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Obama calls for US death penalty review

Posted by admin American Politics Saturday, May 3rd, 2014

US President Barack Obama plans to ask Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate problems surrounding the application of the death penalty. The US leader’s announcement comes just days after a botched execution in Oklahoma drew widespread attention. Obama called inmate Clayton Lockett’s prolonged death earlier this week from an improperly delivered lethal injection “deeply […]

Jonathan sets up fact-finding committee on Chibok girls

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Latest Politics Saturday, May 3rd, 2014

The Federal Government on Friday expressed frustration over the inconsistencies in the information available to it on the girls of Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, who were abducted on April 15. To this end, President Goodluck Jonathan has set up a fact-finding committee headed by Brig General Ibrahim Sabo. Other members of the committee […]

Abducted girls: Hopes of early rescue dim

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines Saturday, May 3rd, 2014

Hopes of an early rescue for the schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram insurgents at the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, appeared dim as security agencies are yet to discover the exact location of the pupils, Saturday PUNCH’s investigations have revealed. Although the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex Badeh, had assured Nigerians […]

Bayelsa: The battle for Creek Haven brews

Posted by admin Bayelsa, Headlines, State News Saturday, May 3rd, 2014

Jonathan, Alamieyesiegha, Dickson and Sylva | credits: File copy No governor in the history of Bayelsa State has completed a second term in office. In this piece, SIMON UTEBOR examines political intrigues in the state The oil-rich Bayelsa State, carved out of old Rivers State in 1996 by the Sani Abacha military junta, has a […]

‘APC won’t field Muslim-Muslim ticket’

Posted by admin All Peoples' Congress (APC), Latest Politics, Party Politics Saturday, May 3rd, 2014

Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha A former member of the House of Representatives, Uche Onyeagucha, has stated that the All Progressives Congress will not field Muslim-Muslim candidates for 2015 presidential election. Onyeagucha, who was the chairman of the party’s state congress committee in Enugu, dismissed reports that the APC was planning to field two […]

Nigerians want Jonathan to resign

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency Friday, May 2nd, 2014

Gbenga Adeyinka, Fasusi Martins and Famoriyo Solomon In the light of the recent bomb blasts in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigerians have been reacting to the insecurity in the country, with many calling for President Goodluck Jonathan’s resignation. Saturday PUNCH went to the streets to get reactions from the public Gbenga Adeyinka, Comedian […]

South Sudan rebels wants graves opened in attrocity probe

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Friday, May 2nd, 2014

South Sudanese rebels have called for the opening of purported mass graves in the capital city of Juba, where thousands of civilians were buried after the outbreak of violence. The call came as US Secretary of State, John Kerry, concerned about possible genocide in the world’s youngest state, visited the country in an effort to […]

Rukky Sanda shows off in Range Rover Evoque

Posted by admin Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Headlines, Nollywood (Film Industry) Friday, May 2nd, 2014

Rukky Sanda Nollywood actress, Rukky Sanda, is one of the popular faces in Nigeria’s entertainment industry, although with few appearances in movies. The sexy actress is well known for showing some cleavage each time occasion permits. The bare-it-all actress recently acquired the 2012 edition of Range Rover Evoque, which was said to have cost her […]

‘Chibok 234’: ‘One million women’ united in protest

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines Friday, May 2nd, 2014

Events in my household last week have underscored my motherhood ever more strongly. First, there was a baby shower. Then there was a milestone birthday anniversary. A brother in Nigeria who heard of the baby shower asked what it meant. I told him it’s a party held to shower an expectant (or new) mother […]

Asari-Dokubo dares Boko Haram leader

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines Friday, May 2nd, 2014

The leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Alhaji Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, has dared Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, to be prepared to meet him on the battle field. Asari-Dokubo, who dismissed the threat by the leader of the Boko Haram sect, Abubakar Shekau, against President Goodluck Jonathan, warned that 2015 would be “more than […]