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Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Rivers, State News
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015
Immediate past governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi has filed a suit against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the party’s chairman in Rivers State, Felix Obuah and two others over allegations of foreign accounts ownership and funds embezzlement. The former governor is seeking that the court compel PDP and Obuah to pay him 300 million as […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015
In what he described as a demonstration of love and support, Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, on Tuesday, distributed rams to Muslims in the state, for the celebration of this year’s Id-El-Kabir, billed for Thursday, September 24 and Friday, September 25, 2015. Fayose however, appealed to Muslim faithfuls to shun politicians whipping religious sentiment. A […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015
By Henry Umoru ABUJA – FORMER Spokesperson of former President Goodluck Jonathan Presidential Campaign Organisation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has condemned the abduction of former Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), Chief Olu Falae, calling on security agencies to as a matter of urgency fish out perpetrators of the act. In a statement Monday, Fani-Kayode […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Monday, September 21st, 2015
Ikeme’ll keep Enyeama on his toes —Alloy Agu From ROMANUS UGWU, Abuja SUPER Eagles goalkeeper trainer, Alloy Agu, has said that regardless of the five-star performances England-based Nigerian goalkeeper, Carl Ikeme put in the AFCON qualifier tie against Tanzania and friendly encounter against Niger in Port Harcourt, it would be very unfair to rate him […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Monday, September 21st, 2015
Russia has deployed 28 combat planes in Syria, US officials said Monday, confirming the latest move in Moscow’s increasing military presence in the war-torn nation. “There are 28 fighter and bomber aircraft” at an airfield in the western Syrian province of Latakia, one of the officials told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity. A second […]
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General Politics, Headlines, National Politics, Top Stories
Monday, September 21st, 2015
Chief Olu Falae | credits: Sunday Aborisade Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Olu Falae, has been kidnapped by gunmen on Monday on his farm at Ilado village in Akure North Local Government area of Ondo State. The incident occurred on the day the former presidential candidate of the All Peoples […]
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Headlines
Monday, September 21st, 2015
The family’s apartment | credits: Olaleye Aluko Residents of Abesan Estate in the Ipaja area of Lagos State have been thrown into confusion after a man, Nelson Oamen, stabbed his father, Ehiremen Oamen, to death during an altercation. PUNCH Metro gathered that Nelson, who reportedly fled his father’s apartment in Block 272, after the incident […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Sunday, September 20th, 2015
Mecca – Nigeria’s Consul-General to Saudi Arabia Ahmed Umar said on Sunday that the six Nigerian Pilgrims who died in the Sept. 11 crane crash in Mecca had been buried. Briefing newsmen in Jeddah, he said the bodies were buried on Sept. 18, in a “specially designated cemetery’’ in Mecca, where all victims of the […]
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Headlines, Religion
Sunday, September 20th, 2015
By Sam Eyoboka One striking feature of the ongoing Deeper Christian Life Mini-stries’ Lagos City-Wide Crusade in partnership with the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, besides the rain of miraculous feats in all the venues the train had birthed thus far, has been that despite the huge financial outlay in logistical arrange-ments the church has not collect-ed […]
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Headlines
Sunday, September 20th, 2015
Thousands of Lagos residents Sunday defied the early morning downpour and thronged the national headquarters of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Throne of Grace Parish, Ebute-Meta, Lagos where the church’s General Overseer, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye had a special service for first borns in every family, reports OLAYINKA LATONA. Speaking on a theme: “Destined to […]
