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House, Legislature
Saturday, July 21st, 2012
The last may not have been heard about the recall of the embattled Director-General of the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC), Ms Arunma Oteh as House Representatives recommended her for sack and prosecution. Adopting the report of Rep. Ibrahim El-Sudi-led led Ad- hoc committee on capital market, the lawmakers urged the president to fire her […]
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House, Legislature
Saturday, July 21st, 2012
Members of the House of Representatives have taken a swipe at President Goodluck Jonathan over his failure to implement the 2012 N4.886 trillion budget. To this extent, the lawmakers threatened to commence the process of impeachment as from 18th September 2012 deadline if the president and his ministers fail to ensure full implementation of the […]
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Bayelsa, First Ladies, General Politics, Patience Jonathan, State News, Top Stories, Women Politics
Saturday, July 21st, 2012

Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State on Friday inaugurated Patience, the wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, as a Permanent Secretary in the state. Mrs. Jonathan was sworn-in alongside 18 other persons amidst tight security in a ceremony that was held at the Banquet Hall in Yenagoa, the state capital. The venue was a beehive as […]
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Headlines, Judiciary
Friday, July 20th, 2012
IN 1997, when he was 73, the late Justice Victor Erereko Ovie-Whiskey spelt out to an interviewer what he would like as an epitaph. He had said: “One who counted it a privilege and honour to be called upon by his country to come and serve. One who did not ask what his country would […]
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Aviation, Latest Politics
Friday, July 20th, 2012
A NEW national carrier largely driven by the private sector but with substantial public ownership will soon be set up by the Federal Government. President Goodluck Jonathan disclosed this in Abuja yesterday at a meeting of African aviation stakeholders. He charged the experts to chart a new path for safety and sustainable development in the […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Friday, July 20th, 2012
A DAY after a ferry sank off the Indian Ocean island of Zanzibar, with 38 bodies already recovered, a Zanzibar official yesterday said there was no hope for more than a hundred people still missing. The vessel, which was officially carrying at least 290 passengers and crew, including more than 30 children, went down in […]
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Latest Politics, Nigerian Police
Friday, July 20th, 2012
THE end of the road came for Adewole Femi, a civilian who has been parading himself as a senior police officer when he was arrested by men of the Lagos State Police Command. ‘Officer Femi’ as he was fondly called by unsuspecting Nigerians, who hails from Ilolufu Village in Ondo State, had been parading himself as a […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Thursday, July 19th, 2012
A 41-year-old world-renowned large-penis-haver has been subjected to a rigorous frisking by airport security staff in US amid fears he was trying to smuggle a weapon on board a flight. Jonah Falcon aroused suspicion when eagle-eyed guards from the Transport Security Administration at San Francisco International Airport spotted his bulging package. The well endowed New […]
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Headlines, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency)
Thursday, July 19th, 2012
SHE came to Nigeria to visit her boyfriend and as she was going, he allegedly gave her a parting gift: a carton of sardines, because she loved to eat them. Lindiwe advertisement That was what 39-year- old South African woman, Duru Gcinukwazi Lindiwe told National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) officials at the […]
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Delta, State News
Thursday, July 19th, 2012
Henry ovie Ebireri The People of Ovwor-Olomu Community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State have expressed their appreciation to the state governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan for his developmental stride in the community. In a statement signed by the President General of the Community, Chief Amos Oyoroko, Okpakorere, Ovwor Community, Pa John Efeurhiewe, the […]