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Girl stabs brother to death in Warri over house chores

Posted by admin Delta, Headlines, State News Wednesday, May 13th, 2015

By EGUFE YAFUGBORHI WARRI—A girl, Omasan, 21, allegedly murdered her younger brother, Laju, in Ugbuwangue, Warri South Local Government Area, Delta State, yesterday. Laju, a student of Yonwuren College, was said to have bled to death from a stab to his chest by Omasan, following a disagreement over sharing of house chores. Trouble, Vanguard learned, […]

Picture: Black Miss Japan fights racial prejudice

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Wednesday, May 13th, 2015

Ariana Miyamoto entered the Miss Universe Japan beauty contest after a mixed-race friend committed suicide. And she endured abuse after winning the crown because of her skin colour. Far from being put off by the backlash, Miyamoto resolved to use her new-found fame to help fight racial prejudice — in much the same way British […]

Senate presidency: 70 Senators queue behind Saraki, Ndume

Posted by admin Headlines, Legislature, Senate Wednesday, May 13th, 2015

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA – AS the National Assembly continues to wait patiently for the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC, to announce the zoning of political positions, a group known as The Like Minds with about 70 members has emerged to give backing to the aspirations of Senators Bukola Saraki and Ali […]

Iheanacho opts to battle Aguero for Man City shirt

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Wednesday, May 13th, 2015

NIGERIAN youngster, Kelechi Iheanacho, is so sure of his ability that he has opted to stay at Manchester City to battle for a first team shirt than go out on loan to another club, reports Africanfootball.com. Manchester City has many attacking options including Sergio Aguero, Edin Dzeko, Wilfried Bony and Stevan Jovetic, but Iheanacho is […]

Don’t seek admission in Houdegbe University, Cotonou, NUC warns students

Posted by admin Education, Headlines Wednesday, May 13th, 2015

The National Universities Commission (NUC) on Monday cautioned Nigerian students against seeking admission in Houdegbe North American University, Cotonou, Benin Republic (HNAUB). The NUC Deputy Director of Press, Malam Ibrahim Yakassai, gave the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. According to him, the commission has a lot of […]

How South African mercenaries helped Nigeria to rout Boko Haram

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories Wednesday, May 13th, 2015

RECENT successes recorded by the Nigerian Army in the fight against Boko Haram insurgency are not unconnected with the clandestine strides of a group of South African bush warfare experts, hired in secrecy by the President Goodluck Jonathan-led government, it has been revealed. The group, known as Specialised Tasks, Training, Equipment and Protection (STTEP), led […]

Azikiwe’s first son dies at 75

Posted by admin Headlines, Nnamdi Azikiwe (1963-66), Presidency Wednesday, May 13th, 2015

Chukwuma Bamidele Azikiwe, the first son of pioneer President of Nigeria, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, is feared dead. A family source who pleaded not to be named said he passed on at Bromeo Hospital on Sunday at the age of 75. It was gathered that he had been battling protracted respiratory related ailment for some years […]

Two Nigerians sent to 12 years in prison in Vietnam for email fraud

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Wednesday, May 13th, 2015

A Vietnamese court has sentenced two Nigerian men, Christian Nnadike, 34, and Collins Deke, 37, to 12 years each in a Vietnam prison for hacking into emails of local companies, contact the company’s foreign partners and swindle them of their money. The men along with a Vietnamese female accomplice, Le Thi Kim Quyen, was sentenced […]

The Fayose I know – By Olalekan Waheed Adigun

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Ekiti, NNP Columnists, Olalekan Waheed Adigun, State News Wednesday, May 13th, 2015

By Olalekan Waheed ADIGUN | NNP | May 13, 2015 – Sometimes in November, 2014 I wrote under the title OUR GOVERNOR HAS GONE MAD AGAIN on my facebook wall. The title was inspired by Ola Rotimi’s classic OUR HUSBAND HAS GONE MAD AGAIN, whose central character Col. Ladele, an impulsive, irrational soldier-turned politician was. […]

My ministers and I’ll face persecution – Jonathan (Prosecution nko?)

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency Monday, May 11th, 2015

President Goodluck Jonathan President Goodluck Jonathan | credits: File copy President Goodluck Jonathan has given an insight into the fate that awaits him and his ministers after May 29, saying he believes they will be persecuted. He stated on Sunday during a thanksgiving and farewell service organised in his honour at the Cathedral Church of […]