Barely two weeks after the ANPP primary elections in Borno State, the party’s gubernatorial candidate, Alhaji Fanami Gubio, and 6 others were yesterday shot dead by unknown gunmen. President Goodluck Jonathan, who is on an official engagement in Addis Ababa, condemned the killing and vowed that government will do everything possible to bring the perpetrators […]
Major General Asif Duraiz Akhtar (rtd), the Pakistani High Commissioner to Nigeria, in this interview, speaks on the challenges of his country, Pakistan’s relationship with Nigeria, terrorism, among other issues. Excerpts: How is Pakistan coping with flood problems? The flood was devastating. It was a calamity of great magnitude, one of the worst floods in […]
Five persons said to be on their way to participate in the ongoing voter registration died in a boat mishap in Beyelsa State. The 12-seater passenger fibre speedboat capsised on Thursday, a short distance from Nembe. It had taken off from the Ogbia jetty before running into turbulent wave along the Nembe creek. But another […]
President Goodluck Jonathan Friday arrived Ethiopia for the 16th Ordinary AU Summit. The Ethiopian Minister of Water Resources, Mr. Alemuyehu Tageru, received President Jonathan and his entourage at the Bole International Airport, alongside the Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Odein Ajumogobia and the Ambassador to Ethiopia, Mr. Thaddeus Hart. On the entourage of the […]
A joint team of the Customs and the National Drug Laws Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has arrested one Elihu Essiet, suspected to be the brain behind the Importation of the 165 kilogram of cocaine seized earlier in the week. The hard drug was intercepted at the Tin-Can Port Island. The Customs Area Comptroller of the Tin-Can […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the Chairman of Biliri Local Government Area, Gombe State, Mr. Rabenson Zebulum Wasa. According to the anti-graft agency, the chairman’s arrest is in connection with a multi-million-naira fraud case whose investigation has been on since December 2008. In a statement yesterday by Mr. Femi Babafemi, EFCC […]
Everton’s last triumph over Chelsea in the English FA Cup was in 1956, when it edged the Londoners 1-0 in the Round of 5. Since then, their four meetings had ended in three wins for Chelsea and a 1-1 draw, the most painful being Chelsea’s 2-1 defeat of Everton two years ago to lift the […]
The riot had spread from Kabba to Ayetoro-Gbede in Ijumu and to Mopamuro Council by yesterday. As a result, delegates to today’s rerun senatorial and House of Representatives primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lokoja and Kabba could not travel and had to turn back. Windscreens of buses conveying some delegates identified to be supporters of a […]
A PRO-DEMOCRACY and development focused non-governmental organization, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has threatened to drag President Goodluck Jonathan before the International Crimes Court (ICC) if he disregards its advice to take practical and effective measures to stop the killings in Jos and Maiduguri. HURIWA in a statement made available to The Guardian indicated […]
FORMER South African President, Nelson Mandela was yesterday discharged from the Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa. Mandela went home from the hospital after suffering an acute respiratory infection. He is now to continue treatment at home. According to an Associated Press (AP) report, the 92-year-old former president was joking with his wife and nurses, […]
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