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A thousand Mbus can’t tame me, says Amaechi

Posted by admin General Politics, Governors, Headlines, Nigerian Police, State News Tuesday, September 16th, 2014

Amaechi and Mbu The Rivers State Governor and Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has said that a thousand Mbus, (a former commissioner of Police in the state) cannot tame him or the people of the state. Amaechi described a former state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Joseph Mbu, as a puppet. The […]

67 S’Africans died in Synagogue building collapse –Zuma

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

President Jacob Zuma Sixty-seven South Africans died in the building collapse that occurred at the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Nigeria, President Jacob Zuma said in a statement on Tuesday. Scores more sustained injuries when the six-storey building belonging to the church collapsed on Friday. Zuma said ” This is a particularly difficult time for […]

Borno: No longer home of hospitality

Posted by admin Borno, Headlines, State News Monday, September 15th, 2014

For a number of years now, the Boko Haram sect has been ravaging cities in the North Eastern part of the nation, especially Borno State. Several lives have been lost and properties destroyed. James Bwala, in this report, brings to limelight the sufferings of the former residents of Bama town who are now refugees. Food, […]

Corruption: Lamorde’s offensive against govs

Posted by admin EFCC Politics, Governors, Headlines Monday, September 15th, 2014

KUNLE ODEREMI writes on the allegation of inefficient managementof resources levelled against state governors by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) chairman, Mr Ibrahim Larmode, last week. AS the Election Year approaches, there is bound to be a deluge of political activities ranging from the serious to the sublime. Core stakeholders will thrust to the […]

Nigeria needs N485trn for quality infrastructure — Minister (This means the funds allocated has been embezzled as usual)

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, September 15th, 2014

The Minister, National Planning Commission, Abubakar O. Sulaiman, on Thursday, said Nigeria required $3.05 trillion (N485 trillion) to deliver quality infrastructure across different asset classes in the country in the next 30 years. Addressing a press conferencein Abuja on the National Integrated Infrastructure Master Plan (NIINMP), the minister said between now and 2018, an investment of $166.1(N26.9 trillion) […]

Sheriff visits Maiduguri today

Posted by admin Borno, Headlines, State News Monday, September 15th, 2014

FORMER governor of Borno State, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, is being expected in Maiduguri, the Borno Statecapital, to condole with his political compatriot, Kashim Imam ,who lost his mother recently. Sheriff is expected to arrive in Maiduguri, today, but he has alerted the public to a plan by the state government to embarrass him during […]

Stay off our schools, Rivers govt warns FG

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Monday, September 15th, 2014

Rivers State government has warned the Federal Government to drop its proposed plan to renovate and build some blocks of classrooms in some state-owned secondary schools in the state. Minister of State for Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, had, last Friday, at Ogu, in Ogu/Bolo Local Government Area of the state, stated that the Federal Government […]

Nigerians mourn Benjamin Adekunle

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, September 15th, 2014

He was a patriotic Nigerian —Alao-Akala, Soun Former governor of Oyo State, Chief Adebayo Alao-Akala and the Soun of Ogbomosoland, Oba Oladunni Oyewunmi, described the late General Benjamin Adekunle as the loss of another patriotic Nigerian. The duo stated this in their reaction to the death of General Adekunle, popularly known as Black Scorpion, who […]

Nigeria’s military competent to tackle Boko Haram —Kwankwaso (How do you define ‘competent’?)

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Headlines, Kano, State News Monday, September 15th, 2014

KANO State governor, Dr Rabiu Kwankwaso, on Sunday, said the Nigerian military was competent to tackle the insurgency problem in the country. Kwankwaso, a former Minister of Defence between 2003 and 2007, stated this during a media chat with journalists in Benin City, Edo State, adding that the army was as competent as he left it in […]

Suntai returns, thanks Nigerians •Acting gov, Danjuma, others receive him

Posted by admin Headlines, State News, Taraba Monday, September 15th, 2014

TARABA State governor, Danbaba Suntai, on Saturday, returned to Nigeria after several months of medical trip to London. Suntai, who was involved in an air crash in 2012, returned after 10 months of medical trip abroad, but on his return, the Taraba State House of Assembly, said he was unfit to assume duties, then the […]