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Christians worship amidst tight security in the North •As churches record low turnout

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines Monday, June 25th, 2012

SECURITY was on red alert on Sunday in Kaduna as the state government relaxed the curfew between 9.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. to enable Christians to attend church services across the state. Soldiers and armed policemen were stationed near churches to scare away trouble makers while helicopters on surveillance hovered in the sky as the […]

‘Transformation agenda not for president, vice president alone’

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency Monday, June 25th, 2012

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has urged all Nigerians to see the process of the transformation of the country as a project for all rather than just for himself and Vice-President Namadi Sambo. He made the plea on Saturday night during the 2012 Civil Service Dinner and Award Night at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa […]

Presidential aides panic over imminent changes

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency Monday, June 25th, 2012

FOLLOWING the swiftness with which President Goodluck Jonathan relieved both General Andrew Owoye Azazi and Dr Haliru Mohammed Bello as National Security Adviser and Defence Minister respectively, palpable fear has gripped ministers and presidential aides, just as it emerged that Jonathan’s action is not to appease “an otherwise aggrieved North.” Unlike before, when he confided […]

Picture: Boko Haram kingpin captured

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Latest Politics, Raw Politics Saturday, June 23rd, 2012

By: TIMOTHY OLA, Maiduguri Date: Thu, 06/21/2012 – 23:57 The Federal Government’s war on terrorism got a boost in Damaturu, Yobe State yesterday when soldiers captured one of the believed masterminds of last Christmas Day bombing of St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalla, Niger State. In the net of the Joint Task Force (JTF) after a […]

Dana plane crash: N300bn aviation intervention fund diverted –N’ Assembly

Posted by admin House, Legislature, Senate Saturday, June 23rd, 2012

By: ADETUTU FOLASADE-KOYI, Abuja Date: Thu, 06/21/2012 – 23:52 The National Assembly Joint Committee on Aviation investigating crash of the Dana and Allied Airlines Aircraft yesterday said N300 billion Aviation Intervention Fund has been diverted by industry operators. The committee, chaired by Senator Hope Uzodinma, also revealed how Air Nigeria allegedly accessed N39.3 billion out […]

Picture: We got N7,000 to launch Biu Church attack-Boko Haram suspects

Posted by admin Borno, Headlines, State News Saturday, June 23rd, 2012

By: TIMOTHY OLA, Maiduguri Date: Fri, 06/22/2012 – Seven suspected Boko Haram men alleged to have masterminded the attack on Ekklizivar Yan’uwa A Nigeria (EYN) Church in Biu, Borno State recently said they were paid N7, 000 each to carry out the attack which left no fewer than three worshipers dead. One of the seven […]

Messi plans retirement when the fun stops

Posted by admin Soccer, Sports Saturday, June 23rd, 2012

LONDON (AFP) – Three-time world footballer of the year Lionel Messi told The Times on Saturday that he will retire from football the day he feels he is no longer having fun. The 24-year-old Argentinian – who scored 73 goals in 60 games for Barcelona last season, breaking the European club record of 67 goals […]

It’s in the interest of North not to field a candidate against Jonathan in 2015 – Asari Dokubo

Posted by admin General Politics, Niger Delta, Top Stories Saturday, June 23rd, 2012

BY SIMON EBEGBULEM, Benin City Alhaji Asari Dokubo, a former President of the Ijaw Youth Council and leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF). In this interview with Saturday Vanguard in Benin City, he bared his mind about current political situation in the country, saying that the people of the South South are […]

T-e-r-r-o-r-! Family of 6 killed in Jos

Posted by admin Headlines, Plateau, State News Saturday, June 23rd, 2012

By Taye Obateru, AbdulSalam Muhammad, Wole Mosadomi, Joseph Erunke & Boluwaji Obahopo A family of six including a six-month old child and a 70-year old grandmother were yesterday brutally murdered by gunmen at Kumpun village in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State. In Lokoja, capital of Kogi State, the police command has discovered a […]

Jonathan, Obi, Chime, eulogise Olusola

Posted by admin Anambra, Enugu, Latest Politics, State News Saturday, June 23rd, 2012

By McPHILIPS NWACHUKWU, BEN AGANDE & JAPHET LAKAM with agency report President Goodluck Jonathan was among several Nigerians who paid tribute to late Ambassador Segun Olusola, one-time Nigerian Ambassador to Ethiopia and a cultural icon yesterday. Olusola, 77, died in a Lagos hospital Thursday. Aside Jonathan, those who mourned Olusola included Governors Peter Obi and […]