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Boko Haram:Adeboye Orders Tight Security at Redeem Parishes

Posted by admin Boko Haram, National Politics Sunday, July 17th, 2011

With the latest rise in suicide and bomb explosions inNigeria especially in the northern part where religion fanatics like Boko Haram, the General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God RCCG, Pastor E A Adeboye recently sent a message to all pastors in RCCG to be very observant of people coming into the sanctuary. In the message titled “ […]

HSBC Apologizes for Closing RCCG Accounts

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, July 17th, 2011

HSBC’s right to open and close customers account does not permit the “discrimination of any person or entity based on its color, origin or activity,” Nigeria’s Ambassador to the US, Prof Ade Adefuye has said expressing displeasure, but the US bank clarified its position with an apology on the closure of the accounts of a […]

Nigerian Women Are 9th in survey of most stressed women in the world (See List)

Posted by admin Headlines, Women Politics Sunday, July 17th, 2011

A recent study released by the Nielsen Company that examines the consumer and media habits of women in emerging and developed countries has found that women in India are the most stressed – and they spend differently. The Women of Tomorrow Study, which examined 6,500 women across 21 different nations from February through April 2011, […]

Pictures: Nollywood Actress Rita Dominic celebrates birthday in style

Posted by admin Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Headlines, Nollywood (Film Industry) Sunday, July 17th, 2011

Rita Dominic has been earmarked to host the HEADIES awards (formerly the Hip Hop awards), and as part of the preparations for that, a theme song for this year’s edition was premiered on July 13th on a Logos Nigeria radio station (Beats FM). And surprise, surprise, the guest host for the morning show at […]

Boko Haram scare in Anambra, Enugu

Posted by admin Anambra, Boko Haram, Enugu, National Politics, State News Sunday, July 17th, 2011

PALPABLE fear has gripped traders and residents of the commercial city of Onitsha and communities around Ogbunka in Orumba South Local Government Area, in Anambra State, following unconfirmed rumours that the Islamist fundamentalists , Boko Haram, might have invaded parts of the South Eastern States. The much-feared terrorist group, which recently penetrated the nation’s security […]

Gov. Imoke of Cross River under fire

Posted by admin Cross River, Headlines, Raw Politics, State News Sunday, July 17th, 2011

THE Governor of Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke may find it difficult to return as governor of the state in next year’s election if he does not put his house in order. The talk is that the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is in serious crisis due to the inability of […]

Corpers reject NYSC postings to North

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp) Saturday, July 16th, 2011

Presidency assures of security AT no other time has the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme come under heavy attacks as now and the pressure may not ease any time soon going by the reaction that greeted the recent release of the Scheme’s batch A posting which has many corpers from the South-West, South-East and […]

Boko Haram : Jonathan to declare emergency rule

Posted by admin Adamawa, Benue, Boko Haram, Borno, Gombe, Top Stories, Yobe Saturday, July 16th, 2011

THE attacks that rocked two state capitals in the North East; Maiduguri, Bauchi, last week were typical Boko Haram terror acts. And the effect as expected further sent chills through already jarred nerves of the residents of the states; the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja inclusive. Feelers from the Presidency indicated that the country’s number one […]

Column: The hypocrite called Nasir el-Rufai

Posted by admin Headlines Saturday, July 16th, 2011

The arrest of former Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister and chieftain of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, has, expectedly, elicited very trenchant condemnations from well-meaning Nigerians. El-Rufai was arrested in the early hours of Saturday by State Security Service (SSS) operatives at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on arrival from […]

Jonathan, PDP lose bid to stop CPC petition

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Headlines, Presidency Saturday, July 16th, 2011

Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) on Thursday crossed a major legal hurdle at the Presidential Election Tribunal where the Court of Appeal threw out the objections raised by President Goodluck Jonathan and his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) challenging the merit and competence of its petition. However, allegations of conspiracy and rigging brought against the police […]