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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Monday, May 13th, 2013
Lagos State Government has advised residents to remain calm whenever it rains occasioning a rise in the level of water. It says the water is merely flash flood recorded during the rains, which will only be temporary and will disappear as soon as the rain stops. The government added that it had invested a lot […]
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Latest Politics
Monday, May 13th, 2013
Despite warnings by economists against the country’s increasing debt profile, the Debt Management Office has said the continued rise in both domestic and external debts is a good thing for Nigeria. The DMO argued that the government’s future income streams would comfortably address the rising debts. Speaking in an exclusive interview with our correspondent in […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Monday, May 13th, 2013

At the end of another eventful season, Nigeria midfielder Mikel Obi believes it is “business as usual” at Chelsea, as the Blues bid to end the campaign with silverware before appointing a new manager this summer. There are numerous parallels to last season, when Chelsea won the FA Cup and Champions League titles under interim […]
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Headlines, Ogun, State News
Monday, May 13th, 2013
Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees says Ogun State Government has released N200m to settle part of the arrears owed council workers in the state. Workers in the 20 local governments in the state, under the aegis of NULGE, had given the state government a 21-day ultimatum to settle the arrears owed them or risk […]
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All Nigerian Peoples' Party (ANPP), INEC Politics, Party Politics
Monday, May 13th, 2013
The Independent National Electoral Commission is eagerly awaiting the resolutions from the conventions held by both the Congress for Progressive Change and the All Nigeria Peoples Party on Saturday, a top source in the commission said on Sunday. The two parties had their conventions in Abuja and Gusau respectively, where the decision to merge with […]
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Legislature, Nasarawa, Senate, State News
Monday, May 13th, 2013
President of the Senate, David Mark, on Sunday, described the level of insecurity in the country as “intolerable”. In a statement, Mark particularly flayed the killings of policemen in Nassarawa State, saying the action was unacceptable. He said, “The situation has degenerated to an intolerable level and exposes everybody to danger. The continued loss of […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Niger Delta, Presidency
Monday, May 13th, 2013
FORMER leaders of Niger Delta militants have warned that they will go back to the creeks if the 2015 presidential election is manipulated to edge out President Goodluck Jonathan. The ex-militant leaders, who issued the warning while speaking with newsmen in Port Harcourt on Sunday, expressed sadness over an alleged plot to scheme Jonathan out […]
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Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Monday, May 13th, 2013
Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Tony Anenih, on Sunday night expressed his fear of the opposition parties’ merger before chiefs of the ruling party. Anenih told the governors, federal lawmakers and state chairmen of the PDP from the South-South geo-political zone, in Asaba, Delta State, that the opposition political parties […]
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Latest Politics
Monday, May 13th, 2013
Lagos lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), on Sunday asked the Federal Government to equip security personnel deployed in the fight against insecurity in the country rather than shedding crocodile tears for the victims of insecurity. Falana, in a statement, lamented the conditions of less-equipped policemen and soldiers, who were being deployed in fighting terrorists that […]
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National Politics, Sultan of Sokoto, Top Stories
Monday, May 13th, 2013

Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Jama’atu Nasril Islam, Alhaji Muhammad Abubakar III, on Sunday decried the killings in Bama in Borno State and Alakyo in Nasarawa State by insurgents. Abubakar, also the President of Nigeria Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs, noted that with the killings in Bama and Lafia, it had been shown […]