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Religion
Tuesday, June 26th, 2012

The glamorous marriage between Kris Okotie and his beautiful wife, Stephanie, has crashed less than four years after their big wedding, the funky preacher announced today. In a dramatic announcement after a moving ministration, the controversial pastor of the Household of God Church and three-time presidential candidate, told his church their differences were irreconcilable and […]
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Action Congress of Nigeria, General Politics, Party Politics, Top Stories
Tuesday, June 26th, 2012

The Action Congress of Nigeria on Tuesday said President Goodluck Jonathan’s comments on key national issues during the Presidential Media Chat on Sunday exposed his administration’s lack of commitment to the fight against corruption, ending the Boko Haram crisis and others. In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said, […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines
Tuesday, June 26th, 2012
Deputy Majority Leader of the Senate, Abdul Ningi, has dispelled the belief that Boko Haram is an Islamic sect whose goal is to kill Christians in the country. Ningi, who spoke to our correspondent in Uyo, venue of the Senate Retreat on Tuesday, said the violent group had not been selective in their targets, saying […]
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Arewa House, Latest Politics, Nigerian Police
Tuesday, June 26th, 2012
The northern socio-political group, the Arewa Consultative Forum, and some ex- police chiefs on Tuesday rejected the Nigeria Governors’ Forum’s demand for state police. They described creation of state police as an invitation to chaos. But the Action Congress of Nigeria has backed the NGF, saying security in the country should be decentralised. The National […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Tuesday, June 26th, 2012
President Goodluck Jonathan will on Wednesday (today) leave Abuja for Brussels after the weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council on a one-day official visit to Belgium. According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, the President would deliver a keynote address at the Summit of the World […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Tuesday, June 26th, 2012
Udoamaka Okoronkwo-Onuigbo, the mistress of a former governor of Delta State, James Ibori, has been released from a United Kingdom Prison after serving two years. Okoronkwo-Onuigbo, who was tried alongside Ibori’s sister, Christine Ibori-Ibie, was found guilty of money laundering and mortgage fraud and was sentenced to five years by Judge Christopher Hardy of a […]
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Latest Politics
Tuesday, June 26th, 2012
New National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd), on Tuesday held a closed-door meeting with Vice-President Namadi Sambo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Issues relating to government’s expectations from the new NSA were said to have formed part of the meeting that lasted about 30 minutes. Before leaving the villa, Dasuki also went into the […]
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Latest Politics
Tuesday, June 26th, 2012
There was a shake-up in the nation’s oil sector on Tuesday as President Goodluck Jonathan removed the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mr. Austen Oniwon, and three group executive directors. Oniwon was asked to go on compulsory retirement. A new GMD in the person of Mr. Andrew Yakubu has been named […]
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Headlines, Kogi, State News
Monday, June 25th, 2012
OVER 5,000 youths are said to have been allegedly infected with the deadly HIV/AIDS virus in Kogi State within the last one year. This was disclosed during the capacity training organised for over 1,000 barbing and hairdressing salon operators in the Kogi Central senatorial district. A research recently carried out by a lecturer at the […]
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Ondo, State News
Monday, June 25th, 2012
THE Ondo State governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, on Saturday, said the only solution to the problem of insecurity and insurgence across the country is the adoption and implementation of true federalism. The governor also said the time was ripe for the Yoruba nation to restrategise its approach towards agitations in the country. Mimiko said this […]