img src=”http://media.fastclick.net/w/get.media?sid=12386&m=6&tp=8&d=s&c=1&vcm_acv=1.3″ width=”300″ height=”250″ border=”1″></a> By Egufe Yafugborhi WARRI-TWO lecturers at Delta State University, DELSU, Abraka, Professor […]
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Headlines, Niger Delta, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Friday, January 9th, 2015
REACTING to the criticism of its endorsement of the All Progressives Congress candidate, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), for the presidency in the 2015 elections, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta has insisted that Buhari is the best candidate in the race. MEND, the umbrella body for militancy in the oil-rich Niger-Delta, said […]
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Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Friday, January 9th, 2015
A former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has said he can sacrifice his life in the interest of Nigeria. However, he said he would not do the same for any political party. He said this on Thursday during a visit to his Hilltop residence in Abeokuta by the presidential candidate of the National Conscience Party, Dr. […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Friday, January 9th, 2015
Two brothers suspected of slaughtering 12 people in an unprecedented jihadist attack in France held one person hostage on Friday as police cornered the gunmen northeast of the capital. The hostage drama unfolded at a printing business in the small town of Dammartin-en-Goele, only 12 kilometres (seven miles) from Paris’s main Charles de Gaulle airport, […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Cross River, General Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Party Politics, Presidency, State News, Top Stories
Thursday, January 8th, 2015
Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, General Muhammadu Buhari, caused a stir in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, yesterday, when he slumped as he was climbing to the podium to give his speech thereby lending credence to concerns being raised lately over his health condition. However, four persons including security aides rushed […]
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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Wednesday, January 7th, 2015
By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | Jan. 7, 2015- The Finance Minister and the Coordinating Minister of Nigeria’s Economy, Dr. Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, harped on Nigerians recently to tighten their belts. The sudden pronouncement of an economic adjustment programme for the country has become quite a talking point. The federal government had on 16 […]
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Bauchi, Headlines, Plateau, State News
Wednesday, January 7th, 2015
Bauchi State Police Command has confirmed the death of 13 people in a road crash at Sabon Garin Nabordo along the Bauchi-Jos highway. The command, in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday by the spokesman of the command, DSP Haruna Mohammed, said the accident happened when a motorcyclist collided […]
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Headlines
Wednesday, January 7th, 2015
By Our Reporter on January 7, 2015 COVER, National • Priest angry for not getting oil block –President’s supporter • Igbo group attacks Archbishop Chukwuma over outburst From FRED ITUA, ABUJA and EMMANUEL UZOR, Onitsha The ongoing controversy sparked off by the call by Enugu-based Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka that the electorate […]
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Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Headlines
Wednesday, January 7th, 2015
By Our Reporter on January 7, 2015 Breaking News, Trending (KAMPALA, Uganda) The Ugandan military confirmed Wednesday that a senior leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army had surrendered in the Central African Republic, a victory for a U.S.-backed offensive that deepens the isolation of the feared rebel group’s top commander, Joseph Kony. Dominic Ongwen, the […]
