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Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Latest Politics, National Politics, Religion
Friday, August 26th, 2011

According to Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), it is studying the amount the CBN had invested in Islamic banking and would demand the same treatment when the Christian outfit is set for take-off. The new initiative of the association was made public yesterday in Benin City, Edo State, by CAN President, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafo He […]
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Delta, State News
Friday, August 26th, 2011
Delta state governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has confirmed the inept nature of security operatives and heavy security lapse in the state, owing to the presence of alleged vandals and thieves operating within the state government house premises in Asaba, the state capital. The governor’s confirmation which came on the heels of recent revelations and reports […]
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Abia, Headlines, State News
Friday, August 26th, 2011
Effort to cover up the brutal beating sustained by Chinedu Orji, the son of Governor T.A. Orji of Abia state in the hands of men of the Nigerian Army in Umuahia, the state capital, have been blown open as the young Orji who was flown overseas for medical treatment returned to the state last week.Chinedu […]
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Africa & World Politics, Boko Haram, National Politics, Top Stories
Friday, August 26th, 2011

(CNN) — At least seven people have been killed and many more injured in a bombing Friday at the U.N. building in the center of the Nigerian capital, Abuja, witnesses say. Journalist Alkasim Abdulkadir, in Abuja, told CNN he had seen seven bodies brought into the National Hospital by Red Cross officials. He had also […]
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Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Thursday, August 25th, 2011
AKURE— THE recent war of words between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, was yesterday described as a show of shame and naked dance in the public. A former member of the Supreme Military Council, SMC, and also a federal commissioner, Major General Olufemi Olutoye (rtd), who spoke on the […]
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EFCC Politics
Thursday, August 25th, 2011
LAGOS — A United States-based human rights organisation, Human Rights Watch, HRW, said, yesterday, that every effort to curb corruption by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in Nigeria might not yield the desired result if the executive arm of government and the political establishments continue to interfere in activities of the commission. In […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Thursday, August 25th, 2011
Abuja – Justice Ugochukwu Ogakwu of an Abuja High Court, yesterday, ordered Inspector- General of Police, IGP, Hafiz Ringim, to pay N500,000 as compensation to one Garshon Nyengonum for unlawful detention. He gave the order while delivering judgment in a suit filed by Nyengonum against the IG and FCT Commissioner of Police, Michael Zuokumor. Nyengonum […]
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Headlines
Thursday, August 25th, 2011
THE wife of Juju musician, Dr Ebenezer Obey-Fabiyi, Lady Evangelist Juliana Olaide Obey-Fabiyi, is dead. Lady Evangelist Obey-Fabiyi, who recently returned from a trip to India, where she had gone to seek medical attention, was re-admitted to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital where she finally died on Tuesday night. Aged 67, the frontline businesswoman and […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Thursday, August 25th, 2011
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has directed Vice-President Namadi Sambo to explore the possibility of making issuance of visas to citizens of both countries easier under the aegis of the Nigeria-South Africa Bi-National Commission. While hosting Honourable Charles Nqakula, Special Adviser on International Relations to South African President, Jacob Zuma, who brought a special message to the […]
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Akintokunbo A. Adejumo, Articles, Columnists, Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), NNP Columnists, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Thursday, August 25th, 2011

By Akintokunbo A Adejumo, London, UK – August 25, 2011 ‘When rogues fall out, truth is revealed, and honest men get justice.’ (1838 A. Jackson Letter 26 Mar. in Correspondence (1931) V. 545) The rogues have fallen out, and honest men may come by their own. (1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake xv) When thieves fall out, honest men come by […]