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Mosul battle: IS ‘loses 800-900’ fighters – US general

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Thursday, October 27th, 2016

Between 800 and 900 Islamic State (IS) militants have been killed since Iraqi forces launched an offensive to retake Mosul last week, a top US general says. US Central Command chief Joseph Votel told AFP news agency it was hard to be precise as militants moved around the city and blended in with residents. Up […]

Ghana passes law ‘to evict presidents

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Thursday, October 27th, 2016

Ghana passes law ‘to evict presidents Outgoing presidents in Ghana could be forcibly evicted from their official residences if they fail to move out in time, under new laws. Presidents and vice-presidents will have to hand over official homes and vehicles at least two weeks before the inauguration of a new leader. Ministers and other […]

Nigerians name ministers Buhari should drop

Posted by admin Latest Politics Saturday, October 22nd, 2016

THE outcome of two online opinion polls commissioned by Saturday Vanguard to feel the pulse of Nigerians regarding increasing calls on President Muhammadu Buhari to rijig his ministers revealed that many believed that an urgent reorganisation of the President’s cabinet would be key to resolving the perception of inactivity about the Buhari administration. Participants also […]

Widespread cyberattack takes down sites worldwide

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Friday, October 21st, 2016

A number of popular websites like Twitter and Netflix went down for some users on Friday in a massive cyberattack with international reach. Affected sites included Twitter (TWTR, Tech30), Etsy (ETSY), Github, Vox, Spotify, Airbnb, Netflix(NFLX, Tech30) and Reddit. Dyn, which manages website domains and routes internet traffic, experienced two distributed denial of service attacks on its DNS servers. A DDoS attack […]

Onitsha Environmental Degradation Can be Remediated- By Emeka Chiakwelu

Posted by admin Anambra, Articles, Columnists, Emeka Chiakwelu, NNP Columnists, State News Friday, October 21st, 2016

By Emeka Chiakwelu | NNP | October 21, 2016 – The senior partner of an environmental company – Texas Storm and Engineering, Mr. Emeka Chiakwelu has said that environmental degradation in Anambra State, particularly the moribund air quality and pollution in Onitsha can be averted with a balanced and comprehensive environmental remediation. Chiakwelu is familiar […]

CRACKDOWN ON JUDGES: Arrested judges won’t step down, NJC dares all

Posted by admin Headlines, Judiciary Friday, October 21st, 2016

NJC Vs NBA In a statement last night, the NJC which is headed by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, said it would neither suspend nor ask any of the accused Judges to proceed on compulsory leave as recommended by the NBA, insisting that such action was contrary to the provisions of […]

Buhari is no hater of women – Adeosun (Are you sure?)

Posted by admin Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency Friday, October 21st, 2016

Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun has dismissed insinuations of President Muhammadu Buhari being a hater of women even as she yesterday said that the administration has pumped in the last four months an unprecedented N720 billion to boost infrastructure. Kemi Adeosun Mrs. Adeosun who disowned dates attributed to her on when the nation would come out […]

Are you having enough sex with your partner?

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, October 21st, 2016

By Bunmi Sofola THE big question really is: How often should you have sex; how much sex makes you happy? According to a recent survey, couples who make love once a week are the most content. Meanwhile, there are some people whose libido is so low they look the other way when their partners look […]

Fani-Kayode arrested again by EFCC

Posted by admin Corruption Politics, EFCC Politics, General Politics, Latest Politics, Top Stories Friday, October 21st, 2016

Former Director of Media and Publicity, campaign committee of ex President Goodluck Jonathan and former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, was, Friday, re-arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, after he stepped out of a court room at Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, where he is standing trial. FEMI FANI-KAYODE Fani-Kayode, was […]

N450m campaign fund: Chime under investigation as EFCC quizzes two Enugu commissioners

Posted by admin Corruption Politics, EFCC Politics, Enugu, Headlines, State News Wednesday, October 19th, 2016

By Chinedu Adonu ENUGU–Economic and Finance Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday confirmed that two Enugu commissioners were invited and detained over N450,000,000 campaign fund. The South east Zonal Head, Johnson Babalola, said that former governor Chime was still under investigation over the over N400 million campaign funds, pointing out that two serving commissioners, Charles Egumgbe, […]