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Nasarawa House, CJ set to clash over Al-Makura

Posted by admin Headlines, Nasarawa, State News Thursday, July 31st, 2014

Nasarawa State governor, Umaru Al-Makura | credits: feelfree.co The Nasarawa State House of Assembly and the state Chief Judge, Justice Justice Sulaiman Dikko, may be heading for a showdown over the composition of the seven-man panel put in place to investigate allegations of wrongdoing by Governor Tanko Al-Makura. The assembly wants Dikko to dissolve the […]

New e-passport takes off Friday

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) Thursday, July 31st, 2014

President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday inaugurated Nigeria’s new 64-page e-passport with a call on Nigerians to protect the image of the country by shunning uncomplimentary statements and actions. Jonathan launched the traveling document shortly before the commencement of the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He and Vice President Namadi Sambo […]

Abba may replace Abubakar as IG

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Police Thursday, July 31st, 2014

Mr. Suleiman Abba Barring any last change of plan, the Federal Government is expected to announce Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 7, Mr. Suleiman Abba, as a replacement for Mohammed Abubakar, the Inspector-General of Police, whose tenure ended on July 30, 2014. Findings indicated that President Goodluck Jonathan had already conveyed to Abba the news […]

WARNING: Disturbing Picture: Landlady’s children cut tenant’s private parts

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, July 31st, 2014

Yinka | credits: Samson Folarin A 35-year-old man, Yinka Offehin, is battling for his life at a private hospital in Lagos State after his scrotum was cut by the children of his landlady. The Edo State indigene, who resides on Popoola Street, off Abaranje Road in the Ikotun area of Lagos, was said to […]

APC is a party managed by two individuals – Fani-Kayode

Posted by admin All Peoples' Congress (APC), Latest Politics, Osun, Party Politics, State News Wednesday, July 30th, 2014

Osogbo Former Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode said on Tuesday in Osogbo that his decision to return to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was well-thought-out. Speaking with newsmen, Fani-Kayode said it was better for him to “return home’’. The former minister said he left the All Progressives Congress (APC) because he did not like the way […]

Gunmen kidnap Senator’s mother in Bayelsa

Posted by admin Bayelsa, Headlines, Legislature, Senate, State News Wednesday, July 30th, 2014

By Samuel Oyadongha, Yenagoa Gunmen, Tuesday morning,kidnapped Senator Emmanuel Paulker’s 90-year old mother. The abduction took place at her residence at the Opolo suburb of Yenagoa. Details later.wp_posts

Woman strips naked to hug Mandela statue in S.Africa

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Wednesday, July 30th, 2014

(AFP) – A woman stripped naked in Nelson Mandela Square in Johannesburg and caressed a huge statue of the liberation hero as astonished bystanders looked on, local media reported Wednesday. The young African woman first saluted the statue of the former president, who is revered for his role in defeating the racist apartheid system, before […]

Goal 50 award: Enyeama rated 27th

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Tuesday, July 29th, 2014

Goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama has been named in the 27th position in the 2014 Goal 50, which was released in full on Monday afternoon. The Akwa Ibom State-born player is the only Nigerian to be named on the list of the top 50 performers from last season, and the second-ever after Sunday Mba made the […]

I’ll contest 2015 gov poll, Ladoja insists

Posted by admin Headlines, Oyo, State News Tuesday, July 29th, 2014

National Leader of Accord Party and former governor of Oyo State, Senator Rashidi Ladoja, has maintained that he has not endorsed any aspirant under the platform of the party to contest 2015 governorship ticket, noting that he will pick expression of interest form with a view to contesting 2015 gubernatorial election in the state. […]

How we spent $500m EXIM loan —Okonjo-Iweala

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Women Politics Tuesday, July 29th, 2014

Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has stated that the Federal Government spent the $500 million China Export-Import Bank (EXIM) loan obtained for the construction of modern terminals in Lagos, Abuja, Kano, and Port Harcourt judiciously. The minister, speaking after inspecting the new airport terminal in Abuja, stated that […]