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Mr. Kidnapper(s), Ozekhome is the last Person you want to Abduct, here is why

Posted by admin Columnists, Headlines, John Egbeazien Oshodi Tuesday, August 27th, 2013

As you may know our brother, Mike Ozekhome, in the last two decades, at least by international standards is one of the most prominent and loudest human rights voice in West Africa, Nigeria in particular. The reason for this is clear. With his legal voice he has engaged in targeted attacks against poverty, inequality, joblessness […]

Ex Kaduna Gov., Makarfi, tells old politicians to quit

Posted by admin Kaduna, State News, Top Stories Tuesday, August 27th, 2013

Senator Ahmed Makarfi A former Governor of Kaduna State and Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, has urged old politicians to quit the political stage for the younger generation. Makarfi said a situation whereby the older generation clung on to power stifled the country’s growth. The former governor spoke at a dinner […]

Opinion: Don’t blame ASUU, urge the Federal Government

Posted by admin Education, Headlines Tuesday, August 27th, 2013

The negative reaction of the General Olusegun Obasanjo administration to the university students’ nationwide protests in April 1978 against the sudden hike in tuition by his administration marked a turning point in the decline in university education in Nigeria. University campuses were quickly occupied by the riot police as students kept chanting Alli Must Go, […]

Anambra poll: PDP rejects Uba, picks Nwoye

Posted by admin Anambra, Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News Tuesday, August 27th, 2013

ANDY UBA The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has accepted the verdict of the party’s Gubernatorial Congress Committee which returned Chief Tony Nwoye as the elected candidate for the Anambra State governorship poll. National Chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, said that Nwoye was the party’s candidate as he emerged in […]

Rivers PDP expels SSG, 14 commissioners, others

Posted by admin Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Rivers, State News Tuesday, August 27th, 2013

BARELY six days to its national convention, the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State has expelled 18 members loyal to the state Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi. The state PDP announced the expulsion of the members shortly after receiving the report of the Performance Evaluation Committee on Monday at the party secretariat in Port Harcourt on […]

Boko Haram kills 14, injures nine in Borno

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Borno, Latest Politics, State News Tuesday, August 27th, 2013

Boko Haram members | credits: File copy Nigerian Islamists on Monday attacked Bama, a town in Borno State killing 14 pro-government youth vigilantes and injuring nine others, a local official who attended a mass funeral for the victims has said. Reuters reported that Sunday’s attack was one of the spates of deadly assaults by the […]

FG to complete 11 power plants by 2014

Posted by admin Latest Politics Tuesday, August 27th, 2013

Labaran Maku The Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, has said all the 11 power plants being constructed by the Federal Government will be completed before the end of the first quarter of 2014. Maku stated this on Monday while fielding questions from journalists after the Peoples Democratic Party stakeholders’ meeting in Lafia, Nasarawa […]

Police bullet kills 60-year-old deejay, wife demands justice

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Police Tuesday, August 27th, 2013

Slain Adamson and wife, Modinatu Wife of a 60-year-old deejay, Adamson Bello, who was killed last Sunday by a stray bullet fired by a policeman attached to the Okokomaiko Police Division, Lagos State, has called for justice. Modinatu, 50, said the police did not only shoot her husband, they also frustrated efforts to […]

Suntai writes assembly, seeks to resume duty

Posted by admin Headlines, State News, Taraba Tuesday, August 27th, 2013

(1) Taraba State Governor Danbaba Suntai being assisted out of an aircraft by his aides at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja … on Sunday; (2) An SUV that conveyed him to the VIP lounge of the airport; (3) Security personnel and aides welcoming him at the Jalingo airport. | credits: Sam Adeko. RECUPERATING […]

PDP crisis: Jonathan axes youth minister

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Ministries Tuesday, August 27th, 2013

The former Minister of Youth Development, Alhaji Inuwa Abdulkadir (Source: www.latestnaija.com) | credits: www.latestnaija.com The frosty relationship between President Goodluck Jonathan and five northern governors on Monday claimed its victim as the President ordered the sack of the Minister of Youth Affairs, Alhaji Inuwa Abdulkadir. Our correspondents learnt that the minister was sacked, among […]