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Boko Haram, Latest Politics, Religion
Wednesday, December 4th, 2013

Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Abubakar III The leadership of the Jama’atu Nasril Islam led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Abubakar Sa’ad lll, has demanded immediate release of an alleged Boko Haram recruitment officer, Dr. Mohammed Yunus. The group claimed Yunus was not a Boko Haram member. Yunus, a lecturer with the Kogi State […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013
Fisayo Ajibola | credits: EFCC The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned one Fisayo Ajibola before Justice O.A Ipaye of a Lagos High Court, Ikeja, for allegedly conning one Audun Gerhardsen of some money. The victim thought he was dealing with a white female. The defendant was arraigned on eight counts of possession of […]
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Latest Politics
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013
Transparency International has ranked Nigeria as the 144th most corrupt among the 177 countries studied in the world. In 2012, Nigeria was ranked as the 124th most corrupt nation among the less than 170 countries studied. Afghanistan, North Korea and Somalia are seen as the world’s most corrupt countries while Denmark and New Zealand are […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), House, Legislature, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Presidency, Senate
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013
L-R: Aminu Tambuwal, David Mark and Goodluck Jonathan | credits: File copy President Goodluck Jonathan has held a secret meeting with the Peoples Democratic Party leadership in the National Assembly. Investigations by The PUNCH in Abuja on Tuesday showed that the meeting began at 11pm on Monday and ended at 2am on Tuesday. It […]
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House, Legislature, National Politics, Raw Politics
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013

• Fears plot to pass no confidence vote in him Following the envisaged mass defection by federal lawmakers to the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), as a fallout of last week’s dumping of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by four governors, the battle for the control of the House of Representatives may have begun.Daily […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013
Send invectives and poisonous arrows my way. In spite of the expected, let me be clear: I do not believe in the existence of what has come to be known as Almighty God or in lesser gods. Not for me juju or voodoo or black magic. In my world, prayers and the supernatural and psychic […]
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Latest Politics
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013
Nigeria has been ranked 144th most corrupt country as Afghanistan, North Korea and Somalia are seen as the world’s most corrupt countries while Denmark and New Zealand are nearly squeaky-clean, graft watchdog Transparency International said in a survey yesterday. The report shows that Nigeria has slipped in the organization’s 2013 Corruption Perceptions Index, In the […]
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Education, Latest Politics
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013

Some UNIABUJA lecturers at a congress on Tuesday where they voted for the continuation of the strike. | credits: Kamarudeen Ogundele Striking lecturers on Tuesday insisted that they would not return to class as directed by the Federal Government. This is coming as the ultimatum given to them by the Federal Government to return to […]
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Headlines, Oyo, State News
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013
From GBENGA ADESUYI, Ibadan A woman suspected to be a dealer in Indian Hemp has been arrested by the Oyo State Police command. Toyin (30) and David (27), according to the state Police Commissioner, Mohammed Indabbawa was arrested at Eleja village along Akanran area of Ibadan on November 29 with 646 bags of Indian Hemp worth […]
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Bayelsa, EFCC Politics, General Politics, Headlines, Raw Politics, State News
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013
FROM GODWIN TSA, Abuja There was drama yesterday at the Abuja division of the Federal High Court as former Bayelsa State Governor, Timipre Sylva frustrated attempts by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to re-arraign him and six others on a 42-count amended charge bordering on fraudulent transactions and money laundering to the […]