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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Friday, January 9th, 2015
Lagos—Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State yesterday said the Federal Government was clueless about the challenges confronting the country. Fashola made the statement at the commissioning of the Cooperative Home Ownership Incentive Scheme, CHOIS City at Agbowa, Ikosi in Ejirin Local Council Development Area, LCDA, and the first Solar-powered Primary Health Care, PHC, centre, Epe. […]
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Headlines
Friday, January 9th, 2015
I must apologise to my readers for absconding from my weekly assignment without due notice. I went in search of better sight and improved hearing. Though I can now see and hear a little bit better. I must confess that my sight is being blurred by the devastation of Boko-Haram bombs and my ears are […]
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Delta, Headlines, State News
Friday, January 9th, 2015
Chief Enyote Gbogbo (in traditional attire) and Dr. Emmanuel Biri (DELSU) flanked by Epha Ughievwen, during the maiden Ughievwen Cultural Carnival led by Chief Gbogbo in Otughievwen, headquarters of Ughelli South Local Government. advertisement <a href=”http://media.fastclick.net/w/click.here?sid=12386&m=6&c=1″ target=”_blank”><img src=”http://media.fastclick.net/w/get.media?sid=12386&m=6&tp=8&d=s&c=1&vcm_acv=1.3″ width=”300″ height=”250″ border=”1″></a> By Egufe Yafugborhi WARRI-TWO lecturers at Delta State University, DELSU, Abraka, Professor […]
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Headlines, Niger Delta, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Friday, January 9th, 2015
REACTING to the criticism of its endorsement of the All Progressives Congress candidate, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), for the presidency in the 2015 elections, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta has insisted that Buhari is the best candidate in the race. MEND, the umbrella body for militancy in the oil-rich Niger-Delta, said […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Friday, January 9th, 2015
Two brothers suspected of slaughtering 12 people in an unprecedented jihadist attack in France held one person hostage on Friday as police cornered the gunmen northeast of the capital. The hostage drama unfolded at a printing business in the small town of Dammartin-en-Goele, only 12 kilometres (seven miles) from Paris’s main Charles de Gaulle airport, […]
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Bauchi, Headlines, Plateau, State News
Wednesday, January 7th, 2015
Bauchi State Police Command has confirmed the death of 13 people in a road crash at Sabon Garin Nabordo along the Bauchi-Jos highway. The command, in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday by the spokesman of the command, DSP Haruna Mohammed, said the accident happened when a motorcyclist collided […]
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Headlines
Wednesday, January 7th, 2015
By Our Reporter on January 7, 2015 COVER, National • Priest angry for not getting oil block –President’s supporter • Igbo group attacks Archbishop Chukwuma over outburst From FRED ITUA, ABUJA and EMMANUEL UZOR, Onitsha The ongoing controversy sparked off by the call by Enugu-based Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka that the electorate […]
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Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Headlines
Wednesday, January 7th, 2015
By Our Reporter on January 7, 2015 Breaking News, Trending (KAMPALA, Uganda) The Ugandan military confirmed Wednesday that a senior leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army had surrendered in the Central African Republic, a victory for a U.S.-backed offensive that deepens the isolation of the feared rebel group’s top commander, Joseph Kony. Dominic Ongwen, the […]
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Edo, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, January 7th, 2015
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has said the government will renew its commitment to cut costs and block leakages as part of measures to survive the expected drop in the revenue accruing to the state as a result of the crash in the price of crude oil. Speaking yesterday at the state’s first executive […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Tuesday, January 6th, 2015
Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Sulaiman Abba, on Tuesday warned politicians, against bad conduct during the 2015 general elections, saying he would not hesitate to deal with any of them who flout the electoral rules as stipulated in the Electoral Act. The IG, represented by the Commissioner of […]
