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Reflections, Projections and Safety in Hajj – By Muhammad Ajah

By Muhammad Ajah | NNP | February 17, 2014 – Hajj in the last few years have been adjudged as very successful globally. Last year especially, the control mechanism and resultant end clearly manifested more than ever in recent years. The reason for this success is either because of adequate preparations or the less number […]

Women under-represented in all political structures in Nigeria,says Mark (Duuh)

The Senate President, Sen. David Mark, on Monday in Abuja said that women were underrepresented in all political structures in Nigeria. Mark, who was represented by Sen. Helen Esuene, said this at the Nigeria Women Strategy Conference, with the theme: “Building Bridges of Opportunity; 2015 and beyond.” He said that though women had participated actively […]

Uganda president to sign anti-gay bill

KAMPALA – Uganda President Yoweri Museveni will sign into law a controversial bill that will see homosexuals jailed for life despite international pressure, a government spokesman said Monday.“He will ascend the bill. This bill is very popular both within the parliament and Ugandan society. The president is under strong domestic pressure to sign the bill,” […]

U.S. urges Nigeria to establish election offences tribunal

The U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Ms Linda Thomas-Greenfield,  on Monday, urged the Federal Government to establish an electoral offences tribunal before the 2015 general elections. She made the call in Abuja at the opening of the Nigeria-U.S. Bi-National Commission (BNC) working group’s meeting on good governance, transparency and integrity. Thomas-Greenfield, who […]

Ethiopian Airlines hijacker was co-pilot – airport

GENEVA – The man who hijacked an Ethiopian Airlines flight en route from Addis Ababa to Rome on Monday was the co-pilot, according to the Geneva airport where the plane was forced to land. The co-pilot said he had seized his chance when the pilot went to the bathroom, Bertrand Staempfli, the airport spokesman, told […]

Drug trafficking: Absence of interpreter stalls trial of Portuguese

The absence of an interpreter on Monday again stalled the trial before a Federal High Court, Lagos of a Portuguese woman, Roseangela Goncalves, charged with drug trafficking. Gonclaves, 36, is charged along with Christopher Olua, 38, on a two-count charge of dealing on a restricted narcotic, cocaine. They had both pleaded not guilty to the charge but the Judge, […]

How trigger-happy cop slept in a bush in Edo while evading arrest

  *Killer cop, Corporal Valentine Ofuamaka, being led by prison official into the blackmaria after being arraigned at the Edo state Magistrate Court in Benin city advertisement     <a href=”http://media.fastclick.net/w/click.here?sid=12386&m=6&c=1″ target=”_blank”><img src=”http://media.fastclick.net/w/get.media?sid=12386&m=6&tp=8&d=s&c=1&vcm_acv=1.3″ width=”300″ height=”250″ border=”1″></a> By SIMON EBEGBULEM, BENIN CITY Tragedy struck last Saturday along the Ikpoba Hill river, along the Benin Agbor road […]

Go to Akwa Ibom, weep for Abia State!

2 Comments » Ebere‭ ‬Wabara, ewabara@yahoo.com‭ ,‬08055001948 The governors of Akwa Ibom and Abia states, Godswill Obot Akpabio and Theodore Orji, respectively, are members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), both states border each other and are oil-producing entities. Indigenes of the two sub-nationalities inter-marry and some of their communities have cultural and language affinities! I […]

Three senators to defect to PDP (After receiving bribe)

Nigeria Senate THERE were indications on Sunday that three members of the senate, Senators Solomon Ewuga (CPC, Nasarawa North), Chris Anyanwu (APGA, Imo East), and Ehigie Uzamere (ACN, Edo South), had perfected the process of their defection to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party. Investigations by our correspondent revealed that the three senators would have announced […]

Nigeria, US meet today over 2015 elections

  | credits: omojuwa.com Nigeria and the United States will today (Monday) meet to discuss how to further integrate civil society organisations into the electoral process before the 2015 general elections. The two-day meeting will hold under the Governance, Transparency, and Integrity Working Group of the United States-Nigeria Bi-national Commission. A statement from the US […]

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