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Jonathan, governors adopt Tukur as PDP chairman

Bamanga Tukur The President and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors have agreed on the choice of shipping magnate Bamanga Tukur as the party’s national chairman, it was learnt yesterday. Sam Jaja is likely to be deputy chairman. PDP is holding its convention at which national officers will emerge on Saturday. But Dr Goodluck Jonathan […]

Police arrest 10-year-old over football violence

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Soccer, Sports Monday, March 19th, 2012

HONG KONG – (AFP) – A 10-year-old boy was released on bail after being arrested for kicking an opponent in the head during a school football match in Hong Kong, police said Monday. The violent incident sparked an ugly race row after a video was posted online showing the Caucasian boy kicking his 12-year-old Chinese […]

SNC, panacea for Nigeria’s problems – South-South Assembly

Posted by admin Latest Politics, South-South Monday, March 19th, 2012

The South-South Peoples Assembly (SSPA) has said the convocation of a Sovereign National Conference is the antidote to the myriad of problems confronting the nation, urging the government to exploit it to strengthen the unity and peaceful co-existence among the various ethnic nationalities in the country. It warned the Federal Government not to ignore the […]

Picture: Beautiful Nigerian actress making it big in Hollywood

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, March 19th, 2012

Not many people will be acquainted with Megalyn Echikunwoke, Nigerian international actress who is making it big time in Hollywood. Megalyn advertisement Megalyn is the daughter of a Nigerian-Igbo father and a German/Scots-Irish American mother. Born 1983, in Washington, she is one of the country’s major exports to the outside world. In Hollywood, […]

Gunman kills 4 in Sapele

Posted by admin Delta, State News Monday, March 19th, 2012

A gunman, on Saturday night, went berserk in Sapele and killed four persons who were drinking in a bar located at 67, Macpherson road, opposite Okotie-Eboh Grammar School. The incident, which took place at about 8.30 p.m., threw the town into a state of confusion. Nigerian Tribune gathered that the deceased were in the bar […]

PDP national secretary post’ll not divide S/West – Oke

Posted by admin Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), South-West Monday, March 19th, 2012

THE immediate past national legal adviser of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who is contesting for the post of national secretary of the party at its forthcoming national convention, Chief Olusola Oke, at the weekend, said the position, which was zoned to the South-West, would not cause disaffection among party members in the zone. Oke, […]

You’re responsible for our woes, youths tell northern leaders (Yes, indeed)

Posted by admin Latest Politics Monday, March 19th, 2012

THE Arewa Youths Forum (AYF) has said past leaders of northern extraction had the opportunities to bring growth and development to the North, lamenting that they wasted the opportunities. The forum, after an emergency meeting in Kaduna, at the weekend, expressed dismay over the direction Nigerian politics was heading. The national president of AYF, Gambo […]

Boko Haram: Worshippers desert churches in Jos

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Latest Politics, Plateau, State News Monday, March 19th, 2012

FOLLOWING new arrangements put in place by the security operatives in Plateau State to arrest the spate of suicide bombings, most churches in Jos, the state capital on Sunday, recorded a low turnout. At a meeting with the stakeholders, including religious leaders last week, the security operatives in the state reeled off new security arrangements, […]

JAMB to grant albinos concessionary exam time

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, March 19th, 2012

THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has approved an additional time of two hours for albinos in the conduct of its future Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTMEs). Registrar and Chief Executive of JAMB, Professor ‘Dibu Ojerinde, said the board would henceforth classify albinos as virtually impaired persons, hence the need for all examination bodies […]

Gov. Shettima of Bornu appoints 81 new special assistants

Posted by admin Borno, Headlines, State News Monday, March 19th, 2012

Shettima Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima has appointed 81 new aides including two journalists, Miss Kwapchi Bata of the Nigerian Television Authority and Usman Kumo of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria Peace FM station, Maiduguri. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Bata was appointed as the Senior Special Adviser on Media (Television), […]