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Articles, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), NNP Columnists, Odimegwu Onwumere, Presidency
Thursday, January 19th, 2012
By Odimegwu Onwumere, Rivers States, Jan. 19, 2012 – The announcement of the withdrawal of the fuel subsidy is causing a lot of angry public discussion and disagreement. Nigerians have been caused to lose sleep and peace since the January 1 st avoidable proclamation was made. No matter all the hallucination of benefits the proponents […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Oil Politics, Olu Ojedokun, PhD
Thursday, January 19th, 2012
By Dr. Olu Ojedokun, London, UK – Jan. 19, 2012 – We have taken stock of the grave national crises we face and we of, The Nigerian Front after a process of consultation and reflection have come up with a roadmap to provide some solutions for the nation. We hope these detailed solutions will be […]
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Legislature, Senate
Thursday, January 19th, 2012
The Senate has directed its Committee on Police Affairs to investigate the circumstances leading to the escape of the alleged master-mind of the Christmas Day bombing of St. Theresa’s Catholic Church in Madalla, Niger State. The suspect, Kabiru Sokoto, was earlier arrested by the police at the Borno State Governor’s Lodge in Abuja on Saturday, […]
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Latest Politics
Thursday, January 19th, 2012
The Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufa’i, is confident that the dispute between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities will end next week. Rufa’i said this during a meeting with Vice-Chancellors of Federal Universities in Abuja on Thursday. According to her, ASUU met with government officials, including President Goodluck Jonathan, […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Thursday, January 19th, 2012
AC Milan defender Taye Taiwo has allegedly joined Premier League outfit QPR in a six-month loan deal, according to his agent. Fabio Parisi has taken to his twitter account ‘@parisitweet’ to upload a picture of the 26-year-old full-back shaking hands with R’s manager Mark Hughes which accompanies a tweet that says: “Taiwo has […]
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Headlines
Thursday, January 19th, 2012
The police on Thursday fired canisters of tear gas at prominent activists and national leaders, including Prof. Ben Nwabueze, Dr. Tunji Braithwaite and former Minister of Finance, Dr. Idika Kalu, in Lagos. Nwabueze, Kalu and Braithwaite were leading some protesters who were demanding an immediate withdrawal of soldiers from the streets of Lagos and […]
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Boko Haram, Nigerian Police, Top Stories
Thursday, January 19th, 2012
THE Federal Government on Thursday declared the suspected mastermind of the Christmas Day bombing wanted. Government also offered a bounty of N50m for information leading to his arrest. Kabir Umar, a.k.a Kabir Sokoto, a member of the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, had escaped from police custody on Monday, 24 hours after his arrest. The […]
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Latest Politics, Women Politics
Thursday, January 19th, 2012
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to remove the Minister of Petroleum, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke from office to ensure transparent investigation of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), which will convince Nigerians that he is serious about the fight against corruption in the sector. Leaders of the party gave […]
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Headlines
Thursday, January 19th, 2012
Twenty-three members of the Millenium Gospel Mission, a church where human skulls and other vital parts of human body were discovered in Osogbo last Wednesday were yesterday arraigned in an Osogbo Magistrate Court for alleged conspiracy and breach of public peace. The accused persons, including a septuagenarian, were said to have, on January 11, 2012, […]
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Boko Haram, Nigerian Police, State News, Yobe
Thursday, January 19th, 2012
Residents of Damaturu, the Yobe State capital were gripped with fear on Tuesday evening following sporadic gunshots by people suspected to be Boko Haram men. Sources said some gunmen believed to be members of the dreaded Islamic sect had ambushed some policemen along one of the bye-passes in the metropolis at about 6pm yesterday, a […]
