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Abuja blast: First lady donates medical items to victims

Posted by admin Abuja (FCT), Boko Haram, First Ladies, Headlines, Patience Jonathan, State News Friday, April 18th, 2014

The First lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, on Friday in Abuja distributed medical items to the hospitalised victims of Nyanya bomb blast. The blast which occurred on April 14, in Nyanya, a suburb of the FCT, was officially reported to have claimed 75 lives. The First Lady was represented by the National Coordinator of her NGO, […]

Soyinka, others decry influx of foreigners

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Wole Soyinka Friday, April 18th, 2014

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka some academics and researchers have expressed worry over unchecked influx of foreigners into Nigeria’s territory. This is contained in a communiqué issued on Thursday at the end of a three- day colloquium organised by the Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding. Soyinka, who is […]

UK activists campaign for Nigerian preacher’s deportation

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Friday, April 18th, 2014

Helen Ukpabio A Nigerian preacher, Helen Ukpabio, a self styled witch hunter, could be banned from the UK following calls to Home Secretary Theresa May that she is a risk to youngsters. Ukpabio who founded the controversial African Evangelical Franchise Liberty Foundation Gospel Ministries in Nigeria, has published her views around the demonic possession of […]

Woman accuses Lagos DPO of rape

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, Nigerian Police, State News Friday, April 18th, 2014

Akinwunmi | credits: Goke Famadewa and Eniola Akinkuotu A 31-year-old cook, Idowu Akinwunmi, has narrated how the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Onikan Station, SP Adekunle Awe, allegedly raped, extorted and threatened her life. The victim told PUNCH Metro that the incident occurred on April 15, 2014. She explained that on April 14 […]

Dr. Felix Odartey-Wellington: The Compelling Story of Ghanaian-born Lawyer & Professor in Canada

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Wednesday, April 16th, 2014

Dr. Felix Odartey-Wellington Culled From African Immigrant Magazine (Canada) – www.africanimmigrant.ca April 16, 2014 The story of Ghanaian-born Dr. Felix Nii Lartey Odartey-Wellington is a compelling one that provides ample motivation and impetus to succeed in spite of the odds. Born into a military family, Felix lost his father, Maj.-Gen. Neville Alexan-der Odartey-Wellington, who was […]

Obanikoro soiled his hands in Ondo by-election –INEC (Who didn’t)

Posted by admin Headlines, INEC Politics, Ondo, State News Tuesday, April 15th, 2014

Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro | credits: http://www.indepthnigeria.com/ A stakeholder meeting called by the Independent National Electoral Commission in Ondo State, almost degenerated into fisticuffs on Tuesday as the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Akin Orebiyi, hinted that the commission had a report which showed that the Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, had […]

Abuja bomb blast: PDP accuses APC of culpability

Posted by admin All Peoples' Congress (APC), Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) Tuesday, April 15th, 2014

Scene of the blast. | credits: Sam Adeko The Peoples Democratic Party on Monday accused the opposition All Progressives Party of culpability in the bomb blast which killed over 70 people in Nyanya, Abuja, on Monday. While condemning the act which it described as barbaric, monstrous and extremely wicked, the PDP said the attacks were […]

Police College graduates 71 detectives

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Police Tuesday, April 15th, 2014

The Nigeria Police Staff College, Jos, on Tuesday, graduated 71 detectives who participated in the college’s Advanced Detective Course. Addressing the graduates at a ceremony in Jos, the College Commandant, AIG Bala Hassan, said the six-week course was part of the force’s deliberate attempt to strengthen its operations. Hassan said the security challenges facing the […]

Bomb scare in Rivers, police evacuate suspected explosive

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Tuesday, April 15th, 2014

There was confusion in Portharcourt, the Rivers State capital on Tuesday as operatives of the Nigeria Police Force evacuated a leather bag suspected to contain explosives. Residents, commuters and traders along the ever busy Ikwerre Road axis of Port Harcourt ran for their dear lives when an unidentified man dropped laptop bag by the roadside […]

Can Amaechi right the wrong of abandoned property?

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Tuesday, April 15th, 2014

Azuka Onwuka | credits: File copy One thing that is striking about Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State is that he is a fighter. He is also never afraid to bare his mind on any issue. As a fighter, when President Olusegun Obasanjo denied him his Peoples Democratic Party governorship ticket with the lame excuse […]