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MEND claims responsibility for killing of policemen

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Niger Delta, Nigerian Police Sunday, April 7th, 2013

Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta on Sunday claimed that its fighters killed the 12 policemen whose boat was ambushed in Azuzama, Southern Ijaw, Bayelsa State, on Saturday and that the deaths were to teach the security forces a lesson for scorning its warning. The militant group had last week announced that it […]

CAF Cup: Heartland in trouble – Absent at return leg in Gabon

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Sunday, April 7th, 2013

BY ONOCHIE ANIBEZE Rochas Okorocha’s heart is not deep in the land of his state’s club and that has resulted in the state Heartland have found themselves today in the CAF Cup. The club arrived Gabon Saturday, the day of their CAF Confederation Cup match with Union Sportif Bitam. They scurried to Gabon in two […]

Northern govs seek expansion of Amnesty Committee

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Governors, Headlines Sunday, April 7th, 2013

The Northern States Governors Forum (NSGF) has lauded President Goodluck Jonathan for setting up a committee to consider proposals for granting amnesty to members of the Boko Haram sect, whose uprising has left thousands of people dead and property worth millions destroyed in the North since 2009. Chairman of the forum and Governor of Niger […]

Malawian actress eyeing nollywood

Posted by admin Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Headlines, Nollywood (Film Industry) Sunday, April 7th, 2013

Malawian actress, Suya who is a top contender in this year’s Best Actress category at African Movie Academy Awards, AMAA which is scheduled to hold later this month, in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, has declared her intention to ply her trade in Nigeria. From all indications, the actress may not be returning to her […]

Boko Haram Amnesty: Best decision at the moment – PDP

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) Sunday, April 7th, 2013

By Ben Agande, Abuja & Caleb Ayansina ABUJA — THE National leadership of the Peoples Party, PDP yesterday described the constitution of an Amnesty Committee on the Boko Haram insurgency by President Goodluck Jonathan as the best decision at the moment just as the governors of Kastina and Jigawa states, Ibrahim Shema and Sule Lamido […]

13 policemen feared dead in Bayelsa boat attack

Posted by admin Bayelsa, Headlines, Nigerian Police, State News Saturday, April 6th, 2013

By TAYE OBATERU, SAMUEL OYADONGHA & UMAR YUSUF It was a black weekend in Bayelsa State as 13 policemen were feared dead in a boat attack along the creek of Azuazuama in the Southern Ijaw local government area of the state. 26 others were killed in separate attacks in Adamawa, Plateau and Borno States. The […]

Canada issues record number of visas in 2012

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics Saturday, April 6th, 2013

Canada issued a record number of visitor visas in 2012 with almost 1 million visas approved, Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, and Maxime Bernier, Minister of State for Small Business and Tourism, announced today. The Government is committed to attracting an increasing number of visitors to Canada as part of our plan […]

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and the Controversial Appointments – By Olusola Daniel

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Olusola Daniel, Women Politics Thursday, April 4th, 2013

By Olusola Daniel / Lagos, Nigeria / April 4, 2013 –-Having spotted-, on several sites, an article by one Yushau A. Shuaib in which the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is accused of facilitating controversial appointments in favour of her Igbo fellows, I was alarmed by this tale […]

Non Christ-Like Christians -By Tochukwu Ezukanma

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Religion, Tochukwu Ezukanma Thursday, April 4th, 2013

By Tochukwu Ezukanma / Lagos, Nigeria / April 4, 2013 -A female friend of mine is a born again Christian. Routinely, she preached the bible to me and invited me to different Christian crusades. One day, I visited her at her furniture showroom. I was appalled by how this “Christian” friend of mine treated her […]

BOKO HARAM TO GET AMNESTY: FG sets up committee (Giving amnesty to killers of Christians?)

Posted by admin Boko Haram, General Politics, Top Stories Thursday, April 4th, 2013

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan may have bowed to pressure from the North over the declaration of amnesty for the Boko Haram sect members, as the Federal Government on Thursday has set up a committee to explore the possibility of the initiative. Nigerian Tribune learnt on Thursday that the special committee comprised members of the security agencies […]