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Jonathan holds private meetings with Adeboye, Oyedepo

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Headlines, Presidency Tuesday, May 5th, 2015

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday met separately with two leading pastors in the country based in Ogun State. Jonathan met with the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye; and the Presiding Bishop of the Living Faith Church Worldwide a.k.a Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo. The headquarters of Winners Chapel […]

100 killed in Plateau, Taraba

Posted by admin Headlines, Plateau, State News, Taraba Tuesday, May 5th, 2015

No fewer than 100 people, including a pastor and three soldiers, were killed at the weekend and Monday in Plateau and Taraba states. Seventy of the deaths were recorded in Karim Lamido and Takum local government areas of Taraba State and 30 in two villages at the Barkin Ladi LGA of […]

Man blames Jonathan for pregnant daughter’s murder

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Headlines, Presidency Tuesday, May 5th, 2015

President Goodluck Jonathan | credits: File photo The father of a 26-year-old pregnant woman, who was murdered in the Arepo area of Ogun State last week, has blamed President Goodluck Jonathan for the incident. Mr. Babafemi Ojo, whose daughter Damilola Fajana, was killed on April 28, said this in a statement on Monday. Ojo […]

NLC warns FG against fuel subsidy removal

Posted by admin Headlines, Oil Politics Tuesday, May 5th, 2015

The Nigeria Labour Congress has warned the Federal Government against removing fuel subsidy in the country. President of the NLC, Mr. Ayuba Wabba, argued in a statement on Tuesday that the disagreement between the Federal Government and the marketers on the exact amount of money owed the marketers, indicated that the current fuel scarcity could […]

Dangote seeks to buy Arsenal

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Soccer, Sports Tuesday, May 5th, 2015

Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has said he still wants to buy Arsenal despite failing in a 2010 bid to acquire a stake in the club. The Nigerian billionaire is now worth nearly eight times as much as when he tried to buy into the Gunners, and the passionate Gooners has not given up on […]

Nigerian billionaire Mike Adenuga offers $600m for Ivorian mobile phone company

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Tuesday, May 5th, 2015

Nigerian billionaire Mike Adenuga has made a bid to buy Ivorian mobile telecoms operator Comium Cote d’Ivoire. According to Telegeography, Globacom, a Nigerian mobile telecoms operator owned by Adenuga, is lodging a $600 million takeover bid for Comium Cote d’Ivoire, a company that has been grappling with debt and cash flow problems. If the deal […]

‘I sold my niece for N10,000 to sex workers in Libya

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, April 30th, 2015

By Odita Sunday on April 29, 2015 The suspects, Kelvin and Ogbonna A 27 YEAR-OLD man yesterday confessed selling his sister’s daughter to commercial sex workers operating in Libya for a paltry sum of N10, 000. The suspect, Kelvin Okorie, was among five members of the syndicate arrested by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad […]

Husband wants wife to refund N1.4m marriage expenses (Husband, would you refund the sex?)

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, April 30th, 2015

A middle-aged-man, Collins Nduka, on Thursday pleaded with an Ojo Customary Court in Lagos State to order his wife, Sefinat Nduka, to refund N1.4 million he spent in marrying her. Collins told the court that his wife, whom he married three years ago, had decided to abandon her matrimonial home for more than a year. […]

Russia moves to force out Nigerians, others

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Thursday, April 30th, 2015

Aspiring Nigerian footballers and indeed basketballers may soon find the Russian League a very tough one to join as the Russians move to restrict the inflow of foreigners and indeed force out those already there. The aim, they have explained is to strengthen their national team and their football system ahead of the 2018 World […]

‘Islamist attack’ thwarted in Germany, official says; 2 arrested

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Thursday, April 30th, 2015

(CNN)German authorities think they “have thwarted an Islamist attack,” and a married couple have been arrested in a town near Frankfurt in connection with the case, the interior minister for the German state of Hesse told reporters Thursday. The official didn’t provide details about the alleged plot, but German media are reporting that a man […]