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Ministers’ list: Women express shock over nomination

Posted by admin Ministries, Women Politics Sunday, July 3rd, 2011

Nigerian women living abroad have urged President Goodluck Jonathan to consider appointing two women from the Diaspora as Ministers of Women Affairs and Health. When appointed, they believe the women will bring freshness and newness to the country’s democratic life. The Diaspora national coordinator, Women for Change and Development Initiative, Dr. Stella Alhassan, told Sunday […]

Boko Haram: 36 Chadians, 9 Cameroonians killed in Borno

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Borno, Latest Politics, State News Sunday, July 3rd, 2011

No fewer than 36 nationals of Chad Republic and Cameroon were said to have been killed at the local ‘Burkuttu’ joint at Dala Kabamti ward of Maiduguri metropolitan when gunmen suspected to be members of Boko Haram opened fire at the ‘Burkuttu’ joint in Borno State, recently. Speaking with Sunday Tribune, leader of the Chadian/Cameroon […]

Plot against Okonjo-Iweala thickens •gets threat text messages from Nigeria

Posted by admin General Politics, National Politics, Top Stories, Women Politics Sunday, July 3rd, 2011

A fresh plot aimed at stopping the nomination of the Managing Director of the World Bank, Dr. (Mrs.) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala from being nominated as minister of the Federal Republic has been flagged off in Abuja. Top level sources in the polity told Sunday Tribune that a plot was flagged off late last week following the […]

Picture: ‘Bible dropped from heaven on rain-soaked yams… Bible not wet’

Posted by admin Headlines, Religion Sunday, July 3rd, 2011

Is it a myth? Where is the Bible? Did the British missionary steal it? Did he keep it in his home church before he died? Can it be retrieved from Britain? By Sam Eyoboka, who was at the Bible Site in Araya ON January 1, 1914, the British government, in a deft political manoeuvre, proclaimed […]

Make Onyali-Omagbemi our sports minister – Toblow

Posted by admin Headlines, Sports, Track & Field Sunday, July 3rd, 2011

Former African sprint queen, Mary Onyali-Omagbemi is on the ministerial wish list of President Goodluck Jonathan. Since her name was mentioned in the media there has been a buzz of activity around her and the coach who brought her to lime-light Tobias Igwe has urged Jonathan to make it happen. Coach Igwe discovered the young […]

Group lauds Tambuwal over salary cut

Posted by admin House, Legislature Saturday, July 2nd, 2011

A group, the Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) has commended the proposed plan by the Speaker of the House of Representatives to reduce the jumbo pay of members as a good step with utmost interest of Nigerians. Speaking through its executive chairman, Debo Adeniran, the Coalition urged the 7th House of Representative members to be […]

Uduaghan shuts maternity home, says it’s a deadly place

Posted by admin Delta, Headlines, State News Saturday, July 2nd, 2011

Delta State governor, Dr. Emmanuel Udaughan, has ordered the immediate closure of a maternity home at Cable Point, Asaba. Uduaghan, who gave the order when he paid a surprise visit to the maternity, said the place was operating beyond its mandate. He described the Maternity as a deadly centre capable of sending patients to their […]

Lagos to reduce foreign medical treatment-Fashola

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Saturday, July 2nd, 2011

Lagos State governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), on Friday reiterated the commitment of his administration to reducing, to its barest minimum, the number of medical cases taken abroad from the state for treatment, saying the capital flight resulting from such foreign treatments was not good for the state. Fashola, who spoke at the Lagos House, […]

Jonathan asks Niboro to handover: Reuben Abati may replace him

Posted by admin Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, Reuben Abati Saturday, July 2nd, 2011

IN what appears to be a confirmation of media reports that the Chairman of the Editorial Board of the Guardian Newspapers, Mr Reuben Abati,is to replace the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Ima Niboro, President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday asked his spokesman to prepare for a handover to another appointee yet […]

Monarch Accused of Rape Remanded in Prison

Posted by admin Headlines, Osun, State News Saturday, July 2nd, 2011

A CHIEF magistrate court in Osun State has ordered a monarch in the state, Oba Adebukola Alli, the Alowa of Ilowa in Obokun Local Government Area of the state, to be remanded in prison custody. The embattled monarch is standing trial for alleged raping of a 23-year-old member of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) who […]