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Boko Haram, Latest Politics, Niger, State News
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
Indications have emerged that security reports indicted the Emir of Suleja, Alhaji Awal Ibrahim in whose domain the Boko Haram sect had detonated bomb five times last year alone. As a prelude, the Niger State Government has issued the Emir a query, asking him to defend his non-challant attitude to the issues of bomb blast […]
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Latest Politics
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
President Goodluck Jonathan By Our reporters As protests and demonstrations broke out in many states yesterday over the deregulation of the pricing of petrol – leading to the death of a protester in Ilorin, Kwara State – President Goodluck Jonathan has called an emergency session of the Federal Executive Council (FEC). The agenda for today’s […]
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Articles, Columnists, Ikechukwu Enyiagu, NNP Columnists
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
By Ikechukwu Enyiagu, NNP – Jan. 4, 2012 – As a result of my commitment to ensure that the Antichrist remains as defeated in the lives of those who look up to God in Nigeria (those called and chosen for victory and freedom) as he eternally is before our God, I have written several messages, […]
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Oil Politics, Raw Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
The first in the series of rallies against the removal of the subsidy on petrol held across the country on Tuesday. The rallies were organised by Labour, which had threatened that the government decision would be met by a “mother of all rallies”. In Lagos, Abuja, Ilorin, Ibadan and other parts of the country, angry […]
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Gombe, Kwara, Lagos, Latest Politics, Oyo, State News
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
Protests against the removal of fuel subsidy grounded parts of Lagos, Ibadan, Ilorin and Gombe on Tuesday. Thousands of people marched through the streets chanting songs in condemnation of the removal of fuel subsidy by President Goodluck Jonathan. One person was feared killed in a similar protest in Ilorin while the police reportedly arrested […]
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House, Legislature, Oil Politics
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
Three days after the Federal Government removed the subsidy on petrol, the House of Representatives adjusted its stance on the issue, claiming it had not taken a definite position on the issue. In a fresh statement it issued in Abuja on Tuesday, the House said its position on the controversial policy would be guided by […]
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Armed Forces, Headlines, Niger Delta
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
Niger Delta ex-militants on Tuesday blocked the Bomadi Junction, a section of the East-West Road in Delta State to protest against President Goodluck Jonathan’s decision to remove fuel subsidy. The ex-militants allegedly armed were said to have engaged the Joint Task Force in a gun battle that lasted for over an hour. The protesters numbering […]
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Headlines
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
Frustration, anger and utmost apprehension were written boldly on the faces of youths, who gathered at the Ukrainian Embassy in Abuja on this hot Wednesday afternoon. Their mission was the same. They were there to obtain visa that would enable them to go and continue their studies in various universities in this eastern European nation. […]
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Latest Politics, Oil Politics
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
Prices of foodstuffs and other essential commodities have risen in most markets across the country following the recent announcement of fuel subsidy removal. At noon yesterday in Lagos, many consumers were seen complaining of the increase in food prices which prevented them from buying what they wanted to buy. While some traders attributed the price […]
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Latest Politics, Oil Politics
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
From Lagos to Abuja, Benue to Kano, Bauchi to Kwara, Oyo to Kogi – the story is the same: A groundswell of mounting protests, like a bushfire, has continued to ravage the country, a fallout of Federal Government’s subsidy removal. The protests, interestingly, took a new turn in Lagos, as protesters from an unlikely quarter […]
