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Chibok escapees narrate ordeal of rape 15 times a day by 15 men

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Latest Politics Friday, June 6th, 2014

More chilling revelations have emerged to shed some light on the agonising experience of the missing Chibok girls, based on the account of one of the escapees. Three of the girls have so far escaped from the terrorist group, Boko Haram, who abducted over 200 girls from a government secondary school in Chibok, Borno State […]

Jonathan moves against the media

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency Friday, June 6th, 2014

The Goodluck Jonathan Administration on Friday moved against the Nigerian media by preventing the circulation of some newspapers and harassing vendors in a nationwide crackdown that has been likened to the dark days of the military era. Armed soldiers and operatives of the State Security Service on Friday morning raided distribution vans, seized and damaged […]

That Sambo’s Ultimatum – By Arnold A. Alalibo

Posted by admin Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists Thursday, June 5th, 2014

By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | June 5, 2014 – Since the unbundling of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, and the sale of its successor companies to private investors, each day seems to bring fresh anxieties that the privatization of the sector may not produce the desired immediate succour to the nation’s […]

Corruption Has Caught up With us at Last – It is Inevitable- By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo

Posted by admin Akintokunbo A. Adejumo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists Thursday, June 5th, 2014

By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo | Ibadan, Oyo, Nigeria | June 4, 2014 – Corruption: Synonyms – Sleaze, dishonesty, exploitation, bribery, fraud, venality, vice. Many of us think we know what corruption looks or is like – a state governor dipping his dirty fingers in the treasury and amassing ill-gotten wealth; an illicit deal carried out […]

Two killed in attempt to declare Biafra in Enugu

Posted by admin Enugu, Headlines, State News Thursday, June 5th, 2014

There was confusion in Enugu on Thursday over the death of two persons, including a policeman, during a failed attempt by the Biafra Zionist Federation to allegedly announce the secession of the ‘Republic of Biafra’ in the studio of the Enugu State Broadcasting Service. The BZF had earlier attracted attention on March 8 when members […]

BMW Gate: Reps tell sacked Aviation minister, Stella Oduah, to return armoured BMW cars to supplier for a refund

Posted by admin Aviation, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories Thursday, June 5th, 2014

Stella Oduah The House of Representatives Committee on Aviation has ordered that the two bulletproof cars worth N255m procured by the former Minister of Aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah, be returned to the suppliers. The Chairman of the committee, Nkieruka Onyejeocha, said this during an oversight inspection of the aviation sector on Wednesday. She said the […]

EFCC’s case against Ikuforiji, a witch-hunt -Olanipekun

Posted by admin EFCC Politics, Headlines, Lagos, State News Thursday, June 5th, 2014

At the resumed trial of the Lagos State House of Assembly’s Speaker, Mr. Adeyemi Ikuforiji, and his aide, Mr. Oyebode Atoyebi, for alleged of money laundering, the defence counsel, Chief Wole Olanipekun(SAN) and Mr. Tunde Akinrinmisi, described the EFCC’s investigation and prosecution of the two accused persons as a witch-hunt. The two defence counsel made […]

Archbishop of Canterbury visits Jonathan, prays for Nigeria

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Thursday, June 5th, 2014

Welby | credits: File copy The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rt. Rev. Justin Welby, on Wednesday visited the Presidential Villa, Abuja to pray and condole with President Goodluck Jonathan on the security challenge in the country. The visit by Welby is coming barely four days after the online publication of a British newspaper, The Mail […]

MLS not responsible for Martins’ exclusion – Keshi

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Thursday, June 5th, 2014

Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi | credits: File copy Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi has explained that Obafemi Martins’ exclusion from Nigeria World Cup squad has nothing to do with the player’s move to the US Major League Soccer. Martins joined the Seattle Sounders from La Liga outfit Levante in 2013 and has scored 14 […]

80% Nigerian youths are unemployed – CBN

Posted by admin CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Headlines Thursday, June 5th, 2014

The Central Bank of Nigeria on Thursday said 80 per cent of Nigerian youths are still unemployed. This is despite repeated figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics stating that the Nigerian economy had been creating millions of jobs in the past years. Only last week, the NBS announced that the economy created about […]