FORMER governor of Rivers State, Dr Peter Odili, has given an account of how former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Malam Nuhu Ribadu stopped him and the incumbent governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi from contesting the 2007 presidential election. Odili, in his autobiography due to be released in two weeks […]
FOLLOWING last Saturday’s suicide bombers’ attack on Airtel and MTN communications outfits in Kano, many Christians stayed away from attending Sunday service, just as some of them had resolved to reconsider their decision to travel down Southern part of the country to spent the Christmas and New Year celebration. This is just as the Kano […]
The United States government has warned its citizens against travelling to Nigeria, particularly during the holiday season, saying they could be kidnapped, robbed or attacked by gunmen. The US Department of State, in a message to Americans, warned them not to embark on any trip to Bayelsa, Delta, Edo, Plateau, Gombe, Yobe, Kaduna, Bauchi, Borno, […]
BARELY 24 hours and few days to the Christmas and New Year celebrations, the Federal Government has uncovered secret plots by the Islamic extremist group popularly known as Boko Haram to unleash mayhem in some parts of the country and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. A highly-placed security source who disclosed this to Nigerian […]
By SaharaReporters, New York New Kaduna State governor, Mukhtar Ramalan Yero, has sent the name of the state’s Peoples Democratic Party chair Nuhu Bajoga to the Kaduna state house of assembly for clearance and approval. The Kaduna state commissioner of information, Saidu Adamu, today confirmed this to reporters. SaharaReporters had broken the news on Saturday […]
DECEMBER 23, 2012 BY TUNDE FAGBENLE 98 COMMENTS | credits: Something is happening in Ekiti State that needs to be told. And I will, since I bear witness to it. Quite a few folks, including my good friend and brother Femi Orebe and Sam Omatseye, both columnists in The Nation newspaper, have written volubly, extolling […]
Authorities of the Nigerian Army have retired several senior officers of the service. SUNDAY PUNCH’s investigation on Saturday evening showed that the exercise affected mostly generals, colonels and other middle level officers. The retirement came in the wake of the approval of 150 top officers for promotion by the Army Council on Tuesday. The Director […]
The Joint Task Force on Saturday said two suicide bombers died in coordinated attacks on MTN and Airtel offices. An online news portal, Premium Times, reports that the two attacks occurred within five minutes indicating a coordinated effort. JTF spokesman, Ikedichi Iweha, confirmed the death of the bombers to journalists in Kano on Saturday. Iweha […]
DECEMBER 23, 2012 BY ALLWELL OKPI 42 COMMENTS | credits: bhagwad.com Since 1999, only two governors have signed death warrants of the execution of death row inmates in the country. The first was in 2006 by the former governor Ibrahim Shekarau of Kano State, while the second was by Governor Adams Oshiomhole in October 2012. […]
ANALYSIS The political feud between incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan and ex-President, Olusegun Obasanjo has apparently deepened. Worst still is that President Jonathan’s strong supporter and kinsman, Alhaji Mojahid Dokubo- Asari may have also ditched him, saying the President may not go beyond 2015. Saturday Vanguard’s JOHN BULUS analyzes the situation and its consequences. Long before […]
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