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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Friday, January 30th, 2015
Wilfred Agbonavbare | credits: http://images.supersport.com Spanish club Rayo Vallecano have immortalised late Nigeria goalkeeper Wilfred Agbonavbare by naming a gate at their stadium after him. Agbonavbare died in Spain on Tuesday after a battle with cancer. The goalkeeper who hit the limelight with the Flying Eagles on the road to Mexico ’83 U20 World Cup, […]
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Africa & World Politics, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Friday, January 30th, 2015
Czech arms dealer Excalibur Group will sell weapons to Nigeria’s government forces for fighting with the militant group Boko Haram, local media reported on Friday. Excalibur Group’s spokesman Andrej Cirtek confirmed the weapons include modernised Soviet-made tanks T-72 M1 and 16 other vehicles, armoured infantry fighting vehicles BVP and rocket launchers and the destination for […]
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Delta, Headlines, Nigerian Police, State News
Friday, January 30th, 2015
The Delta State Police Command on Friday said a suspected armed robber, who along with three of his colleagues, forced a victim to withdraw money for them at gunpoint at an ATM point, has died as a result of injuries he sustained in a gun duel with the police. The Delta State Police Public Relations […]
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Niger Delta, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Friday, January 30th, 2015
Peoples Democratic Party has warned some ex-militants who have been threatening violence if President Goodluck Jonathan loses the February 14 presidential election to desist from such act. The party warned them to realise that the President remains the President of all Nigerians irrespective of their tribe, region and religious believe. National Publicity Secretary of […]
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Aviation, Judiciary, Latest Politics
Friday, January 30th, 2015
The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the continuation of the stalled trial of a former Aviation Minister, Professor Babalola Borishade and others for alleged forgery and corrupt enrichment. The trial had been stalled before a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja, by an interlocutory appeal which had been fought up to the apex […]
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Edo, Latest Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News, Top Stories
Friday, January 30th, 2015
Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole | credits: File copy The Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, on Thursday accused the Peoples Democratic Party-led Federal Government of duping Nigerians by selling kerosene N150 per litre instead of N50. Oshiomhole, who said this while receiving defectors from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress in Benin, the […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Headlines, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency
Friday, January 30th, 2015
Fola Ojo In next month’s presidential election are nine people – eight men and one woman. Their mission is clear, their goal is overt; they are sure they have a lot to offer Nigerians better than what the sitting President, Goodluck Jonathan, has dished on the dinner-table for Nigeria and Nigerians. So, they are […]
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Cross River, Latest Politics, State News
Friday, January 30th, 2015
Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross Rivers has assured President Goodluck Jonathan that the state would give him 1.1 million votes in the February 14 poll. Imoke made the promise on Friday during the Peoples Democratic Party presidential rally in Calabar. Imoke, who is the South-South Coordinator of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, said the state […]
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Latest Politics, Niger Delta
Friday, January 30th, 2015
Minister of Interior, Mr. Abba Moro The Federal Government officially reacted on Thursday to the war threat by ex- Niger Delta militants, saying it was reprehensible. The condemnation came barely a day after a former Minister of Defence, Lt.Gen. Theophilus Danjuma, called for their arrest and seven days after the ex-militants made the threat at […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, State News, Taraba
Friday, January 30th, 2015
President Goodluck Jonathan’s convoy was again stoned on Thursday by some aggrieved youths in Jalingo, Taraba State. Jonathan was in the city in continuation of the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential rally. His convoy had before Thursday been stoned in Katsina and Bauchi states when he went to seek the votes for his re-election bid. It […]
