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Obama welcomes Scotland ‘No’ vote on independence

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Headlines Friday, September 19th, 2014

US President Barack Obama congratulated Scotland Friday on its “full and energetic exercise of democracy,” as he welcomed the result of its historic referendum rejecting independence from the United Kingdom. “We have no closer ally than the United Kingdom, and we look forward to continuing our strong and special relationship with all the people of […]

Synagogue: Woman walks out from rubble after four days

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, September 16th, 2014

Scene of the collapsed SCOAN building on Tuesday. | credits: Goke Famadewa Rescue workers, residents and others at the site of a collapsed six-storey structure belonging to the Synagogue Church of All Nations were on Tuesday excited by the rescue of a woman four days after the incident occurred. PUNCH Metro learnt that the 45-year-old unnamed […]

Oyakhilomes Divorce Crisis: The problem with the Church of God, by Okogie

Posted by admin Headlines, Religion Tuesday, September 16th, 2014

By Sam Eyoboka I CORINTHIANS 7:10-11: To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her husband (but if she does, she should remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and the husband should not divorce his wife. THE recent matrimonial debacle involving Nigeria’s […]

Picture: How I abandoned my husband, 3 children and ended up a robber — Suspect

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, September 16th, 2014

By Esther Onyegbula LAGOS— Operatives of the Special Anti Robbery Squad, SARS, Ikeja, Lagos have smashed a syndicate, arresting a woman and a man that specialised in robbing unsuspecting passengers who board commercial cab along Badagry-Mile 2 route. According to Police sources, the suspects identified as Ahmed Isiaka and Victoria Amodu are part of five-man […]

How we contained Ebola Virus — Fashola

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Tuesday, September 16th, 2014

Says Nigeria should help neighbouring countries By Olasunkanmi Akoni & Monsur Olowoopejo Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, yesterday, gave insight into how the government was able to contain the out-break of Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, even as he said Nigeria needed to assist neighbouring countries still battling to contain the EVD pandemic.. The governor […]

Opinion: A deep look at Nigeria Immigration Service

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) Tuesday, September 16th, 2014

Jide Ojo The Nigeria Immigration Service has come a long way since it was carved out of the Nigeria Police Force in 1958. The Immigration Department, as it was known then, was entrusted with the core immigration duties under the headship of the Chief FederalImmigration Officer. During this period, only the Visa and Business Sections […]

Has AU isolated West Africa?

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, African Union (AU), Headlines Tuesday, September 16th, 2014

• People rush to line up at the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare seeking work from the anticipated Ebola related jobs in Liberia…on Tuesday. | credits: Washington Post Is West Africa still a part of the African Union? That is the question in the minds of individuals and stakeholders who have observed the AU’s silence in the wake […]

Amaechi laments increasing corruption rate

Posted by admin Agatha Okoroiwu, Headlines, Rivers, State News Tuesday, September 16th, 2014

Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi The Rivers State Governor and Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has expressed worry over the level of corruption in the country, saying the level of graft in the country knows no bound. Amaechi, who spoke on Tuesday while swearing in 21 local government caretaker committee chairmen, observed […]

Zambian minister accuses Dangote Cement of bribery

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, General Politics, Headlines Tuesday, September 16th, 2014

Alhaji Aliko Dangote A row is brewing between Zambia and Dangote Cement, a major employer in Africa’s second largest copper producer, after a government minister accused an executive at the local unit of the Nigerian company of attempting to bribe him. The dispute appears to be the latest in a string of incidents in which […]

Wike behind Jonathan, Amaechi feud –PDP chief (feuding instead of governing)

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Tuesday, September 16th, 2014

Amaechi and Wike A chief of the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State and former Chief SecurityAdviser to ex-Governor Peter Odili, Chief Anabs Sara-Igbe, has said the Minister of State for Education, Nyesom Wike arm-twisted President Goodluck Jonathan to engage in a feud with Governor Rotimi Amaechi to enhance his 2015 governorship ambition. Sara-Igbe in an […]