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Nigeria win seventh AYC title – Beat host Senegal 1-0

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Sunday, March 22nd, 2015

Idris Adesina • (1) Flying Eagles before their semi-final match against Ghana (2) The Under-20 Cup won by Nigeria at the African Youth Championship in Senegal … on Sunday. | credits: AFP advertisement Nigeria became the first side to win the African Youth Championship for […]

Seven killed, 23 injured in Lagos-Ibadan Expressway crash

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, Oyo, State News Sunday, March 22nd, 2015

Corp Marshal, FRSC, Mr. Boboye Oyeyemi Seven passengers reportedly died while 23 others were injured in a multiple accident which occurred at Danco filling station area along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Sunday. It was gathered that those that died were four males and three females. The accident, our correspondent learnt, involved four vehicles – a […]

B’Haram: Nigeria pays Chadian, Nigerien soldiers N146m monthly

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Armed Forces, Boko Haram, General Politics, Headlines, Top Stories Sunday, March 22nd, 2015

Chief of Army Staff, Maj. Gen. Kenneth Minimah Nigeria is bearing the financial burden of the operations by multinational forces against Boko Haram insurgents, findings by The PUNCH on Sunday have revealed. The troops from Nigeria’s neighbours – Chad and Niger – it was learnt in Abuja, receive N146.25m monthly as pocket and feeding allowances […]

Amaechi’s deputy, Ikuru, defects to PDP

Posted by admin All Peoples' Congress (APC), Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Raw Politics, Rivers, State News Sunday, March 22nd, 2015

Rivers State Deputy Governor, Tele Ikuru | credits: http://upload.wikimedia.org A crack has appeared in the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State as Deputy Governor Tele Ikuru on Sunday announced his defection to the Peoples Democratic Party. Ikuru, who has worked with Governor Rotimi Amaechi for about eight years, may be received by President Goodluck Jonathan […]

Wike pays Jonathan’s wife N199m monthly, Amaechi alleges

Posted by admin First Ladies, General Politics, Headlines, Patience Jonathan, Rivers, State News, Top Stories Sunday, March 22nd, 2015

Nyesom Wike RIVERS State Governor and Director-General of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has accused the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state, Chief Nyesom Wike, of giving $1m (N199m) monthly to the wife of the President, Mrs. Patience Jonathan. Amaechi, who spoke on Saturday at a praise […]

Death threat: Enugu bishops meet Mbaka

Posted by admin Enugu, Headlines, State News Sunday, March 22nd, 2015

Ejike Mbaka | credits: http://www.vanguardngr.com/ The Catholic Diocese of Enugu, which oversees the Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka-led Adoration Ministry, has said it will meet with the cleric today to investigate his claim that President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife, Patience, want him dead. This is as the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria on Saturday said […]

Nigerian soldiers afraid of recaptured Boko Haram towns —Chad

Posted by admin Adamawa, Africa & World Politics, Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Headlines, State News Sunday, March 22nd, 2015

Chadian and Nigerien troops fighting Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East are reportedly begging their Nigerian counterparts to take over towns recaptured from the sect. Nigerian authorities had announced that troops had recaptured all towns occupied by members of the terrorist group in Adamawa and Yobe states, remaining Borno, the last of the three north-eastern […]

Picture: Miss Niger Delta reaches out to rural communities

Posted by admin Headlines, Niger Delta Friday, March 20th, 2015

Done with the glamour and razzmatazz that come with wining the crown, Miss Niger Delta, Deborah Alfred Ibeinmo has revealed plans to strengthen her ongoing pet project on health. The dark-skinned model and native of Nembe Local Government of Bayelsa State hinted that she has concluded plans with the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in […]

U.S. VP phones Jonathan, backs card reader for elections

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Friday, March 20th, 2015

US Vice President Joe Biden The United States government has thrown its weight behind the Independent National Electoral Commission to use the Permanent Voter Cards and the smart card readers in the March 28 and April 11 elections. The introduction of the PVC and the SCR for use in the 2015 general elections has […]

I can never forgive Buhari, says Adebanjo (What does the Bible say about forgiveness?)

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, March 20th, 2015

Afenifere leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, says he can never forgive the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj.Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), because of the sins he committed against Yoruba leaders while he was head of state between December 1983 and August 1985. The 87-year-old, who was a close associate of the late sage, Chief […]