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Headlines, Niger Delta
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010

A group of young men numbering about 60 that claimed to be ex-militants from Bayelsa State, yesterday, attacked the Abuja headquarters of the Presidential Amnesty Office. According to the group, it was protesting their non-inclusion in the benefits of the amnesty programme, especially the N65,000 stipend and feeding allowance paid to their colleagues on a […]
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Anambra, Headlines, Raw Politics, State News
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
ARRANGEMENTS by the family of ailing former leader of the defunct Biafran Republic, Ikemba Nnewi, Dim Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, to fly him overseas for further treatment have been completed even as the medical team handling his case at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, UNTH, Enugu, have continued to battle to keep him alive. A member […]
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Headlines, Raw Politics
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010

Doctors at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Ituku Ozalla where the sick former Biafran warlord, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu was rushed to on Sunday said yesterday that they are waiting for the arrival of an air ambulance before they will carry out a Computerized Tomography (CT) scan on him preparatory to his being […]
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Headlines, Raw Politics
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010

A Lagos High Court presided over by Justice Muftau Olokooba, on Tuesday, discharged and acquitted Major Hamzat Al-Mustapha, Chief Security Officer (CSO) to the late military ruler, General Sani Abacha, alongside others standing trial over an alleged attempt to murder the publisher of the Guardian Newspapers, Chief Alex Ibru. The judge, in his ruling on […]
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Headlines, Raw Politics
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010

Former Biafran leader and chieftain of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, may be flown abroad for medical treatment any time from now, following his failing health. Anxiety has heightened in Enugu and its environs over the deteriorating health of the Nnewi high chief. Nigerian Tribune gathered that the ex-warlord was […]
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Headlines, Plateau, Rivers, State News
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
CRISES have again broken out in Jos, the Plateau State capital and two communities in Rivers State, leaving about eight people dead. About five people were reported killed, with several others injured and about 200 houses burnt in an attack on Kegbara Dere, also known as K-Dere, in Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State, […]
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Headlines
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
Former Chief Security Officer (CSO) to the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha and three others were on Tuesday discharged by a Lagos High Court of the charge of attempted murder preferred against them over the 1996 attempt on the life of The Guardian Publisher, Alex Ibru. Others set free alongside […]
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Delta, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
AS a way of showing their support and confidence in the candidature for Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan for his visionary leadership, Delta State students have contributed the sum of N250, 000 to support him in the re-run election coming soon in the state. The Delta State students, who made this contribution known in a statement at […]
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Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Sokoto
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010

Governor Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko has said that in spite of what is said about the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP by some people across the country, the party still remains the backbone of the unity of this country. He spoke when he received 392,299 people that defected to the party from other parties, mostly from […]
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Headlines, National Politics
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
Nigerian First Lady Dame Patience Goodluck Jonathan has challenged Nigerians to believe in the immense capacity and capability of the women folk in nation building in order to bring about the much needed positive change the country is yearning for. Dame Patience Jonathan made the call in Yola Wednesday at the official flag off of […]