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Behold the WAEC hacker! (Picture)

Posted by admin Education, Headlines Sunday, May 25th, 2014

By Simon Ebegbulem, Benin-City A 31- year-old man, Akharamen Ehizokhai, alleged to have hacked into the website of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has been arrested by the Edo State Police Command. The alleged fraudster was said to have opened a website where he posted fake questions and answers of Senior School Certificate Examination […]

Boko Haram: This is time to mobilise civil war veterans — Col. Craig (rtd)

Posted by admin Biafra, Boko Haram, Headlines Sunday, May 25th, 2014

By Bashir Adefaka Olu Craig, a retired Colonel of the Nigerian Army and ex-military police officer, was imprisoned alongside former President Olusegun Obasanjo and General Shehu Yar’Adua by General Sani Abacha over the 1995 alleged coup plot. He speaks on the state of the nation in this interview. Before the kidnapping of the schoolgirls in […]

We’re closing-in on Chibok girls’ abductors — FG

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines Sunday, May 25th, 2014

By Jide Ajani There were strong indications, yesterday, that the massive troop deployment, intelligence sharing between Nigeria and neighbouring countries along with the support from Britain, France and the United States were yielding positive results as information made available to Sunday Vanguard suggested that the military was closing-in on the abductors of school girls from […]

Why we agreed to retain 13% derivation — Obong Attah

Posted by admin Headlines, Oil Politics Sunday, May 25th, 2014

By Henry Umoru A former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Obong Victor Attah, has given an insight into why the South- south delegates in the Committee on Devolution of Powers at the on- National Conference agreed to the retention of the status quo of 13% derivation for oil producing states, saying the delegates, in their […]

No second term for Gov. Almakura —Senator Ewuga

Posted by admin Headlines, Nasarawa, State News Sunday, May 25th, 2014

By Levinus Nwabughiogu Solomon Ewuga is the senator representing Nasarawa North in the Senate. He is said to have provided the “platform”upon which Umaro Tanko Almakura stood to become the governor of Nasarawa State in 2011. Meanwhile, things have changed and Ewuga has jilted their common political party, the APC, for the PDP. In this […]

The abundant life in Jesus Christ

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, May 25th, 2014

By Femi Aribisala A farmer was living in a remote village. Every day, he had to walk several miles to the market in another village, carrying his goods on his head. He would start out early before sunup and come back home very late after sunset. The strain was already telling on his health. His […]

Don’t associate Islam with Boko Haram, Sultan warns

Posted by admin General Politics, Headlines, Raw Politics, Religion, Sultan of Sokoto Sunday, May 25th, 2014

By OLA AJAYI, Ibadan The President-General of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, who is also the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, and the governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, have called on Nigerians not to associate the Boko Haram Islamist group with Islam. They spoke in Ibadan while inaugurating the Bodija Estate […]

Three dead as Champions League fans targeted in another Jos blast

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines, Plateau, State News Sunday, May 25th, 2014

Three dead as Champions League fans targeted in another Jos blast on May 25, 2014 / in News 8:42 am / Comments At least three people were killed on Saturday in the central Nigerian city of Jos in an explosion targeting football fans watching the European Champions League final, the authorities […]

Friendly: Eagles vs Scotland: Nigerian-born striker, Ikechi Anya, ready to pounce on Eagles

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Sunday, May 25th, 2014

On May 28 when Brazil 2014 World Cup bound Super Eagles square up against Scotland in a tune-up match at Craven Cottage in London, one player that will be ready to wreck the Nigerian ship in the colours of the Tartan Army is Nigerian-born striker, Ikechi Anya. The Watford winger was named in the Scottish […]

Nigerian army will soon overcome terrorists – CDS (In your dreams)

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Headlines Thursday, May 22nd, 2014

Air Chief Marshal, Alex Badeh, Chief of Defence Staff, has said that the Nigerian army will soon overcome terrorists. According to him, military pressure had forced insurgents to resort cheap targets. Badeh who stated this during his visit to scene of explosions in Jos on Thursday said the military pressure in the North East had […]