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Patience Jonathan makes case for girl-child university education

Posted by admin First Ladies, Latest Politics, Patience Jonathan Wednesday, February 26th, 2014

BY DAYO ADESULU, AMAKA ABAYOMI & LAJU ARENYEKA First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan has said that Nigerians must ensure that a significant percentage of the country’s young people, especially girls, should acquire university education. “There is a popular saying that if you educate a man, you educate a person, but if you educate a woman, […]

Atiku, Amaechi, others reject Jonathan’s ultimatum to return to PDP

Posted by admin Latest Politics Wednesday, February 26th, 2014

-Tribune THE possibility of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and governors who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) returning to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as requested by President Goodluck Jonathan is zero, the spokesman of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) has said. Addressing a PDP grand rally in Owerri, […]

Potentially offensive picture: Afrocandy hits back at Uche Ogbodo

Posted by admin Headlines, Nollywood (Film Industry) Wednesday, February 26th, 2014

Written by Tade Makinde Wednesday, February 26, 2014 advertisement US-based actress, Judith Opara Mazagwu, popularly known as Afrocandy, has finally hit back at her colleague, Uche Ogbodo, who alleged that she was invited by Afrocandy to play a porn role in her latest movie, “Destructive Instinct,” just as she reinstated that […]

Death of final year students unsettles UNICAL

Posted by admin Cross River, Headlines, State News Tuesday, February 25th, 2014

-Sun BY STANLEY UCHEGBU Death of three final year students has hit the University of Calabar (UNICAL) with a devastating shock. Described as a serial tragedy, Accounting and Linguistic Department lost three students and a lecturer in quick succession during the five months strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Last week, […]

Sanusi: We’re with Jonathan – Senate

Posted by admin Senate Tuesday, February 25th, 2014

•APC lawmakers spoil for war From ADETUTU FOLASADE-KOYI, AbujaSenate yesterday reiterated its support of President Goodluck Jonathan’s suspension of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, just as it emerged that the letter informing the chamber of the Acting CBN Governor, Dr. Sarah Alade is pending before the Senate. The President last […]

President Jonathan’s father kidnapped in Bayelsa

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), National Politics, Presidency, Top Stories Monday, February 24th, 2014

From FEMI FOLARANMI, Yenagoa There was panic in Otuoke, the community of President Goodluck Jonathan in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State on Sunday night as the 70 years old Chief Inengite Nitabai believed to be the foster father of the president, was kidnapped. He was kidnapped by 10 armed gunmen who invaded his […]

Go to Akwa Ibom, weep for Abia State! (1)

Posted by admin Abia, Akwa Ibom, Headlines, State News Monday, February 24th, 2014

ay, February 24, 2014 Re: Go to Akwa Ibom, weep for Abia State! (1) advertisement Ebere€ €¬Wabara,ewabara@yahoo.com€ €¬ 08055001948 This column will today and next week, hopefully, publish some of the rejoinders to my article last week. Please, fresh reactions may not be published subsequently because of unaddressed […]

Religious crisis looms in Osun school

Posted by admin Headlines, Osun, State News Sunday, February 23rd, 2014

OSOGBO — Tension, yesterday, enveloped a popular school in Osun State, the Baptist High School, Iwo, as the students wore different dresses that suited their religious inclination to school. The students, thereby, defiled the state government uniform specification recently introduced in all public secondary schools in the state as part of the schools reclassification programme.Apart […]

Nigeria, Egypt parley on aviation services

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Aviation, Headlines Sunday, February 23rd, 2014

…as Egyptair plans to increase frequencies to 21The nation’s avia-tion sector is set to receive another boost in the area of air safety and operations following a meeting between representatives of the Nigerian government and that of Egypt in Cairo.The meeting, which was convened based on an invitation extended to the Senior Special Assistant to […]

Delta 2015: Anioma Congress insists on screening of guber aspirants

Posted by admin Delta, Headlines, State News Sunday, February 23rd, 2014

BY Austin Ogwuda Asaba—The leadership of Anioma Congress has indicated its willingness to go ahead with its planned screening of governorship aspirants of Anioma extraction, despite stern warning from the Delta State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chairman, Chief Peter Nwaoboshi, on the implication of such an exercise. However, the state Chairman of Democratic Peoples’ Party, […]