Two weeks after his son flew from Benin City to Lagos in the wheel compartment of an aircraft belonging to Arik Air, Daniel Ohikhena’s father denies claims that he abandoned his family, writes JAMES AZANIA Little is known about Daniel Ohikhena, the 13-year-old stowaway who flew from Benin City to Lagos in the wheel compartment […]
The Department of State Security Services on Tuesday handed over teenage stowaway, Daniel Oikhena, to the Edo State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development. Daniel, it was gathered, was brought in from Lagos two weeks after he was discovered in the tyre compartment of an Arik plane on a flight to Lagos from Benin. […]
Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta says it has destroyed two illegal oil refineries in Bayelsa State. Spokesman for JTF, Lt. Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, said troops of 5 Battalion of the outfit deployed in Sector 2 area in the Niger Delta impounded two barges laden with illegally sourced crude oil along the Kasabobo creek. […]
The Governor of Taraba State, Danbaba Suntai, has agreed to step aside until he fully recovers from the injuries he sustained when a small plane he piloted crashed on 0ctober 25, 2012. His decision is part of the outcome of a meeting he had on Tuesday with the Peoples Democratic Party’s Committee on the state’s […]
The parallel Peoples Democratic Party led by Abubakar Baraje has said the faction of the party led by Dr. Bamanga Tukur should be deregistered by the Independent National Electoral Commission. It hinged its position on what it described as the failure of the faction to complying with Section 222(D) of the 1999 Constitution which requires […]
Fifty-seven out of the 204 members of the House of Representatives on the platform of the embattled Peoples Democratic Party have declared their support for the Alhaji Kawu Baraje-led New PDP. This endorsement is coming barely 24 hours after about 20 senators on the party’s platform took a similar decision. The 57 lawmakers include the […]
The authorities of the Nigerian Army have retired some top generals of the Army. It was gathered that those retired were ten in number. Among those affected were the former Director of Training and Operations, Defence Headquarters, Maj.-Gen. Lawrence Ngugbane, the former Commander of Training, Doctrine and Command, Maj.-Gen. Babagana Mungonu, and the former Chief […]
Former Vice-President, Abubakar Atiku | credits: theeagleonline.com.ng A former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has called for a delegation of power from the federal to the state governments. He said the high concentration of power at the federal level was responsible for the bureaucracy in government. He stated this on Friday in Abuja during an […]
From Charles Adegbite, Ado-Ekiti Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has declared his readiness for opposition from those eyeing his governorship job, including member of his All Progressives Congress (APC) party, saying he has no grudge against them. Fayemi, while responding to questions from members of the public at the weekend during the August edition of […]
From ROMANUS UGWU, Abuja But for the prompt intervention of security operatives, a middle-aged man, Ishiaku Abdullahi would have unleashed terror on the delegates and other participants at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Convention when he stormed Eagle Square Abuja, venue of the event, with dagger, yesterday. Ishiaku, who introduced himself as a staffer […]
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