President of the senate, David Mark Senate President David Mark on Tuesday in Abuja described sponsors and perpetrators of the violent attacks on innocent Nigerians in the northern part of the country as insane. Mark, according to a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Paul Mumeh, stated this at the 53rd Independence anniversary […]
By Sabella Abidde (sabidde@yahoo.com) As the summer of 2013 was coming to a close, Governor Babatunde Fashola was accused by his Anambra State counterpart, Peter Obi, of “deporting” Nigerians of Igbo extraction back to their native Anambra. At the time the alleged “deportation” occurred, Obi did not see it fit to contact and lodge complaints […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria, in a bid to save the naira from foreign exchange pressure, has banned the importation of all foreign currencies. The bank said, henceforth, no individual, group of persons or investors would be allowed to bring any type of foreign currency into the country without its approval. The bank disclosed this […]
Presidential Villa, Abuja …on Tuesday. NAN. | credits: NAN. President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday led other top government officials, former heads of government and friends of the nation, to mark the nation’s 53rd Independence anniversary inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The anniversary was marked with the commemorative Presidential Change of Guards Parade at the […]
Chief Ebenezer Babatope A former Minister of Transportation, Chief Ebenezer Babatope, has backed Jonathan’s 2015 bid, asking the North to wait until 2019 for their turn. Also, a former governor of the old Anambra State, Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife, has said President Jonathan is a tool in the hands of God to implement God’s designs […]
THE United Nations, Unite States of America and others in their message to Nigeria as the nation marks its 53rd Independence anniversary have asked President Goodluck Jonathan to arrest violent elements in the country, especially members of the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, Empowered Newswire reports. The US asked the Nigerian government “to find and […]
The teenagers advertisement The Airport Command of the Nigeria Police Force has arrested three teenagers for allegedly attempting to illegally board some international flights in Lagos. Commissioner of Police for the command, Salahu Waheed, said the suspects, Lateef Popoola, 13; Amadi Joshua, 14; and Ukpabio Onyedikachi, 14, were arrested at […]
-Sun BY Femi Fani-Kayode Other than the usual congratulations, platitudes, expressions of joy and offerings of thanks to God, I believe that as we celebrate our nation’s 53rd independence anniversary, it is time for us to bare our minds in a candid and frank manner and to really sit down and think. During […]
-Sun FROM TONY JOHN, Port Harcourt Minister of Education, Mr. Ezebunwo Nyesom Wike, has accused the 27 lawmakers of the Rivers State House of Assembly loyal to the state Governor, Chibuike Amaechi, of planning to flee the country. Wike disclosed this on Sunday, at the inauguration of Khana Local Government Area executives and wards […]
From GEORGE ONYEJIUWA, Owerri Sequel to the report of alleged sexual abuse of female inmates by prisons officials at the Owerri Prison, female inmates have been taken to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Owerri, for compulsory pregnancy test. The female convicts and those on awaiting trial, it was gathered, were being taken to the hospital […]
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