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Fresh killings in Borno, Kano as Jos buries blast victims

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Borno, Kano, Latest Politics, Plateau Monday, March 5th, 2012

VIOLENCE continued to reign in some states of the north at the weekend as members of the Boko Haram sect killed five people, including a 10-year-old child. The sad incident persisted as three of the four victims of the February 26 bombing at the Church of Christ in Nigeria (COCIN) Headquarters in Jos were buried […]

How Odumegwu-Ojukwu united Nigerians, by Okonjo-Iweala

Posted by admin Biafra, Headlines, Women Politics Monday, March 5th, 2012

FOR the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the death of former Biafran leader Dim Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu has united the whole country . She told The Guardian shortly after the internment of Odumegwu-Ojukwu at the weekend at Umudim community in Nnewi, Anambra State that the Ikemba Nnewi was a man who in death united the whole […]

Jonathan, Amosun greet Obasanjo at 75

Posted by admin Ogun, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), State News Monday, March 5th, 2012

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan yesterday congratulated former President Olusegun Obasanjo on his 75th birthday today. In a letter released in Abuja, President Jonathan thanked God that Obasanjo has spent virtually all of his adult life “in dedicated patriotic service to our fatherland.” Also, Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun, congratulated the former President. Amosun, in a statement […]

Panel finds 17,000 ghost workers in PHCN

Posted by admin Latest Politics Monday, March 5th, 2012

A WORKER verification exercise carried out by the Federal Government in Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) has shown that 17,000 “fake employees” are on the payroll of the firm. It was also discovered that PHCN has 6,000 casual workers. The biometric project was undertaken by Creative HR, which in its report, said there was […]

Govt protests ill-treatment of Nigerians by S’Africa

Posted by admin Latest Politics Monday, March 5th, 2012

IT is one incident too many. But it is clear that the Federal Government is no longer ready to accept the frequent mistreatment of Nigerians by South African authorities and allow such actions go unnoticed. Prior to the latest indecent treatment of some Nigerians aboard Arik Air plane, past incidents had created spasms of tension […]

Tribute to Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu – By Femi Fani Kayode

Posted by admin Biafra, Headlines Sunday, March 4th, 2012

By Femi Fani-Kayode A great and proud warrior. A true son of Africa. The strength and pride of the Igbo race. Tell it not in the north, the south, the east or the west….for how are the mighty fallen. You stood firm and fought hard for your people when it mattered the most. Nothing else […]

EFCC as a Merchant of Humour – By Raheem ‘MOSHOESHOE’ Oluwafunminiyi

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, EFCC Politics, NNP Columnists, Raheem Oluwafunminiyi Sunday, March 4th, 2012

By Raheem ‘MOSHOESHOE’ Oluwafunminiyi, Ibadan, Nigeria, March 4, 2012 – No institution has been slapped and punched around with massive controversies and criticisms other than those of the EFFC, since the consolidation of democratic rule in Nigeria in 1999. This is simply because the EFCC was an institution set up without putting in place major […]

Independence Day bombing suspect dies in prison – His counsel alleges murder

Posted by admin Breaking News, Niger Delta Saturday, March 3rd, 2012

One of the suspected masterminds of the October 1, 2010 bombing in Abuja, Tiemkenfa Francis Osvwo (alias General Gbokos), died in the Kuje Prison on Saturday. A statement by his lawyer in the case, Federal Republic of Nigeria v. Charles Okah & others, Mr. Festus Keyamo, alleged that Osvwo was murdered by the authorities. Keyamo […]

S-Africa denies entry to Nigerian passengers, cite invalid document

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Saturday, March 3rd, 2012

Johannesburg – Many Nigerians aboard Arik Air and South Africa Airways flights were refused entry to South Africa on Friday. The passengers were denied entry by the South Africa Port Health authority and the immigration service on the ground that they had invalid yellow fever vaccination cards. One of the passengers, Olaminde Olaofe, said that […]

Tears, encomiums as Ojukwu goes home

Posted by admin Biafra, Latest Politics Saturday, March 3rd, 2012

President Goodluck Jonathan has again described the late ex-Biafran leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu, Ojukwu as a selfless leader who fought against injustice while alive, just as the South East Governors said that Ikemba’s burial had brought to an end the wounds and pains of the Nigeria Civil War. Jonathn, who poured encomium on the late […]