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Don’t politicise census, Aliyu tells Nigerians

The Chairman, Northern Governors Forum and Governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu, has warned Nigerians against politicisation of the census saying that previous head counts failed to achieve the desired results because of the way it was handled. Nigerians preferred to see census as a means of getting higher returns from the national purse instead of […]

Doctors’ strike cripples hospitals nationwide

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014

People taking their patients home following the strike by resident doctors at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, Lagos… on Tuesday. | credits: Sodiq Adelakun As members of the Nigerian Medical Association commence another round of strike, patients across the nation have no compliments but condemnation for what they describe as doctors’ insensitivity. Folashade Adebayo, […]

Dikko for burial on Friday

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014

Sympathisers and mourners at the Kaduna residence of second Republic Minister of Transport, Alhaji Umaru Dikko, waited in vain on Wednesday for the arrival of the body the politician, who died in the early hours of Tuesday in London. A family source had told our correspondent that the corpse of the late minister, who died at […]

Apo killings: Court halts payment of N135m to victims

Posted by admin Headlines, House, Legislature Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014

A Federal High Court, Abuja has ordered a stay of execution of orders by the National Human Rights Commission awarding N135m to relatives and victims of the September 20, 2013 attack and killing of eight squatters in an uncompleted building in Apo, Abuja. Justice Gabriel Kolawole in an ex-parte ruling on June 27 equally granted […]

Policemen, families escape death as Lagos barracks collapse

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Nigerian Police Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014

The collapsed building | credits: Olaleye Aluko Some policemen and their families escaped being crushed on Monday night when a two-storey building in the Pedro Police Barracks, Somolu, Lagos, collapsed. PUNCH Metro learnt that the building, which served as the kitchen, bathroom and toilet extension, collapsed at about 8.30pm when most of the residents were […]

Boko Haram uses weapons stolen from Nigerian Army

Posted by admin American Politics, Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Latest Politics Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014

Shekau and Obama When Washington imposed sanctions in June 2012 on Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau, he dismissed it as an empty gesture. Two years later, Shekau’s skepticism appears well founded: his Islamic militant group is now the biggest security threat to Africa’s top oil producer, is richer than ever, more violent and its abductions […]

Don’t work for APC, Jonathan, Mu’azu beg Oyinlola

Posted by admin All Peoples' Congress (APC), Party Politics, Presidency Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014

Olagunsoye Oyinlola | credits: File copy A former Governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, on Tuesday met behind closed doors with President Goodluck Jonathan inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja. A source close to the meeting said the former governor was begged by the President to support the PDP during the election. Oyinlola, a […]

Blasts in Kaduna, Borno, Osun

Posted by admin Borno, Kaduna, Osun, State News Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014

Borno State Governor Kashim Shettima and an injured victim of Maiduguri Monday Market explosion…on Tuesday | credits: Borno State Government. A suicide bomber, suspected to be a member of the terrorist Islamic sect, Boko Haram, early on Tuesday detonated an Improvised Explosive Device at the popular Maiduguri Monday Market, killing no fewer than 17 persons. […]

Yobo, Enyeama, Odemwingie to quit Eagles

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014

Some of the top Super Eagles’ players who took part in the 0-2 loss to the French national team, Les Bleus, said they plan to give chance to younger ones in the Super Eagles. The players are Vincent Enyeama, Captain, Joseph Yobo and Osaze Odemnwingie. In separate interviews at the mix zone, they said they […]

Be accountable to voters, Tambuwal tells politicians

Posted by admin House, Legislature Monday, June 30th, 2014

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, has charged politicians to be accountable to the electorate through transparent representation in order to seek support during elections. Tambuwal spoke in Calabar, Cross River State during an empowerment programme organised by the member representing Bakassi, Akpabuyo and Calabar South federal constituency in the National Assembly, […]