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Jang relocates to Govt House over insecurity

Posted by admin Headlines, Plateau, State News Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012

PLATEAU State Governor Jonah Jang has relocated from the Governor’s Lodge at Jishe to the Government House, Rayfield, Jos. Sources close to the governor said Jang was advised by the security agencies in the state to vacate the beautiful mansion for his own safety, for now. In the past two weeks, the large beautiful complex […]

Drogba gets World Player of the Week award

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012

UEFA Champions League hero, Chelsea’s Didier Drogba, has been named Goal.com’s 157th World Player of the Week. It seemed that it was written in the stars. Drogba is one of the most decorated players in Chelsea’s history, scoring arguably the club’s most important goal ever. The English side won the Champions League for the first […]

ECOWAS moves to arrest slide in Mali, G’Bissau

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012

ICC may probe war crimes, genocide THE Mediation and Security Council (MSC) of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has mapped out new measures to address the current political developments in Mali in order to ensure the implementation of the programme for the restoration of constitutional rule in the country, which is being […]

Constable to earn N50,000, says IG

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Police Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012

AIGs, CPs to account for rights abuses ACTING Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, has unveiled a special package for men and officers of the Nigeria Police. Except there is a change in the plan, the minimum wage for policemen shall be N50,000 by the end of this month. This is among the packages […]

Nigeria, S’Africa tidy trade ties, free entry for nationals

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012

THE Federal Government is leading the campaign for free entry into South Africa and Nigeria for diplomats and holders of the two countries’ official passports. The proposal was presented to South Africa yesterday at the on-going Eighth Nigeria-South Africa Bi-National Commission (BNC) confab in Cape Town. The Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Working Group of the […]

3 ministers escape death as two suspected bombers arrested

Posted by admin National Politics, Top Stories Monday, May 21st, 2012

By KINGSLEY OMONOBI & Favour Nnabugwu ABUJA — Separate attempts to bomb Police Headquarters in Abuja and Radio House, which houses Federal Government Radio stations, the Federal Ministry of Information and Communication among others were foiled, yesterday, as the two suspects who were armed with explosives were disarmed before they could wreak any havoc. The […]

House c’ttee declares doctors’ strike illegal, unconstitutional

Posted by admin House, Lagos, Legislature, State News Monday, May 21st, 2012

By Sola Ogundipe & Chioma Obinna LAGOS — The House of Representatives Committee on Health, yesterday, declared that the solidarity strike by doctors under the employment of the Federal Government as illegal and unconstitutional even as the Lagos State Branch of the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, yielded to pressure to reconsider its decision on the […]

Ijesa monarch must answer rape charge, court rules

Posted by admin Headlines, Osun, State News Monday, May 21st, 2012

By GBENGA OLARINOYE OSOGBO – The embattled Alowa of Ilowa in Obokun Local Government Area of Osun State, Oba Adebukola Alli, standing trial before an Osogbo High Court for alleged rape of an ex- corps member, yesterday, got off the hook on three of the four charges against him. Justice Oyejide Falola dismissed three charges […]

Insecurity: We don’t need Ministry of Northern Affairs – Aliyu

Posted by admin Latest Politics Monday, May 21st, 2012

By GBENGA OLARINOYE OSOGBO – Chairman of Northern States Governors’ Forum and Niger State Governor, Dr. Muazu Babangida Aliyu, yesterday, declared that the North did not require any special ministry to take care of insecurity in the North. Fielding questions after delivering the fifth Alhaji Abdullateef Olufemi Okunnu annual lecture, entitled, “Breaking the Myth of […]

Don’t designate Boko Haram a Foreign Terrorist

Posted by admin American Politics, Boko Haram, Latest Politics Monday, May 21st, 2012

Twenty American scholars with a special interest in Nigeria and broad expertise on African politics have warned the United States government not brand Nigeria’s violent Islamic sect Boko Haram a Foreign Terrorist Organisation, (FTO). The scholars who are drawn from various universities across United States, in a letter to Hillary Clinton, US Secretary of state […]