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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Judiciary
Saturday, September 7th, 2013
By Chioma Igbokwe A Gambian born British national, Mr Alieu Barry has described as blantant lies allegations of bribery for which a former Chief Justice of The Gambia Justice Joseph Wowo has been widely condemned and facing criminal charges in the West African country. Justice Wowo hails from Edo State in Nigeria but has been […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Saturday, September 7th, 2013
The Police Command in Rivers State said on Saturday that its detectives had commenced search for Bishop Ignatius Kattey, the Archbishop of Niger Delta North of the Anglican Communion. The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Angela Agabe, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Port Harcourt that Kattey was abducted with his wife, Beatrice, on […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Saturday, September 7th, 2013
Play media 7 September 2013 Last updated at 20:51 GMT Olympics 2020: Tokyo wins race to host Games Tokyo has been chosen to host the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games ahead of Istanbul and Madrid. The Japanese capital won a final round of voting by International Olympic Committee (IOC) members in Buenos Aires to beat […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports, Top Stories
Saturday, September 7th, 2013

Olumide Nigeria earned passage into the final round of CAF qualification for World Cup 2014 with a 2-0 victory over Malawi in Calabar on Saturday. The Super Eagles were helped by goals from returnee striker Emmanuel Emenika and a penalty from attacker Victor Moses. The game began on a very competitive note with […]
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Headlines, National Politics, Top Stories
Thursday, September 5th, 2013

A former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has withdrawn the statement credited to him that he had an intimate relationship with the wife of the late Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu and Nigeria’s Ambassador to Spain, Mrs. Bianca Ojukwu. Fani-Kayode, also a former Minister of Culture, in a statement by his lawyer, Mr. […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Thursday, September 5th, 2013
The African Union wants the ICC to drop the charges against Uhuru Kenyatta Continue reading the main story Related Stories Kenya ICC witnesses ‘disappear’ AU accuses ICC of ‘hunting’ Africans Kenya poll violence suspects Kenyan MPs have approved a motion to leave the International Criminal Court (ICC) following an emergency debate. A bill to this […]
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Headlines
Thursday, September 5th, 2013
A pregnant woman, Oluwaseun Ogunsanya; her husband, Olumide Ogunsanya, and one other, have been taken before an Ebute Meta Magistrate’s Court for allegedly forging and altering a company’s certificate of incorporation to steal N14, 068, 926. Oluwaseun, 34, a nurse, appeared in court in the same cloth with her husband on Thursday. The incident was […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, South-East, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Thursday, September 5th, 2013

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | September 5, 2013 – In his article: The bitter truth about the Igbo, Femi Fani-Kayode spectacularly exhibited his ignorance, narrow-mindedness, xenophobia and a penchant for lying. The three part article is a shameless convulsion of Nigerian history, brazenly, skewed against the Igbo. It is tendentious rubbish, just a […]
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Headlines, Niger Delta, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Thursday, September 5th, 2013
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan | credits: File copy SOME former militants in the Niger Delta have cautioned the ‘New Peoples Democratic Party’ and Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi against stopping President Goodluck Jonathan from having a second term in office. The ex-fighters, in a statement issued in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, on Thursday, […]
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Anambra, Headlines, State News
Thursday, September 5th, 2013
Senator Andy Uba A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday struck out an ex parte motion filed by Senator Andy Uba; his brother, Chris; and three others against their suspension from the Peoples Democratic Party by the National Working Committee of the party. Justice Ahmed Mohammed struck out the ex parte motion that […]