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Latest Politics
Saturday, November 26th, 2011
YESTERDAY, November 26, 2011, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, the number one Igbo citizen and a Nigerian patriot said goodbye to this world after a protracted illness. I was privileged to accompany Gov. Obi (his 9th visit) to see him in London on the 25th of November, on our way to Nigeria from France, where he accompanied […]
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Headlines
Saturday, November 26th, 2011
EMINENT Nigerians and diplomats have continued to pay tributes to the late Publisher of The Guardian, Mr. Alex Ibru who passed on last Sunday. In a condolence letter to the Managing Director/Editor-In-Chief of The Guardian, Mr. Eluem Emeka Izeze, Education Minister Prof. Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufa’i described the former Internal Affairs Minister as a principled […]
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Headlines, Plateau, State News
Saturday, November 26th, 2011
Task Force Parades 163 Suspects TWENTY-FIVE people who died during Thursday’s mayhem in Barkin Ladi, Plateau State were given mass burial yesterday. It was supervised by a councilor in Barkin Ladi Government Area, Mr. Pam Choji Pam whose four children were massacred during the violence. The place was almost deserted as only stern looking security […]
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House, Legislature
Saturday, November 26th, 2011
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, has asserted that Nigeria’s democracy lacked participation as leaders exhibit absolute knowledge of governance to the detriment of the masses. He challenged the political class to provide a new or desirable leadership by engaging in constructive dialogue with the followers. The Speaker stated this while delivering […]
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Latest Politics
Saturday, November 26th, 2011
GOVERNOR Emmanuel Uduaghan and prominent Igbo leaders, including Chief Jim Nwobodo, Chief Mike Okiro, Chief Maxi Okwu and Dr Orji Kalu have paid tribute to Dim Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu. The former biafran leader and leader of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) died late last night. He had been sick for a while […]
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Breaking News, National Politics, South-East, Top Stories
Saturday, November 26th, 2011

Ojukwu, who was the National Leader of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, died on Saturday morning at the Hospital between 1am and 2am local time. Prior to that trip, he was on admission at the Intensive Care Unit of the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu following a cerebra-vascular accident otherwise called stroke. There had been rumours […]
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Headlines
Friday, November 25th, 2011
By Emmanuel Edukugho LAGOS — About 3,000 babies are born yearly in Nigeria by In Vitro Fertilization, IVF, because of infertility of couples caused by infections. Professor Osata Giwa-Osagie disclosed this during a distinguished professor lecture at University of Lagos, Wednesday. In a lecture entitled, “The Development and Future of Advanced Fertility Management: A West […]
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Headlines, Niger Delta
Friday, November 25th, 2011
Federal Government has secured a three-year visa and work permit for no fewer than 170 ex-militants of the Niger Delta region from the government of United Arab Emirates, UAE. The work permit is to enable the beneficiaries secure jobs in Dubai after completing their six months training in crane operations, pipeline welding, electrical installations and […]
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Education, Headlines
Friday, November 25th, 2011

Zaria (Kaduna) – President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday in Zaria, Kaduna State, lamented the inability of any Nigerian university to feature among the top 300 top class universities in the world. Jonathan said in a message to the 35th convocation of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) that the situation was unacceptable. Represented by the Minister of […]
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House, Latest Politics, Legislature
Thursday, November 24th, 2011
The Director of Finance, National Assembly, Mr Bukoye Azeez, told a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday that even though former Speaker Dimeji Bankole approved N37 billion loans for lawmakers, he and his deputy, Usman Bayero Nafada, did not benefit from them. He said Bankole okayed the loans allegedly obtained from two banks to […]