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The New Face of the Niger Delta Amnesty Programme

Posted by admin Headlines, Niger Delta Tuesday, June 28th, 2016

The New Face of the Niger Delta Amnesty Programme The Niger Delta Presidential Amnesty Program was set up in 2010 by former president Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar’Adua GCFR. The sole purpose of the programme was to help rehabilitate and reintegrate militants in the Niger Delta who had accepted presidential amnesty given to them. It was on June […]

UK jails Nigerian pastor nine years

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Tuesday, June 28th, 2016

Samuel Kayode. Source; Daily mail This post has already been read 18993 times! Bayo Akinloye A Nigerian accountant and part-time pastor in the United Kingdom, Samuel Kayode, has been sentenced to nine years in prison for stealing £4.1million. Kayode was sentenced on Friday by Woolwich Crown Court in South London for defrauding Haberdashers’ Aske’s […]

BREAKING: Court orders Abia gov, Ikpeazu, to vacate office

Posted by admin Abia, Headlines, State News Monday, June 27th, 2016

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu, to vacate office immediately for submitting false information to his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, for the party’s governorship primary in December 2014. Justice Okon Abang in a judgment on Monday ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to immediately issue […]

Messi, defeated at COPA America finals by Chile, 4th finals defeat at major tournament, retires from international football

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Monday, June 27th, 2016

Lionel Messi sensationally announced his retirement from international football after Argentina crashed to an upset defeat against Chile in the final of the Copa America. The heartbroken Barcelona superstar was distraught after missing a spot-kick as Chile snatched victory in a penalty shoot-out – Messi’s fourth straight defeat in a major final while representing Argentina. […]

Bauchi uncovers 6,065 ghost workers on payroll

Posted by admin Bauchi, Headlines, State News Monday, June 27th, 2016

Armstrong Bakam, Bauchi The Bauchi State Government said it had discovered 6,065 ghost workers on its payroll. The discovery followed the workers’ verification the state government compelled all civil servants to do since January this year. The state Governor, Mohammed Abubakar, disclosed this during an interactive session with members of the Correspondents’ Chapel, Nigeria Union […]

Picture: Abuja woman turns six girls to sex slaves

Posted by admin Abuja (FCT), Headlines, State News Sunday, June 26th, 2016

Olaleye Aluko A 28-year-old woman, Ifeoma Daniel, has been arrested by the police in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, for allegedly turning six girls to sex slaves. PUNCH Metro learnt that Daniel, who hails from Ahiazu Mbaise, Imo State, and a suspected accomplice, Collins Madueke, 28, were arrested in the Apo area by the […]

Photos of Aisha Buhari trying to shake Alaafin’s hand go viral, sparks intense debate

Posted by admin First Ladies, General Politics, Hajiha Aisha Buhari, Headlines, Raw Politics, Top Stories Sunday, June 26th, 2016

advertisement TOP HEADLINES BREXIT: My fears for Nigeria, by former minister for Foreign Affairs, Bolaji Akinyemi Photos of Aisha Buhari trying to shake Alaafin of Oyo’s hand go viral [Lapse in judgement or power intoxication?] Nigerians call for probe of army boss’s N115m Dubai property • I declared two Dubai properties in […]

UK votes to leave EU and PM Cameron quits

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Friday, June 24th, 2016

Traditionally the Conservative party “is a formidable election winning machine marrying a sharp sense of the electoral pulse to a ruthless intolerance of leadership failure”, BBC Political Correspondent Ben Wright says. “Now, it is broken and dazed” and facing a bitter leadership contest full of “bad blood”. Former London mayor Boris Johnson is the favourite but does not yet have […]

South African court refuses Zuma appeal request in arms case – insists he must stand trial for corruption

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Friday, June 24th, 2016

Share Image copyrightREUTERSImage captionThis is the latest legal blow for South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma A South African court has refused permission for President Jacob Zuma and prosecutors to appeal against its ruling that he should face corruption charges over a 1999 arms deal worth billions of dollars. There were “no merits” in the […]

EFCC to Probe Rivers State Government for suspicious withdrawals

Posted by admin Corruption Politics, EFCC Politics, Headlines, Rivers, State News Friday, June 24th, 2016

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is going to probe the Rivers State government over the withdrawal of over N11b from the government’s account that occurred between October 2015 and February 2016, according to a report published by Punch Newspaper. The anti-graft agency was directed by the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and […]