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Kabiru Sokoto has case to answer, FG insists

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Latest Politics Friday, June 14th, 2013

The Federal Government on Friday opposed a no-case submission filed by Kabiru Sokoto, a Boko Haram leader accused of masterminding the December 25, 2011 bombing of St. Theresa’s Catholic Church in Madalla, Niger State. Sokoto is being tried for terrorism-related offences before an Abuja Federal High Court presided by Justice Ademola Adeniyi. The Federal Government […]

23 governors now in APC –Lai Mohammed •No responsible PDP gov will join APC – Metuh

Posted by admin Governors, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) Friday, June 14th, 2013

The National Publicity Secretary, Action Congress of Nigeria, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says 23 governors in Nigeria are part of the All Progressives Congress merger. Mohammed spoke at the 7th Town Hall Meeting with constituents of Lagos Central Senatorial District organised by Senator Oluremi Tinubu, in Lagos on Friday. Though the ACN spokesman did not give […]

PDP crisis: Amaechi, Wamakko may shun Jonathan’s moves

Posted by admin Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Rivers, Sokoto, State News Friday, June 14th, 2013

Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, and his Sokoto State counterpart, Aliyu Wamakko, may refuse to appear before the peace panel set up by President Goodluck Jonathan to mediate in the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party. The committee, which was set up by the President following the protracted crisis rocking the party, has six governors […]

Single term: We stand by 2015 date –Senate

Posted by admin Legislature, Senate Friday, June 14th, 2013

President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election bid may be hanging in the balance, following the insistence of the Senate Committee on the Amendment of the 1999 Constitution that the single term proposal must begin in 2015. Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, told Saturday PUNCH in an exclusive interview that the date would not be changed because there […]

Gay bill: Britain may suspend aid to Nigeria

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Friday, June 14th, 2013

British Prime Minister, David Cameron, on Friday said his government might consider cutting off aid to Nigeria over same sex marriage bill passed by the House of Representatives on Thursday. The Senate had passed its own version in November 2011. Cameron spoke on a British Broadcasting Corporation programme monitored in Lagos. He said he would […]

IGP ‘arrests’ minister Wike

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Police Friday, June 14th, 2013

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Muhammed Abubakar, on Wednesday ‘arrested’ the Minister of State, Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, right inside the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja shortly before the commencement of the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting. The ‘arrest’ of the minister, whom a fellow cabinet member was overheard hailing as ‘Wicked Wike’ […]

Why we prefer live human beings – Suspected parts dealer

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, June 14th, 2013

By Evelyn Usman LAGOS — Operatives of the Special Anti Robbery Squad, SARS, Ikeja have arrested three fleeing members of a syndicate who allegedly specialized in selling live humans and decomposing human parts for money rituals. Their arrest came barely three weeks after some of their members were paraded at the Lagos State Police Command, […]

Bishops hold prayer vigil outside Mandela hospital

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Friday, June 14th, 2013

PRETORIA – A dozen South African bishops on Friday held a prayer vigil outside the hospital where former president Nelson Mandela has spent a week receiving treatment for a lung infection. The clerics, sporting flowing purple robes and white collars and representing a variety of denominations, stood hand-in-hand to say prayers for Mandela, who is […]

Man survives nearly 3 days in air pocket after shipwreck off Nigeria

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, June 14th, 2013

LAGOS (AFP) – A tug boat cook managed to find an underwater air pocket after his vessel sank off Nigeria’s coast and survived nearly three days before being brought out alive, rescuers and his family said Friday. Of the 11 others who were aboard the tug when it sank in rough seas on May 26, […]

Don’t keep silent in face of injustice – Ribadu

Posted by admin Latest Politics Thursday, June 13th, 2013

Former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, on Thursday in Kaduna said the greatest disservice to the country and its democracy was for Nigerians to keep silent in the face of injustice. According to Ribadu, citizens engagement is the fertilizer that aids the growth of true democracy. He said, “Without […]