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‘Nigeria a source for kids, women subjected to forced labour’

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, June 19th, 2013

he United States Department of State last night released the 2013 Trafficking in Persons Report. It shows that the country still has a lot to do to free its 21st century slaves from the grip of their captors, writes OLUKOREDE YISHAU It was no good news. Last night, a knock came for the country again […]

Boko Haram kills four teachers, two pupils in Borno

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News Wednesday, June 19th, 2013

Six people were killed yesterday in Maiduguri, the beleaguered capital of Borno State, which is the epicentre of Boko Haram’s activities. The killings occured, despite the state of emergency, imposed on the state. Yobe and Adamawa states are also under state of emergency. Some gunmen, who are believed to be members of the sect, stormed […]

Why do South Africans hate Nigerians?

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Wednesday, June 19th, 2013

By Bayo Olupohunda Recently, some Nigerians living in South Africa were reported to have been victims of violence allegedly fuelled by xenophobia. Hate crimes against Nigerians living in South Africa are nothing new. Since the dismantling of apartheid, Nigerians and other African nationals living in the country of the Madiba have been the subjects of […]

Amaechi shuns Patience Jonathan’s Port Harcourt event

Posted by admin First Ladies, Headlines, Patience Jonathan, Rivers, State News Wednesday, June 19th, 2013

Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, and his wife, Judith, on Wednesday shunned the inauguration of the South-South Zonal Secretariat of the Women for Change and Development Initiative by the wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience. Apart from the governor and his wife, other top officials of the Rivers State government also boycotted the occasion which […]

Eagles go for Tahiti’s jugular

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Sunday, June 16th, 2013

Today in the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte, African champions, the Super Eagles will begin their Confederations Cup chase with a Group B match against Tahiti, who are the champions of Oceania. Sixty three years ago, the Brazilian city was the location for one of the biggest upsets in footballing history, USA’s win over England […]

Battle For Presidency: Why North should wait till 2027, by Ogbemudia

Posted by admin Presidency Sunday, June 16th, 2013

By Simon Ebegbulem The battle between the North and the South-south over 2015 presidency took a twist as a two-time former governor of the defunct Bendel State, Dr Samuel Ogbemudia, said the North has no claim to power until 2027. Ogbemudia argued that the North’s right to the presidency would be valid after the South-south […]

Two get life imprisonment for raping Pastor’s daughter

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, June 16th, 2013

BY AUSTIN OGWUDA ASABA — A high Court sit-ting in Ughelli, Delta State has sentenced two persons, described as “notorious rapists,” Ernest Steve, 30 and Jerry Godwin, 29, to life imprisonment for raping a 17-year-old daughter of a Pastor. The incident took place on November 5, 2007 when the duo broke into the residence of […]

NGF SHOWDOWN: Amaechi takes on Jang (When do they govern?)

Posted by admin Governors, Headlines, Plateau, Rivers, State News Sunday, June 16th, 2013

By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor & Taye Obateru LAGOS — Governors Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State and Jonah Jang of Plateau State were, yesterday, locked in a war of words over their claims to the chairmanship of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF. Amaechi, told his Plateau State colleague to stop impersonating him as chairman of […]

Mass Deportation of Nigerians from Lawless, Corrupt & Poverty Stricken Kenya – Tales of Abuse & Horror

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories Sunday, June 16th, 2013

By CHUKS EZE (fazec1@yahoo.com) For Nigerians resident in Kenya, these are the worst of times. Their plight could be compared to the era of slave trade when able-bodied Africans could not tell what the next minute held for them because human traffickers could pick them up the next minute. Checks revealed that in recent times, […]

Abati: Ribadu, an ethically-challenged hypocrite

Posted by admin Latest Politics Saturday, June 15th, 2013

THE Presidency totally rejects the false, hypocritical and self-serving claim by Mallam Nuhu Ribadu at a lecture in Kaduna on Saturday that Nigeria under President Goodluck Jonathan is a “sinking ship” in which the yearnings of the masses are being neglected by a tyrannical leadership. We find it very sad and utterly deplorable that Nuhu […]