MEMBERS of an Islamic sect, Boko Haram, in utter contempt for the authorities defiantly continued their killing spree, yesterday, in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital killing seven persons. They attacked a police vehicle, the latest in a string of attacks by the group and wounded eight people. A military spokesman said the vehicle was “burnt […]
GOVERNOR Sule Lamido of Jigawa State has challenged the state department of literacy to come up with new policies and programmes that will make over 17,000 graduates of mass literacy classes across the state to further their education to post-literacy levels. The governor made the call while delivering his address at the International Literacy Day […]
A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, Mrs Sarah Jibril, has said she is in the 2011 presidential race to neutralise the zoning controversy of the party. Jibril told newsmen in Abuja, on Wednesday, that she was a mother who understood the problem of Nigeria as above ethnicity and geo-political interests. “I am staying on […]
Following the bomb blasts on Christmas eve which claimed many innocent lives in Jos, Plateau State, security has been beefed up with the deployment of additional 5,000 personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), within and around the Jos metropolis and many other volatile areas of the state to forestall possible recurrence. […]
The ongoing election of delegates of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the selection of its candidates in the 2011 elections has run into hitch in some states of the federation. Investigation by the Nigerian Tribune on Thursday, revealed that aggrieved aspirants across the states of the federation had been bombarding the national secretariat […]
A total of 57 journalists were killed while working in 2010, down from 76 last year, but kidnappings of reporters surged, media rights group, Reporters Without Borders, said on Thursday. Reporters Without Borders said the most dangerous country for journalists in the past year was Pakistan, where 11 were killed. Over the last decade, Pakistan, […]
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has appointed Mr Emmanuel Egbagbe, as his senior special assistant on Infrastructure Development Matters and Alhaji Saidu Yusuf Dutsi, as his senior special assistant on political matters. The appointments came as Jonathan accepted the resignation of his Senior Special Assistant on Niger Delta Affairs, Mr. Timi Alaibe, who is seeking nomination to […]
Former vice-president and presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has reiterated his commitment to Igbo presidency in 2015. Also, key political leaders in the South-East have said that their support for Abubakar for the 2011 presidency stemmed from the fact that the former vice-president was trusted and tested. The Northern […]
Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, has urged Nigerians to disregard the rumour in town concerning the health situation of Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, insisting that Ojukwu was doing well in a London Hospital. He gave the assurance yesterday at the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) rally in the three Senatorial districts of the state, which took […]
The Oyo State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) congress elections ordered by the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) turned bloody yesterday, with the killing of the factional leader of the state chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Alhaji Lateef Salako (a.k.a Eleweomo). Salako, said to be one of the party delegates from […]
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