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How I hid Henry (Okah) from the South African Police

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Sunday, April 29th, 2012

Purported leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), Henry Okah, has a fitting soul mate in his wife, Enugu State-born Azuka. A woman that is completely in sync with her husband’s vision and cause; and she makes no apologies for her convictions. If you describe her as an enigma, you […]

Jonathan, PDP bomb Azazi – Says NSA should not meddle in politics

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency Sunday, April 29th, 2012

President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday insisted that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is the most democratic party in Nigeria and was not responsible for the Boko Haram insurgency in parts of the North. President Jonathan stated this in reaction to comments by the National Security Adviser, General Andrew Owoeye Azazi, that the PDP should be blamed […]

NFF May Reconsider Abuja Stadium For Eagles

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Sunday, April 29th, 2012

THE Abuja National Stadium may be reconsidered to host Nigeria’s World Cup and Nations Cup qualifiers in June, top officials have disclosed. The deplorable state of the Abuja stadium pitch has forced the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to shop for an alternative venue for the country’s 2014 World Cup qualifier against Namibia on June 3 […]

Indefinite Strike: Lagos Recruits New Doctors

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Sunday, April 29th, 2012

THE Lagos State Government has begun the process of recruiting new doctors to replace medics who embarked on an indefinite strike action. The government also threatened to mete out appropriate punishment foe those involved in the action. Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee (MAC) to the State Governor, Dr. Ore Falomo, made this known in Lagos during […]

‘The PDP Is One, United Party Behind Jonathan’

Posted by admin Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) Sunday, April 29th, 2012

FROM the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh, yesterday came strong reaction to a statement credited to the National Security Adviser, Gen. Oweye Azazi, to the effect that the Boko Haram menace was triggered by a crack within the ranks of the PDP. A statement signed by Metuh dismissed […]

South-South Governors Call For Review of Revenue Allocation Formula

Posted by admin Headlines, South-South Sunday, April 29th, 2012

THE governors of the six geo-political zone of the South-South geopolitical zone have called for a review of the current revenue allocation formula, to give more powers, responsibilities and funding to the States and Local Government as centres of growth. A statement signed by the governors at the end of the three-day South-South Regional Summit […]

Boko Haram: Exhibitors Shun Opening of Kaduna Trade Fair

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines, Kaduna, State News Sunday, April 29th, 2012

FEARS of possible bombing by Boko Haram prompted exhibitors, visitors and residents to stay away from yesterday’s official opening of this year’s Kaduna International Trade Fair, which recorded a low number of participants. This came on the heels of last Thursday’s attack on the SOJ Plaza, Kontagora road housing three national dailies, ThisDay, The Sun and The […]

European Union To Set Up Energy Projects In Anambra

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Anambra, State News Sunday, April 29th, 2012

THE European Union will set up major energy projects in Anambra State, as part of efforts to tackle the challenge of power supply in Nigeria. Disclosing this during a courtesy visit to Governor Peter Obi at the Government House, Awka, yesterday, the European Union Ambassador to Nigeria, Dr. David MacRae, said the EU Energy programme, […]

3 Journalists Die In Oshiomhole Convoy’s Crash

Posted by admin Edo, State News Sunday, April 29th, 2012

TRAGEDY struck yesterday in Edo State, as three journalists attached to Edo State Government lost their lives in an auto crash that involved Governor Adams Oshiomhole’s convoy. The governor escaped death when a truck rammed into his convoy on Afuze road, Owan East Local Government Council of the state where he received those who defected […]

Subsidy scam: Rep insists on Diezani’s resignation

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Oil Politics Friday, April 27th, 2012

April 27, 2012 by John Ameh, Abuja A member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Robinson Uwak, on Thursday repeated his call on the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, to resign her appointment following the uproar over the N1.07tn fuel subsidy scam. Uwak had made the same call on the floor of the […]