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French teen girl stopped ‘on way to jihad in Syria’

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Sunday, October 5th, 2014

A 15-year-old French girl was in police custody Sunday after she disappeared from her family home in southern France, suspected of wanting to travel to Syria to wage jihad. Assia Saidi was “found on Saturday night by her parents in a bar, near Marseille station, where she had been working for a few days,” a source close to […]

Sallah: Pastor feeds Muslim prison inmates in Kaduna (Muslim leaders take note – it’s not all about Jihad)

Posted by admin Headlines, Kaduna, State News Sunday, October 5th, 2014

Kaduna – Pastor Yohana Buru of Christ Evangelical and Intercessory Fellowship Ministries, Kaduna, on Saturday fed 400 prison inmates, mainly Muslims, at the Kaduna Central Prisons to mark the Eid el Kabir celebration. Buru also provided food for 600 inmates of a Destitute Home located on Kano Road in the metropolis. Presenting the food along […]

The Mother of all Political Parties emerges in Benin

Posted by admin All Peoples' Congress (APC), Edo, Latest Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News Sunday, October 5th, 2014

The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has since 1999 been winning landslide victories to continuously form the federal government of Nigeria. Although not much has been achieved by the party in terms of good governance and appreciable improvement in the living standards of the people, she has continued to chorus its song of ruling the nation for […]

Nigeria’s problems started in 1914 — Walter Carrington (We have known this for 100 years now)

Posted by admin American Politics, Latest Politics Saturday, October 4th, 2014

Former United States of America ambassador to Nigeria, Walter Carrington A former United States of America ambassador to Nigeria, Walter Carrington, in this interview with BAYO AKINLOYE,says Nigeria will face major instability if it fails to conduct free and fair elections in 2015 and that President Goodluck Jonathan should have visited Chibok to show the world that he is a […]

Terrorism is not Islam, says Jonathan

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency Saturday, October 4th, 2014

President Goodluck Jonathan | credits: File copy President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday in Abuja restated that the activities of terrorist groups across the world had nothing to do with Islam. The President stated this when a delegation of the Muslim community, led by Vice-President Namadi Sambo, visited him at his official residence in the Presidential […]

A President’s gaffe on National Day, by Balarabe Musa

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Kaduna, Presidency, State News Saturday, October 4th, 2014

Veteran politician and second republic governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, diagnoses President Goodluck Jonathan’s National Day speech. What do you make of the claim by President Goodluck Jonathan in his independence anniversary speech to set up an independent multi-sectoral charity presidential initiative to fast-tract economic restoration of the North-east ? Why now? How […]

Nigeria has 15m housing units deficit – Adediji

Posted by admin Headlines Saturday, October 4th, 2014

*’How to stop building collapse’ By Udeme Clement The housing sub-sector is currently in the news for various issues. Recently, the Federal Government launched a mortgage scheme with a take-off grant of $50million to reposition the sector in order to create jobs for the citizens. During his nation-wide broadcast on the occasion of the 54 anniversary of Nigeria, President […]

Seven-Yr-Old’s Distress Cry: ‘Help me with N3m or I die’

Posted by admin Headlines Saturday, October 4th, 2014

*Parents of cerebral palsy girl send SOS to Abia govt, Nigerians By Favour Nnabugwu Childbirth is the most fantastic experience a mother can have. That is not to say a pregnancy that has progressed without hitches cannot give way to complications during delivery. Most new mothers have idealistic vision of how motherhood should be – feel gloriously […]

2015 Presidential Series: I can replicate Kano success story for Nigeria — Kwankwaso

Posted by admin Headlines, Kano Saturday, October 4th, 2014

Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano State is among the contenders for the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2015 general elections. Kwankwaso, in this piece, unfolds his agenda for Nigeria. By Soni Daniel, Regional Editor, North Today I look at Nigeria and I feel sorry for the high level of […]

Texas Ebola patient in critical condition

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Saturday, October 4th, 2014

The first person diagnosed with the deadly Ebola virus on US soil is faring worse and now in critical condition, health officials said Saturday, having previously described him as seriously ill. “Mr. Duncan is in critical condition,” the Texas hospital treating Thomas Eric Duncan, who traveled from Liberia to Texas in late September, said in a brief […]