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Picture: Kidnapping: Pay N13m or lose children, Nanny threatens parents

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Saturday, April 11th, 2015

The nanny identified as Mary Akinloye who kidnapped three children in Surulere area of Lagos State has given the victims’ family two days to produce N13m ransom or lose the children. She was said to have issued the ultimatum through a man who used her telephone to communicate with the family. Saturday PUNCH learnt […]

For fear of probe, Petroleum Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke flees to London; Feigns sickness as cover to escape

Posted by admin Headlines, National Politics, Oil Politics, Top Stories Friday, April 10th, 2015

By iReports-ng&period;com The Minister of Petroleum Resource; Diezani Alison-Madueke Barely two months to the inauguration of a new government, the fear of the President-Elect General Muhammadu Buhari is already driving corrupt officials who wield enormous power under the out-going Goodluck Jonathan administration out of the country. Buhari has declared that the fight against corruption will […]

Italy mulls military action against Boko Haram

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Thursday, April 9th, 2015

Paolo Gentiloni, the Italian foreign minister, says his country may consider contributing to tackling the Boko Haram insurgents in Nigeria. Speaking in Rome on Wednesday, Gentiloni said Italy would also help to tackle extremist groups in Libya. He said military action response to extremism was inevitable and implied military consequences. “I won’t use the word […]

OBITUARY: Oronto Douglas, Jonathan’s special adviser, dies at 48

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, April 9th, 2015

Oronto Douglas, special adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on research, documentation and strategy, died in the early hours of Thursday. He was diagnosed with cancer in 2008 and had been battling the disease since then with “encouraging signs” of improvement, family sources told TheCable. At some stage, he was thought to have survived as […]

Patience Jonathan visits Okrika

Posted by admin First Ladies, Headlines, Patience Jonathan, Rivers, State News Wednesday, April 8th, 2015

Mrs. Patience Jonathan The wife of the President, Patience Jonathan, on Wednesday visited her hometown, Okrika, in Rivers State. Jonathan’s visit is the first since the March 28 Presidential election, in which her husband, President Goodluck Jonathan, conceded defeat to the President-elect, Maj.Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). Patience, who expressed surprise at the large turnout of […]

Court refuses to stop Fayose’s impeachment (This must be a very foolish gov)

Posted by admin All Peoples' Congress (APC), Ekiti, Governors, Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News, Top Stories Wednesday, April 8th, 2015

Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose and his deputy, Kolapo Olusola, have raced to a Federal High Court in Abuja to stop the 19 All Progressives Congress members of the state House of Assembly from impeaching them. But they met a brick wall as the judge, Justice Ahmed Mohammed, turned down […]

Lagosians will suffer under PDP govt – Osinbajo

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News Wednesday, April 8th, 2015

Prof. Yemi Osinbajo The Vice President-elect, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, says he fears that the people of Lagos will suffer underdevelopment if they vote for the Peoples Democratic Party on Saturday. He said this during a meeting with the members of the Nigeria Union of Teachers in Lagos on Wednesday. Osinbajo, who was Attorney-General and […]

Use dollars for local transactions, go to jail – CBN

Posted by admin CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Economy, Headlines Wednesday, April 8th, 2015

CBN Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele The Central Bank of Nigeria on Tuesday raised concerns over the increasing use of foreign currencies as a medium of exchange in the country and warned that persons caught in the illegal act risked a six-month jail term upon conviction. The central bank said in a statement that some individuals […]

APC wins 214 House of Reps’ seats

Posted by admin All Peoples' Congress (APC), Headlines, House, Legislature, Party Politics Wednesday, April 8th, 2015

The All Progressives Congress will firmly be in control of the 8th House of Representatives as the majority party with over 214 members. There are a total of 360 seats in the second chamber of the National Assembly. Figures emerging from the outcome of the March 28 National Assembly poll, show that APC members […]

The Naira recovery at the black market

Posted by admin Economy, Headlines, Naira (Currency) Saturday, April 4th, 2015

By Udeme Clement Nigeria’s economy may experience investments inflow in 2015 as the local currency appreciates by over seven percent. The battered Naira, which sold for between 228 and 230 to a dollar at Bureau de Change (BDC) weeks to the just concluded presidential election, has appreciated to about 208 -211 to the dollar. Though […]