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Delegates’ aides threaten to disrupt proceedings over welfare

Posted by admin Latest Politics Sunday, May 25th, 2014

BY HENRY UMORU STRONG indications emerged yesterday that smooth considerations of reports of the 20 Committees may be affected following threats by some personal aides attached to delegates to disrupt proceedings over issues relating to their welfare. The aides which mostly comprise of drivers, security details and other ad-hoc staff were alleged not to be […]

Behold the WAEC hacker! (Picture)

Posted by admin Education, Headlines Sunday, May 25th, 2014

By Simon Ebegbulem, Benin-City A 31- year-old man, Akharamen Ehizokhai, alleged to have hacked into the website of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has been arrested by the Edo State Police Command. The alleged fraudster was said to have opened a website where he posted fake questions and answers of Senior School Certificate Examination […]

Boko Haram: This is time to mobilise civil war veterans — Col. Craig (rtd)

Posted by admin Biafra, Boko Haram, Headlines Sunday, May 25th, 2014

By Bashir Adefaka Olu Craig, a retired Colonel of the Nigerian Army and ex-military police officer, was imprisoned alongside former President Olusegun Obasanjo and General Shehu Yar’Adua by General Sani Abacha over the 1995 alleged coup plot. He speaks on the state of the nation in this interview. Before the kidnapping of the schoolgirls in […]

We’re closing-in on Chibok girls’ abductors — FG

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines Sunday, May 25th, 2014

By Jide Ajani There were strong indications, yesterday, that the massive troop deployment, intelligence sharing between Nigeria and neighbouring countries along with the support from Britain, France and the United States were yielding positive results as information made available to Sunday Vanguard suggested that the military was closing-in on the abductors of school girls from […]

Why we agreed to retain 13% derivation — Obong Attah

Posted by admin Headlines, Oil Politics Sunday, May 25th, 2014

By Henry Umoru A former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Obong Victor Attah, has given an insight into why the South- south delegates in the Committee on Devolution of Powers at the on- National Conference agreed to the retention of the status quo of 13% derivation for oil producing states, saying the delegates, in their […]

No second term for Gov. Almakura —Senator Ewuga

Posted by admin Headlines, Nasarawa, State News Sunday, May 25th, 2014

By Levinus Nwabughiogu Solomon Ewuga is the senator representing Nasarawa North in the Senate. He is said to have provided the “platform”upon which Umaro Tanko Almakura stood to become the governor of Nasarawa State in 2011. Meanwhile, things have changed and Ewuga has jilted their common political party, the APC, for the PDP. In this […]

The abundant life in Jesus Christ

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, May 25th, 2014

By Femi Aribisala A farmer was living in a remote village. Every day, he had to walk several miles to the market in another village, carrying his goods on his head. He would start out early before sunup and come back home very late after sunset. The strain was already telling on his health. His […]

2015, The North and Jonathan: The consequences of baying for blood

Posted by admin Latest Politics Sunday, May 25th, 2014

This report by JIDE AJANI will show that whereas members of the Jama’atu Ahliss-Sunnah Lidda’awati Wal Jihad, otherwise known as Boko Haram, may have started out as a rag-tag group of Islamic evangelists who came in handy for political domination, it became a veritable tool of distraction to President Jonathan’s government in the build-up to […]

Boko Haram: We need Nigerians’ support to win — Maku, Information Minister

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Latest Politics Sunday, May 25th, 2014

Cooperation between nations will strengthen our hands’ By Jide Ajani In this interview, Information Minister, Labaran Maku, explains the intricacies in the fight against terror and admonishes Nigerians to assist the Federal Government. He also says the war on terror is winnable. Excerpts: The meeting in France: what can Nigerians expect to come out of […]

Don’t associate Islam with Boko Haram, Sultan warns

Posted by admin General Politics, Headlines, Raw Politics, Religion, Sultan of Sokoto Sunday, May 25th, 2014

By OLA AJAYI, Ibadan The President-General of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, who is also the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, and the governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, have called on Nigerians not to associate the Boko Haram Islamist group with Islam. They spoke in Ibadan while inaugurating the Bodija Estate […]