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Bomb scare in Rivers, police evacuate suspected explosive

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Tuesday, April 15th, 2014

There was confusion in Portharcourt, the Rivers State capital on Tuesday as operatives of the Nigeria Police Force evacuated a leather bag suspected to contain explosives. Residents, commuters and traders along the ever busy Ikwerre Road axis of Port Harcourt ran for their dear lives when an unidentified man dropped laptop bag by the roadside […]

Can Amaechi right the wrong of abandoned property?

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Tuesday, April 15th, 2014

Azuka Onwuka | credits: File copy One thing that is striking about Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State is that he is a fighter. He is also never afraid to bare his mind on any issue. As a fighter, when President Olusegun Obasanjo denied him his Peoples Democratic Party governorship ticket with the lame excuse […]

Boko Haram abducts 200 schoolgirls in Borno

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines Tuesday, April 15th, 2014

| credits: File copy Suspected Boko Haram insurgents on Tuesday abducted no fewer than 100 girls at the Senior Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, following a violent attack in the town. But the BBC quoted parents to have told it’s Hausa service that at least 200 girls were abducted. Eyewitnesses said the girls who were […]

Mugabe: Fighting Nigeria @ 90

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Monday, April 14th, 2014

IS there something so unAfrican about corruption that we do not understand, yet we can accuse others of corruption without noticing it seeping through our systems? Brother Robert Gabriel Mugabe, ruler of Zimbabwe since independence on 18 April 1980, during his 90th birthday lunch accused Nigerians of corruption. “Are we now like Nigeria where you […]

Anger, condemnations trail Abuja park blasts

Posted by admin Latest Politics Monday, April 14th, 2014

We’ll defeat Boko Haram —Jonathan FG has run out of ideas— APC govs Perpetrators must be brought to book —Buhari APC calls for national security summit APC leadership, govs are responsible —PDP alleges Jonathan should do more to end bombings —SERAP BY OUR REPORTERS ABUJA — President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday, assured the nation that the […]

Nigeria tops Africa in home remittances, $21bn involved

Posted by admin Headlines, Latest Politics Monday, April 14th, 2014

BY OMOH GABRIEL in Washington Nigeria got a total of $21 billion as home remittances flows from Nigerians living abroad in 2013. This puts the country as the fifth largest recipient of foreign remittances among developing countries and first in Africa. Data released by the World Bank in Washington, weekend, showed that India remained in […]

Insecurity: Nigeria needs competent leaders, says Soyinka

Posted by admin Headlines, Wole Soyinka Monday, April 14th, 2014

Y GBENGA OLARINOYE OSOGBO— Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, yesterday in Osogbo, declared that the country was in need of competent leaders to confront, among others, the security challenges facing the country. He said the security challenges facing the country could not be solved by prayers, but by leaders with capacity to deal with the […]

Brazil World Cup: Eagles get S/Final target (Why set your target so low?)

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Monday, April 14th, 2014

By Tony Ubani As the zero hour approaches swiftly for the Brazil World Cup( 58 days to go), Super Eagles have been given a semi final target. The Nigerian Supporters Club(Worldwide) in a World Press conference yesterday at their Ayinde Giwa secretariat set the target noting that the target was solely for musical group who […]

Abuja explosion: Security agencies on red alert in FCT – Mba

Posted by admin Abuja (FCT), Latest Politics, State News Monday, April 14th, 2014

Abuja explosion: Security agencies on red alert in FCT – Mba 4 By on April 14, 2014 · Breaking News (ABUJA) Security agencies have been placed on red alert throughout the Federal Capital Territory following the explosion that occurred in Nyanya bus stop on Monday morning. CSP Frank Mba, Police Force spokesman, told newsmen in […]

Abuja explosion – Jonathan visits scene

Posted by admin Abuja (FCT), Latest Politics, State News Monday, April 14th, 2014

ABUJA) President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday urged Nigerians to be conscious and observant of possible security threat around them, to reduce incidences of terror attacks. The President gave the advice when he visited the scene of the early morning bomb attack at Nyanya motor park in Abuja. Jonathan, who was accompanied by the Senate President, […]