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Why we need a non-religious president

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, April 9th, 2014

Bayo Olupohunda | credits: File copy Fellow Nigerians, we need a non-religious Presidency in 2015. I am recommending a Presidency where both the president and his deputy are non-adherents of any of the popular faiths as practised in our country today. I am also recommending that no member of a future cabinet should pledge […]

Some NFF members uncomfortable with Keshi —Onigbinde

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Wednesday, April 9th, 2014

Chief Adegboye Onigbinde A former Super Eagles coach, Adegboye Onigbinde, on Wednesday advised the team’s coach, Stephen Keshi, to remain steadfast and committed to the team’s success at the 2014 World Cup. The veteran coach also condemned the unfriendly relationship some members of the Nigeria Football Federation have with Keshi. Onigbinde told the News Agency […]

I took Reeva’s life –Pistorius

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Wednesday, April 9th, 2014

Oscar Pistorius told a South African court on Wednesday that his girlfriend died in his arms, blood pouring from her body, as he tried to revive her after shooting her by mistake. Facing questioning from prosecutor Gerrie Nel for the first time in his murder trial, Pistorius admitted killing Reeva Steenkamp at his home […]

Gunmen bomb police station, court, bank in Jigawa State

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines, Jigawa, Nigerian Police Wednesday, April 9th, 2014

Boko Haram members Bandits suspected to be Boko Haram terrorists on Wednesday bombed a police station, a bank and a Sharia Court, killing seven policemen and a civilian guard in Gwaram Sabuwa, Gwaram Local Government Area of Jigawa State. Four other persons were also said to have been injured during the incident which occurred between […]

Chime, Nnamani test political strength in Enugu East

Posted by admin Enugu, Headlines, State News Wednesday, April 9th, 2014

Nnamani and Nweke Jnr. | credits: File copy The 2015 general elections may be one year away, but political gladiators seeking to represent Enugu East Senatorial District in the Senate are leaving nothing to chance, OZIOMA UBABUKOH writes All appears set for what many consider a clash of the titans in Enugu East senatorial zone […]

Picture: Environmental officials kill 17-year-old pupil

Posted by admin Enugu, Headlines, State News Wednesday, April 9th, 2014

Chidiebere | credits: Family A 17-year-old boy has died after being beaten up with sticks by men of the Enugu State Waste Management Agency. Before his death, the boy, Chidiebere Edeh, lived with his parents at 20 Ifenze Street in the Abakpa area of the state and was sitting for the ongoing Senior School Certificate […]

I’ve been insulted over meeting with Jonathan —Fani-Kayode (So what?)

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, April 9th, 2014

A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, says his closed-door meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Tuesday has earned him insults. Fani-Kayode, an ardent critic of the President, laments on Wednesday, that what transpired at the meeting had been the subject of so much “online speculation.” Writing on his […]

I’ll back Wike to succeed Amaechi –Patience Jonathan

Posted by admin First Ladies, Headlines, Patience Jonathan, Rivers, State News Monday, April 7th, 2014

Comments Mrs. Patience Jonathan | credits: en.wikipedia.org Wife of the President, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, on Monday said she was solidly behind the Supervising Minister of Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, to take over from the Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, in 2015. Wike, who was at a time Amaechi’s Chief of Staff, has been at […]

JNI accuses army of killing innocent muslims (And the Xtians murdered by Muslim Boko Haram are not human beings)

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines, Raw Politics Monday, April 7th, 2014

Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Abubakar III The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, led Jama’atu Nasril Islam on Monday in Kaduna raised the alarm that the Nigerian Army was out to wipe out the entire Muslims in the name of fighting terrorism in the land. The JNI insisted that the Nigerian Muslims, especially […]

Aircraft with 57 passengers makes air return

Posted by admin Aviation, Headlines Monday, April 7th, 2014

| credits: uniqueinter.blogspot.com A passenger aircraft belonging to Overland Airways, which left Ibadan for Abuja on Monday, had to abandon the journey around Minna, Niger State and make a detour to Lagos for emergency landing, after its windshield was broken. The plane, which left Ibadan around 8am, had on board a former President of […]