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Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Headlines, Nollywood (Film Industry), On The Lighter Side
Sunday, December 18th, 2011
Why The Wedding Time Was Fixed For 12 Noon Inside Nollywood can authoritatively reveal why Aki chose 12 noon as his preferred time for the white wedding that was held inside the auditorium of The Redeemed Christian Church of God (Abundant Grace Parish) Ogba, Ikeja, Lagos. The diminutive star actor told the congregation that he […]
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House, Katsina, Legislature, Senate, State News
Saturday, December 17th, 2011
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, Abuja Two serving Senators and eight members of the House of Representatives on the platform of the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, in Katsina state, were yesterday, sacked from their respective offices by the Supreme Court. A seven-man panel of justices of the apex court in a unanimous judgment yesterday, maintained that […]
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Headlines
Saturday, December 17th, 2011
BY PETER DURU, Makurdi The Christian Health Association Of Nigeria, CHAN, has disclosed that no fewer than 1,000 Nigerians die daily from the dreaded HIV/AIDS. Director of Advocacy of CHAN, Pastor David Omorebokhae, disclosed this at a One Day Round Table Discussion between CHAN Mission Health Institute and members of the Benue State House of […]
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Latest Politics, Local Govt, State News
Saturday, December 17th, 2011
By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief The three tiers of government, yesterday, shared a total of N612.077 billion as their allocations from the federally collected revenue for the month of November, which would be used for their December expenditure. The figure was about N9 billion higher than the previous months’ allocation to the three levels […]
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Headlines
Saturday, December 17th, 2011
BY ANOZIE EGOLE As Christmas draws near, Christians and fun seekers are preparing for the season in different ways. Some of them are decorating their shops and offices. In some streets in Lagos, the Christmas frenzy is in the air. Carols are blaring forth from the loud speakers. The roads are jammed by traffic and […]
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Cross River, Headlines, State News
Saturday, December 17th, 2011
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Calabar Four officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Cross River State Command, narrowly escaped death in Calabar, Friday as a taxi driver, Mr. Smith Stanley nearly crushed them in an attempt to evade being arrested when he was flagged down for traffic offences. However, the taxi driver was beaten to submission […]
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Delta, Headlines, Niger Delta, State News
Saturday, December 17th, 2011
By Festus Ahon, Ughelli Suspected ex-militants invaded the Ughelli Police ‘A’ Division, destroying the patrol van belonging to the Ogor vigilante group. The apparently aggrieved ex-militants stormed the Police Station at about 4pm in protest against the alleged killing of one of their members who was seen with a pistol by members of the Ogor […]
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Education, Headlines
Saturday, December 17th, 2011
By Tony Edike, Enugu LECTURERS of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT)who failed to comply with the strike directive of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) were yesterday chased out of their offices by the union’s monitoring team. The defiant lecturers who were mainly of the Faculties of Management Sciences and Engineering […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Saturday, December 17th, 2011
By AbdulSalam Muhammad & Ikechukwu Nnochiri, with agency report. Gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram Islamic sect yesterday attacked the Air Force Comprehensive Secondary School , Dawakin Tofa LGA of Kano State, killing four Air Force officers. Also yesterday, a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday ordered that Senator Mohammed Ali […]
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Boko Haram, General Politics, Niger, State News, Top Stories
Thursday, December 15th, 2011
*Says no special place in heaven for suicide bombers *Urges FG to repair refineries By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor LAGOS – Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger State has called for discreet negotiations with the Islamic militant group, Boko Haram, who he claimed are inspired by misguided Islamic teachers. Denying popular claims that Islamic suicide bombers […]
